Dilani Vamapahan joins Northern Stories
Northern Stories has hired Dilani Vamapahan as a literary agent. She was chosen from a pool of 175 applicants.
2020 is off to a good start, lots of books are moving on out into the world. Here’s a roundup off the latest deals.
GREEN JOY has been sold to Quadrille (World English) and Uhinehud from Estonia . Agnes Ravatn’s dark novel SEVEN DOORS has been sold to Orenda Books (World English) and the film rights has been sold to Truewest from Bergen.
SLEEPLESS has just been sold to Mairisch Verlag in Germany. And THE ICE has been sold to Pushkin Press (UK) and Simbol in Catalonia. Thomas Berg Reinertsen award winning THEATER OF THE WORLD has been sold to Seidosha from Japan and Ad Marginem in Russia.
The film rights to Janne Stigen Drangsholt’s first book about Ingrid Winter, THE MARVELOUS MISADVENTURES OF INGRID WINTER, is sold to the Norwegian production company Chezville.
There are offers in from Sweden on Erik Martiniussen’s THE WAR AGAINST BACTERIA. There is also offers from Russia on Linka Neumann’s WILDERNESS SWEATERS.
Northern Stories has hired Dilani Vamapahan as a literary agent. She was chosen from a pool of 175 applicants.
“A great honour,” says Kristofer Hivju about playing police investigator Ole Vik in the crime series Sogn Murders. The TV2 series is based on Jørgen Jæger’s bestselling books, and filming started this week in Sogn.
Northern Stories increased its revenue from NOK 10.2 million to NOK 15.8 million in 2024 – and was simultaneously named a Gazelle Company by Dagens Næringsliv.
“We continue to grow in markets that remain challenging,” says founder Astrid Dalaker.
After careful consideration of several production companies, Anne Elvedal has chosen Monster to develop a TV series based on her critically acclaimed psychological thriller, You Can Call Me Jan.
Anne Elvedal’s gripping psychological thriller You Can Call Me Jan has earned its place on both Adresseavisa’s and NRK’s prestigious lists of the best books of the year.