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.
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.
The Knit Awards took place this weekend, and two of our amazing Knitting Book authors walked away with prestigious prizes.
“‘You Can Call Me Jan’ is a masterfully written thriller that draws you deeper and deeper into the heroine’s dark world,” says Claudia Winkler, senior fiction editor at Jo Nesbø’s German publishing house, Ullstein Verlag.
We congratulate Anders Totland with his nomination for Bokslukerprisen 2024!