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NARRATIVE NON-FICTION / TRAVEL WRITING / MEMOIR
Ŭ A book where every page is steeped with the joy of living
Ŭ An original, larger than life story
Ŭ A unique journey from tragedy to triumph – a singular and inspiring story about the joy of living and staying hopeful
Ŭ A poignant reminder that it is never too late to change your life and chase your dreams
Ŭ A perfect feelgood story for turbulent times
Comparative titles:
Ŭ The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Ŭ Jack Whitehall: Travels with my Father (Netflix)
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Samuel Massi
SAMUEL AND GRANDPA: THE ART OF VIVID LIVING
What happens when a grandfather who has put all his dreams on hold gets a new chance because his grandson refuses to let his life fade away in silence?
When his grandfather is about to move into a nursing home, tired in body and lonely in his home, renowned adventurer Samuel Massie fears it will mark the beginning of his grandfather’s final chapter. So Samuel decides to give him one last journey. A true bucketlist expedition: riding a motorcycle through South America, skydiving over Australia, and diving deep into old memories. It becomes the start of a journey where Grandpa not only rediscovers the world but also himself.
Samuel and Grandpa is a gripping, wise, and deeply human story about daring to live, even when it seems too late.
With a narrative that balances humour and solemnity, action and reflection, Massie explores both generational gaps and unexpected closeness, delivering a deeply moving story of life’s final phase and all the possibilities that still remain.
Samuel and Grandpa is a book that makes readers laugh, cry, and want to live more fully. Because it isn’t just about one man’s dreams. This is about all of us.
Samuel Massie (b. 1992) is an author, TV host and expeditionist who is known, among other things, for his expedition to Antarctica with the sailboat Berserk.
Samuel og Bestefar 130 x 205 mm
Excerpt from the first chapter:
«Grandpa! Are you alright?» I try to drown out the roar of the engine. My voice trembles, but I try not to show my nerves. It's his choice, after all. The old man, who normally has poor hearing, sits seemingly undisturbed with his familiar smile and gazes out across the lush Australian landscape. He looks satisfied. I wonder if he knows this will be his last experience. Or maybe he has just experienced so much mastery over the past few months that he feels immortal? I don't know, but he's not scared. I, on the other hand...
It was my idea that we should embark on this adventure, and it's not the first time on the trip that I think our last moment has arrived. We have been stranded with a motorcycle in the Andes Mountains, almost been eaten by coyotes, and almost been kidnapped by Argentinian robbers. And all those times Grandad has gripped his chest, and I have thought that this is when his heart will finally burst, whether it's been in a sleeping bag in the middle of the pampas or in the middle of an attempt to dive on the Great Barrier Reef. Almost everyone was negative about us embarking on this adventure. How could I take a cancer-stricken man in his eighties on an expedition around the world? He needed peace and care. Why didn't I agree with that? What kind of confidence did I have that thought the trip of a lifetime was better for him than all the medicine in the world?
Ŭ Universal themes of perception, limitation, and attention
Ŭ Turns the ordinary into the extraordinary through close observation
Comparative titles:
Ŭ Wolverine Tracks by Dag O. Hessen
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Torbjørn Ekelund
A YEAR OF BIRDS
Ornithological Field Notes from My Immediate Surroundings
Sometimes you discover something new, or see something familiar in a new way. The space expands. The world gets bigger. A curtain is pulled aside, and you see into a parallel universe.
With these words, a journey begins. Not across continents, but into the small things that surrounds us. When epilepsy forced journalist and amateur ornithologist Torbjørn Ekelund to abandon his plans for a globe-spanning bird book, his world shrank to the local woods of Maridalen, his garden, and a small cabin by the sea. But in that shrinking, something expanded.
Told through a series of diary entries over the course of a year, A Year of Birds follows Ekelund’s growing awareness of the birds around him. At the beginning of the year, he knows almost nothing about birds. By the end of the year, he knows a little more. He watches blackbirds and bullfinches, observes gulls and geese, and lets the ordinary transform into the extraordinary through simple, sustained attention.
This is a book about birds but also about perception, limitation, and the beauty of staying still. It is about discovering nature not in far-off landscapes, but right where you are. With warmth, humour, and a quiet existential undertone, A Year of Birds invites us to look more closely, live more attentively and see the world anew.
Torbjørn Ekelund (b. 1971) is a writer, author and part owner of the online magazine Harvest. His books have been translated into ten languages, including English, German, Spanish and Mandarin. He was awarded the The Banff Mountain Adventure Travel Award for A Year in the Woods.
Ŭ A unique story of two centuries seen through the context of migratory birds
Ŭ Blends science, history, and personal narrative
Ŭ A powerful reminder of nature’s beauty and vulnerability
Comparative titles:
Ŭ The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Ŭ Forests by Anne SverdrupThygeson
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Dag O. Hessen
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
The Conquering of Nature
Bird's-Eye View is a fascinating journey through two centuries of landscape changes and human intervention, seen through the eyes of migratory birds. By following their routes from 1825, 1925 and 2025, we get a unique and dramatic insight into how the landscape has changed over time, into the fragility and durability of nature, and how humans have shaped life on earth.
Written by award-winning author and biologist Dag O. Hessen, the book combines scientific facts with gripping stories about bird species and their incredible migrations, and gives us a deeper understanding of nature's beauty and vulnerability. With a focus on European landscapes and birds of paradise, as well as personal stories from the rugged west coast of Norway, this is a book that informs and inspires.
Bird's-Eye Viewis a tribute to the world of birds and a reminder of the importance of preserving our natural landscapes for future generations.
Dag O. Hessen is a Professor of Biology at the University of Oslo. He has written a number of scientific works and popular science books on topics like ecology, evolution and the environment. His work is found at the crossroads of biology and philosophy. He has received several awards for his promotion of popular science, among them The Honorary Brage Prize in 2022.
Fugleperspektivet
130 x 205 mm / 272 pages
POPULAR SCIENCE / NATURE & WILDLIFE / OCEANOGRAPHY
Ŭ An updated book on the latest research on our oceans
Ŭ The author is a marine biologist, researcher and professional diver
Comparative titles:
Ŭ The Ocean of Life by Callum Roberts
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Ŭ Chapter synopsis
Rights sold to:
Ŭ Switzerland/German (Haupt verlag)
Even Moland RISING TIDES
The planet’s vital lungs, the fraglie life in the deep sea, and how to conserve it.
Join us in the depths and get an insight into the wonderful life teeming below the surface of the sea, as well as the changes that are slowly happening there.
In Rising Tides, Even Moland conveys the most up-todate knowledge about our seas and oceans. What role do the world’s oceans play for life on this planet? How are the radical changes taking place in the ocean linked to the way we have exploited its resources? What are the most important threats to a healthy, abundant and well-functioning ocean?
The oceans are the planet’s lungs, as well as a valuable source of food. Our ecological and climate crises mean that we have to readjust the way we use the oceans. Can we manage the transition from resource exploiter to attentive caretaker in time?
Even Moland, who is a diver and researcher, takes readers on a lively and knowledgeable journey below the surface of the ocean.
«Even Moland has a unique storytelling ability. In Rising Tides, he conveys difficult material in a pedagogically sound way.»
TVEDESTRANDPOSTEN,
«A love letter to the ocean.» FORSKERFORUM
Even Moland (b. 1974) is a marine biologist and a diver. He's a marine scientist at The Institute of Marine Research, and associate professor in marine conservation science at The University of Agder.
Veronica Skotnes
NORTH OF THE WINTER SUN
What I Heard in the Waves
Only by travelling the sea way can you truly understand the coast. For three years, Veronica Skotnes has sailed along the coast of Northern Norway, searching for people stories and nature experiences from the country's most remote and windswept region.
North of the Winter Sun depicts a journey by boat, as well as an inner journey. Veronica Skotnes travels through polar nights and under the midnight sun, on the calm sea and through storms. She's all by herself on the deck of an old sailing boat.
The book emphasises a beautiful and dwindling part of Norway's coastal culture, alongside the author's own reflections, experiences and challenges from sailing in the Arctic.
«A fantastic travel report that strongly touches on the challenges of life and the present.»
DAGBLADET,
«The travel depiction I Read It In The Waves is a tribute to the sea, and a declaration of love to all who live along our northernmost coast.»
FRILUFTSLIV
«This is a book completely out of the ordinary. Poetic texts about the sea and the sea people in the eyes of the furthest north. Warm human encounters, with honest texts. Anyone who is interested in the coast and coastal culture should get this book.»
NORSK FYRFORENING
Det jeg leste i bølgene 130 x 205 mm
NARRATIVE NON-FICTION / TRAVEL WRITING / MEMOIR
Ŭ A unique perspective from a young woman who sails the Arctic oceans alone
Ŭ Poetic travel writing
Ŭ A young voice with many more stories to tell
Comparative titles:
Ŭ Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Ŭ The Whale by Philip Hoare
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Ŭ Synopsis
Right sold to:
Ŭ World English (Akoya)
Ŭ Germany (Delius Klasing)
Veronica Skotnes (b. 1998) took to the sea at the age of seventeen, as crew on a schooner in the North Sea. Since then, the wind and the ocean currents have taken her north of the Arctic Circle, where she now steers her own ship. For the past three years, she has been sailing and living in a boat along the coast of Finnmark, in the very north of Norway. Skotnes has a bachelor's degree in Arctic Outdoor Activities.
40 uker, en menneskegraviditet og
81 andre måter å få barn på 148 x 210 mm / 248 pages
POPULAR SCIENCE / NATURE & WILDLIFE / BIOLOGY / PREGNANCY
Ŭ «The most amazing stories about mating, pregnancy, gender and sexuality.» –Dagbladet
Ŭ A fascinating and unique insight into reproduction in the animal kingdom, interwoven with the personal story of the author
Comparative titles:
Ŭ Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Ŭ Synopsis
Rights sold:
Ŭ United Kingdom (MacLehose Press – UK Commonwealth excl. Canada)
Ŭ Germany (Westend Verlag)
Ŭ Colombia (Rey Naranjo – Latin and USA Spanish)
Ŭ Hungary (Figura)
Ŭ China (Unread Sky Culture Media)
Ŭ South Korea (Miraebook)
Anna Blix
40 WEEKS, A HUMAN PREGNANCY AND 81 OTHER WAYS TO REPRODUCE
It takes 40 weeks to grow a human baby, and along the way the relationship between the foetus and the pregnant woman bears resemblance to that of a parasite and its host. One takes and takes, while the other one almost dies in the process. Why do we as humans carry our babies inside our bodies for so long, and is there a reason that we are throwing up and feeling nauseous? Are there any better ways to reproduce? Does any living being reproduce in a stranger way than us humans?
Throughout the 40 weeks of a human pregnancy we meet another being who’s finished reproducing each week. The spotted hyena gives birth after only 16 weeks, but she has to give birth through a penis-shaped clitoris, which cracks open during labour. Do they have it easier? The common Surinam toad doesn’t have a uterus, but instead has evolved to have a swollen piece of skin on their backs where the eggs sink in. This way she can carry the offspring with her, instead of leaving the eggs in the water. Are there any signs that it’s actually quite clever how the human body handles it?
This book gives evolutionary comfort throughout the troubles of pregnancy and an explanation as to how we ended up here, as the smartest species with the most tiresome, but nonetheless not such a stupid way to reproduce.
«There is no better literature than great nonfiction. Written by specialists who are unbound by strict terminology or publication pressure, but in a liberal and relaxed language. The biologist, journalist, writer and columnist Blix is incredibly good here. […] the most amazing stories about mating, pregnancy, gender and sexuality.»
Anna Blix ANIMALS WHO ARE WORSE PARENTS THAN YOU
As a parent, it’s not always easy to be the best version of yourself. We’ve all been there; scrolling on the phone instead of joining in with the four-year-old’s roleplay, serving the kids plain pasta for dinner several days in a row, and who hasn’t let them have a bit too much screen time in exchange for a sneaky lie-in?
It might be a relief to know that there are worse parents out there. You probably haven’t tricked anyone else into thinking that your child is theirs so that you can skip the whole child-rearing thing. You haven’t rolled over and accidentally squished your distraught youngsters, or let them fight their way out of a rotting corpse. Your kids didn’t come out of an egg, to discover that you had already abandoned them for the rest of their lives. You haven’t killed their half-siblings, or simply left them because the job of looking after them became too exhausting. You haven’t let a youngster starve to death. And not least: you’ll be surprised how many species actually eat their own children.
Animals Who Are Worse Parents Than You, gives an insight into the strange and often disturbing ways that some animal species relate to their offspring. Ultimately their strategies work, just like ours, but it must be said that human children have a lot to thank us for.
Dyr som er verre foreldre enn deg 130 x 205 mm / 160 pages
POPULAR SCIENCE / NATURE & WILDLIF / BIOLOGY
Ŭ Humorous and fascinating take on how other animals raise their young
Ŭ A perfect – and beautifully illustrated – gift book for tired parents plagued by guilt
Ŭ Written by an critically acclaimed biologist and author
Comparative titles:
Ŭ Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Ŭ Synopsis
Rights sold: Ŭ Italy (Casa Editrice Longanesi)
Anna Blix (b. 1985) is a biologist and author. She has long experience as a writer and communicator, and writes a regular column about science for the newspaper Klassekampen. She is now an advisor for WWF.
liv i redningsvest
232 pages
DEBATE / POLITICS / RASICM
Ŭ Poetic and hard-hitting about the thousand cuts of casual racism
Comparative titles:
Ŭ Why I no longer talk to white people about race by Reni EddoLodge
Sumayo Jirde Cali
LIVING WITH A LIFE JACKET
Diary Entries About Racism
Living with a Life Jacket is a deeply personal book, shaped as a coversation between author Sumayo Jirde Cali and her younger self. Jirde Ali raises sentral questions about racism, how it works and what it leads to, even if it comes in small doses, when those doses come each and every day. It's a touching and thoughtprovoking text that will refuse to leave any reader unaffected.
DEBATE / POLITICS / RACISM
Ŭ Freestanding sequel to the critically acclaimed Living with a Life Jacket
Sumayo Jirde Cali ON LOVE, ON WAR
With tender and personal language, Jirde Ali writes about a year of her life when she lost her footing, and how she gradually found her way back. Through diary notes and reflections, we follow the author's inner and outer struggles: against the racism she encounters in society, and against the darkness within herself. How does a human being, banished to their innermost corners, break free from the violence that has marked and confined both body and mind? By finally acknowledging her own vulnerability, rediscovering herself, and recognising the love that surrounds her.
Et
130 x 205 mm /
Om kamp, om kjærlighet 130 x 205 mm
Sumayo Jirde Cali (b. 1997) is a Norwegian-Somali social commentator, literary critic, playwright, author and poet. For her writing and contributions to the Norwegian public conversation, Jirde Cali has received the Oslo Prize Voice of the Year, the Zola Prize, the Words in Borderland Prize and the Norwegian Authors' Association's Freedom of Expression Prize. In 2021, she was also awarded the Amalie Skram Prize. Her debut was in 2017 with the poetry collection Women Who Hate Men.
Photo: Lina Hindrum
Mors valg
130 x 205 mm / 222 pages
MEMOIR / HISTORY
Ŭ A deeply moving post-war story about a mother’s shame, guilt and loneliness as her son tries to make sense of a difficult childhood
Ŭ Ruth Maier was called "Norways Anne Frank". Maiers friendship with the author´s mother has remained a mystery until now
Ŭ Non-fiction war books are often about men. This book gives new insight about women and parents's difficult choices - and how we see heroism
Comparative titles:
Ŭ The Diary of Ruth Maiers by Ruth Maier & Jan Erik Vold (ed.)
Ŭ Wanda by Anders Heger
Bjørn Westlie MOTHER'S CHOICE War and strife
In the summer of 1940, 16-year-old Agnes befriended Ruth Maier, a Jewish refugee four-year-older than her. Agnes grew up in a resistance family and later learned that Ruth had been arrested by the Nazis. Yet, in 1944, Agnes made a choice that would haunt her family for decades—she married a Nazi. It’s a decision her son, journalist and historian Bjørn Westlie, has struggled to understand ever since.
For some Norwegians, peace never truly arrived in 1945. That’s when the punishment began. In Mother’s Choice, Westlie explores how the Germany's Nazi occupation of Norway shaped his mother’s life, and the lives of those around her, long after the war ended. Memories of shame, guilt, betrayal and loneliness are told through the eyes of a son trying to care for his mother and make sense of a difficult childhood. Step by step, Westlie uncovers his mother's harrowing life story, the consequences of the choices she made—and the ones made for her by others.
Mother’s Choice is a standalone sequel to Father’s War (Aschehoug), which won the prestigious Brage Prize in 2008. Bjørn Westlie (b. 1949) is a Norwegian journalist, author, and historian with a PhD. He has written several critically acclaimed books on World War II.
Bjørn Westlie (b. 1949) is a Norwegian author and historian with a doctorate. He has been a journalist at Klassekampen and Dagens Næringsliv, and has taught at Oslo Met. Westlie received the Brage Prize for Father's War in 2008 and has written several books about World War II.
Gaute Børstad Skjervø
NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME A Generational Story
For a long time, the adults believed that reason had won. That war was a thing of the past. That the future automatically meant democracy, freedom and peace. They told us the world would improve on its own. That idea is extremely naive. And it has cost our generation dearly.
Gaute Børstad Skjervø was just 16 years old when he survived the 22 of July terrorist attack by hiding in a crevice on the Utøya island. One of the older youths— just 20—told him that, being the youngest, he had to hide deepest in the crevice. Later, they swam for their lives as gunshots echoed across the island.
After 22 July 2011, Skjervø became an involuntary expert on extremism and fascism. Today, he is the leader of the Norwegian Labour Youth Party (AUF) and one of the most promising young politicians in Norway. He still carries in him an anger which he wants to use to fight against the forces that took the lives of his friends, and to fight for the community.
This is his personal story. A young man’s political awakening. And his powerful answer to the young people and parents who fear for the future: «I have seen the darkest in people, but also the brightest.»
«AUF leader Gaute Børstad Skjervø writes well about a generation shaped by the crises of the 2000s – and their naive parents.»
DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV
«A razor-sharp political message in book form.»
VG
Ingenting blir som før 130 x 205 mm
MEMOIR / POLITICS
Ŭ Skjervø is a rising political star
Ŭ A unique perspective on future and fascism from a young man who survived the terror attack at Utøya 22 July 2011
Ŭ Utøya (owned by AUF), an international meeting place, won the swedish Olof Palmeprize 2025 for their bravery and work for democracy: "In a time when democracy is seriously challenged, and hatred and division are cultivated, Utøya offers hope for a different and better future.»
Comparative titles:
Ŭ History for tomorrow – How the past can inspire our future by Roman Krznaric
Ŭ On freedom by Timothy Snyder
Ŭ On tyranny, 20 lessons from the 20th century by Timothy Snyder
Gaute Børstad Skjervø (b. 1995) became leader of the Labour Youth Party (AUF) in October 2024 and has been a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament since 2017. He has studied political science, worked as an environmental worker, an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as an advisor for Fremtiden i våre hender (The Future in Our Hands). In 2022, he was appointed by the government as a member of the Extremism Commission. Børstad Skjervø survived the terrorist attack on AUF's summer camp at Utøya in 2011.
TRUE CRIME / JOURNALISM / POLICE INVESTIGATION
Ŭ Explores a controversial undercover police operation against Norway's «most dangerous woman.»
Ŭ Created debate and lot of buzz in Norwegian media
Magnus Braaten and Kenneth Fossheim
THE LIE
The Police Chase for «Norway's Most Dangerous Woman»
The Lie is a gripping tale of murder, deception, and controversial investigative methods. Award-winning crime journalists Magnus Braaten and Kenneth Fossheim challenge readers to consider how far the Norwegian police should be allowed to go when faced with serious, unsolved mysteries. What happens when the very person tasked with uncovering the truth is a notorious liar?
Elisabeth Aaslie does not like being called Norway's most dangerous woman, yet that is how the media described her when she became the first woman in Norwegian history to receive the country’s maximum sentence – 21 years in prison.
The police began pursuing Aaslie in the spring of 2014, when her ex-boyfriend was found dead in a hotel room. Pills were scattered around him. The doctor at the crime scene believed it to be suicide, but in the following days, increasingly suspicious information reached the police.
This marked the beginning of an investigation unlike anything Norway had ever seen. Undercover police agent Anna Andersen used extraordinary methods to become best friends with Elisabeth, a mother of seven and the suspect in a double homicide.
Based on the police agent's secret recordings, investigative case files, and extensive interviews with Elisabeth Aaslie herself, journalists Braaten and Fossheim tell a story of deception and self-deception. The reader is brought face-to-face with the perpetrator, and given a unique insight into a murder investigation that defies all expectations.
Magnus Braaten (b. 1995) is a crime reporter with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He has covered a number of high-profile crime cases and made his debut as an author with The Lørenskog Mystery (2021).
Kenneth Fossheim (b. 1991) is a crime reporter with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He is specialised in crime journalism and made his debut as an author with The Lørenskog Mystery (2021).
Løgnen 130 x 205 mm / 287 pages
Simen Sætre
THE UNLIKELY SERIAL KILLER
Arnfinn Nesset and His 31 Confessions
In The Unlikely Serial Killer, one of Norway's leading feature journalist, Simen Sætre, delivers the first comprehensive, investigative account of Norway's most talked-about serial killer. In 1983, Arnfinn Nesset was convicted of poisoning and killing 22 elderly people at the nursing home he managed in the small town, Orkdal. Nesset is not only the worst serial killer in Norway, but he also regularly appear on lists of the worst serial killers in the world. Yet today, fifty years later, the case has never been explained or never truly solved.
When Adresseavisen revisited the case in 2002, they concluded that “no one has solved the Arnfinn Nesset riddle.” Despite years of speculation, the mystery remains: what could have driven a respected nursing home director to commit such horrific crimes?
During the investigation, Nesset confessed, describing an eerie “urge to kill” that triggered physical symptoms like sweating and heart palpitations. He even claimed responsibility for far more deaths than he could realistically have committed. But before the trial, he retracted every confession, stating he had been pressured during interrogations and felt he had no choice but to comply.
Perhaps most baffling of all, Nesset was convicted entirely on circumstantial evidence. He was found in possession of the poison used but claimed it was intended to euthanize a dog. No technical or forensic evidence ever proved his involvement in the 22 murders.
While researching the book, Sætre has had access to all the investigation documents of the Nesset case. This is material that the public has not had access to before, and which brings new insight into the case and puts it in a different light.
This is not just true crime — this is an attempt to finally solve one of the most enduring riddles in Scandinavian criminal history.
Den usannsynlige seriemorderen 130 x 205 mm
TRUE CRIME / JOURNALISM / SERIAL KILLER
Ŭ The first comprehensive account of Norway's most infamous serial killer
Ŭ Investigative journalism meets true crime
Simen Sætre (b. 1974) is an investigative reporter published in many languages. He has written six books, on topics like the international chocolate industry, oil states, and a spy in the Norwegian army. His thoughtprovoking books are highly acclaimed and has been nominated for several prizes.
Johanne Nordby Wernø AUTISTIC DIARIES
Autistic Diaries is a deeply original exploration of neurodiversity and society's view of otherness.
Author Johanne Nordby Wernø takes us on a deeply personal and professionally in-depth journey that sheds new light on high-functioning autistic women while simultaneously challenging our general perceptions of neurodiversity and women's health.
DIARY FORM / AUTISM / MEMOIR
Ŭ On receiving a late autism diagnose
Ŭ Received rave reviews from multiple major newspaper
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Autistic Diaries combines up-to-date academic material with the author's own experiences over 42 years as an undiagnosed autistic person. It takes us through the challenges and joys associated with childhood, work, relationships and parenthood. The author discusses how masking autistic traits can lead to anxiety, depression and burnout. She puts this in context with the broader debate about women's health.
With its diary format, this book appeals to a general audience interested in psychology, mental health, societal issues, as well as gender equality issues. It not only gives a voice to invisible high-functioning autistic women, but also raises important questions about how we as a society encounter and deal with minds that react in a different way. It opens up a broader question about mental health, gender equality, and how diversity can enrich our lives and our communities.
Johanne Nordby Wernø (b. 1980) has written about visual arts and related subjects since 1999. For several years she ran her own communications agency, focused on the art field; today she works as a curator. Autistic Diaries (2025) is her debut book.
Kaninen har stått opp 130 x 205 mm
Arnhild Lauveng A ROAD
BACK FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA
Arnhild Lauveng spent ten years in secure wards suffering from schizophrenia. She was deeply psychotic, self-destructive and broke glasses and plates to cut herself with the shards.
In this book, the author takes the reader into a world of voices and hallucinations, where she is chased by hordes of rats and packs of wolves with yellow eyes and slavering jaws snap at her heels. We learn to understand that these illusions have their own logic and how they can be interpreted – and the author’s interpretations are like solutions to small crime mysteries.
This is the powerful story of her journey back to reality, assisted by a mother who refused to give up hope, a victory that only a handful believe is possible and that sadly is seldom achieved.
I morgen var jeg alltid en løve 130 x 205 mm / 200 pages
MEMOIR
Ŭ Author has received multiple awards for speaking publicly about her diagnosis
Rights sold to:
Ŭ Denmark (Akademisk forlag)
Ŭ Finland (Therapeia Foundation)
Ŭ France (Autrement Éditions)
Ŭ Iceland (Opna Bókaútgáfan)
Ŭ Lithuania (Baltos Lankos)
Ŭ The Netherlands (Archipel Uitgeverij)
Ŭ Poland (Smak Slowa)
Ŭ Russia (Bakhrakh-M Publishing House)
Ŭ Serbia (EVOLUTA)
Ŭ Sweden (Sivart)
Ŭ Germany (btb Luchterhand)
Ŭ USA (Skyhorse Publishing)
Arnhild Lauveng (b. 1972) was educated at the University of Oslo and now works as a clinical psychologist. She received the Award for the Promotion of Free Speech within the Psychiatric Health Care Profession in 2004. In 2007 she received the NPF (Norwegian Association of Psychologists) Åsa Gruda Skars Prize for Popularizing Pschychology. And in 2008 she was awarded the Schizophrenia Prize and the Foundation for Freedom of Speech’s Award of Honor.
Kul i brystet
130 x 205 mm / 369 pages
MEMOIR / WOMEN'S HEALTH / MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP
Ŭ A unique memoir about mother and daughter batteling breast cancer simultaneously
Comparative title:
Ŭ The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Rights sold:
Ŭ Denmark (Turbine)
Vigdis Hjorth & Line Norman Hjorth LIKE IT OR LUMP IT
The Year We Got Cancer
Like It or Lump It is a book about the sudden upheaval and change a serious diagnosis can cause.
In the spring of 2023, mum-of-two Line Norman Hjorth was diagnosed with breast cancer. Barely six months later her mother – author Vigdis Hjorth – received the exact same diagnosis. In this book, where the narrative switches between mother and daughter, we follow the two women through their treatment as both patient and next of kin. Two roles that were completely new for them both, and two roles which can be difficult to balance - and which mother and daughter manage in very different ways. They go through the highs and lows, both in terms of medical treatment and their parent-child relationship. But at least they both got new boobs as part of the process!
This is an exceptionally moving story – unsentimental and poignantly narrated.
Vigdis Hjorth (b. 1959) is one of Norway's most outstanding, contemporary writers. She has won a number of Norwegian and international prizes and awards, including multiple Critics Award, The Honorary Brage Award (2014), and the Dobloug Prize (2018). She was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023 for Is mother dead, and shortlisted for the National Book Award for Will and Testament in 2019. Her work is published in over 30 countries.
Line Norman Hjorth is an associate professor in general literature at the University of Bergen. She also holds a master's degree in film studies from the University of Copenhagen. She made her debut as an author in 2021 with the non-fiction book Credibility in the courtroom, and has co-written books with her mother Vigdis Hjorth.
Excerpt from p. 105, in translation by
Charlotte Barslund
Line:
I have always feared cancer. I have imagined hundreds of times what it would be like to get the diagnosis, how I would react, how awful that life would be. I have cancer now. And the reality turned out to be very different to my imagined scenarios. Now I know how multifaceted the diagnosis is and that it is not an automatic death sentence as the words had previously equated in my mind.
I have decided to have faith, that life goes on.
HEALTH / POPULAR SCIENCE / NEUROSCIENCE
Ŭ In a society that sleeps too little, it's more imporant than ever to understand how it affects your health and your life
Ŭ Contains all the latest research on sleep by Norway's sleep expert
Comparative title:
Ŭ Why we sleep by Matthew Walker
Dr. Bjørn Bjorvatn
THE AMAZING SLEEP
A sleep scientist's guide to better sleep hygiene
A groundbreaking book that will transform the way you think about sleep and reveal how deeply it shapes your health and everyday life.
Norway’s leading sleep scientist, Bjørn Bjorvatn, takes you on a fascinating scientific journey to show how the hours you spend on the pillow directly influence your brain, body, and long-term well-being. Drawing on the latest research, he explains how chronic sleep deprivation can disrupt cognitive function, weight regulation, immunity, and even increase the risk of serious disease, while good sleep can literally extend your life expectancy.
In a time when many struggle to get a good night’s rest, and others underestimate just how essential sleep really is, Bjorvatn offers clear, evidence-based advice to help you understand your own sleep needs, overcome sleep problems, and create the best conditions for deep, restorative rest. He also uncovers the powerful role sleep plays in mental health, learning, memory, and creativity.
Through specific examples, the scientist and doctor reveals the many ways sleep shapes our lives: from how it influences critical political decisions made in the dead of night, to how it impacts exhausted parents in important moments, and even how technology changes our perception of sleep quality.
You spend a third of your life asleep. This book gives you the knowledge you need to finally understand what happens in your body and brain while you sleep – and what really happens when you don’t.'
Bjørn Bjorvatn is Norway's leading sleep scientist, leads the National Centre for Sleep Medicine, and is a physician/sleep specialist at the Bergen Sleep Centre. He is also a professor of general practice. For many years, Bjorvatn has researched sleep and sleep problems, held numerous lectures and courses around the country about sleep, and has written multiple books on the subject.
Den utrolige søvnen 130 x 205 mm
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Why don't we sleep enough – and why should you read this book?
Chapter 2: What happens if you don't sleep enough?
Chapter 3: How long should exactly you sleep – and is it possible to sleep for too long?
Chapter 4: What actually is sleep, and can you trust sleep measurements from smart watches and sleep apps?
Chapter 5: Why do you need sleep, and which sleep stages are most important?
Chapter 6: What determines how deeply and how long you sleep?
Chapter 7: What characterises sleep in children, adolescents, adults, the elderly and women in menopause?
Chapter 8: How can sleep improve performance and learning?
Chapter 9: How can sleep prevent and cure disease?
Chapter 10: How can you know if you have a sleep disorder?
Chapter 11: What can you do to sleep better?
Lev, spis, nyt
195 x 250 mm / 236 pages
HEALTH / FOOD / LIFESTYLE / INSPIRATIONAL
Ŭ Inspirational book on romanticising everyday life
Ŭ Packed with recipes, lists and lifestyle tips
Ŭ Focus on health, balance and joy
Maria Haugland
LIVE, EAT, ENJOY
Everyday luxuries, grocery lists, fridge therapy and blood sugarfriendly recipes
Discover how easy it can be to create a magical day-today, to learn to appreciate the small things in life, and how to create solid routines that will do wonders for your health and everyday life.
Live, Eat, Enjoy is packed with inspiration and smart tips. In this book you get simple recipes and food advice which will inspire you to find joy in cooking. Learn how to cook tasty and nutritious meals which will heal both soul and body, and discover how to eat to keep your blood sugars stable.
You receive author Maria’s brilliant grocery lists, lists of easy upgrades, and cleaning tips. See how she transforms a boring fridge into an appetizing explosion of flavours. Discover how you can embrace more energy and joy in your everyday life.
Live, Eat, Enjoy helps you to romanticise your life! It is a book for anyone who wants to improve their lives through simple yet transformative changes.
Maria Haugland shares her passion for everyday magic, clean eating, good health and an active lifestyle on her popular instagram profile. She lives in Randaberg with her husband, three children and their dog.
Manifestering
115 x 185 mm / 116 pages
MANIFESTATION / SELF HELP / SPIRITUALISM / LIFESTYLE
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Spirituell
115 x 185 mm / 130 pages
SPIRITUALISM / SELF-HELP / LIFESTYLE
Kari Opsal
MANIFESTING
A Handbook to the Life You Want
Manifestation is a hugely popular self-development practice that will help you transform your life from what it is, to what you want it to be.
In Manifesting, author and clairvoyant Kari Opsal explains how and why manifesting work. She guides you through smart, practical tips so you will succeed with manifesting in your own everyday life. Through conscious and unconscious thoughts, feelings and actions, you can steer your life in different directions.
Kari demystifies, inspires and generously shares her own experiences and discoveries. She explains the basic principles you need to know, and teaches you to use the law of attraction, visualization, positive thinking and a number of other useful methods and tools. Manifesting is easier than you think: Think it, feel it, live it, let it go and let it happen! It is when you trust the universe, and at the same time do your part to make your dream come true, that magic can happen.
Kari Opsal SPIRITUAL
A Handbook on the Journey to the Inexplicable
Spiritual will help you live a more spiritual life. Author Kari Opsal is a clairvoyant who shared her own experiences, practical methods and techniques and shows you tools to better get in touch with your inner voice and intuition. through the many practical exercised in the book you will develop and become more familiar with your spiritual abilities. The book teaches you different spiritual phenomenona, how to read auras and how to get in touch with the other side.
Being open and curious can add new dimensions to your life, where there is space for both big, inexplicable miracles and lesser, everyday magic. Why are you here? Is there a path for you that's more right than other in this life? Are we all connected? The book helps you find answers.
Kari Opsal
MANIFESTATION DIARY
Create the Life You Dream of – Day by Day
The Manifestation Diary guides you through your own personal journey towards the life you want – day by day and week by week.
Whether you are a beginner or a manifestation expert, this manifestation diary will give you both structure and inspiration to realise yourself. The book is divided into different thematic 4-week blocks filled with useful and inspiring texts, practical exercises and smart reflection tools. It is designed for you to gain clarity in your innermost thoughts, desires and needs, learn to define your goals and see your progress clearly. Through immersion themes such as VISION, VIBRATION, INTUITION, PROGRAMMING, MAGNETISM and LOVE, the diary will guide you from dream and wishful thinking to reality. The Manifestation Diary is an inspiring toolbox for personal growth and success. By integrating this diary into your daily routine, you create a sacred moment for yourself where you write down and shape the path towards your innermost dreams!
How to use the diary:
• Set an intention every morning and reflect every evening on the day that has passed.
• Follow it chronologically through 6 months to get the most out of the diary – or explore specific themes that feel most right for you in one or more four-week periods.
• Use it daily or when you need extra inspiration and clarity. Regular reflections help you stay on track.
• At the end of the month, you get an overview of everything you have achieved, and can set the focus for the next month's manifestations.
• The Manifestation Diary does not follow any calendar and can be started at any time of the year.
Ŭ Perfect tool to help you achieve the best results through manifestation
Ŭ Spiritualism is a growing trend internationally
Kari Opsal is an experienced clairvoyant. Through courses, intuitive guidance and social media, she helps others find meaning and direction in life, and to develop their own spiritual powers. Spiritual is her first book, Manifestation her second.
Stjernetegn
130 x 205 mm / 320 pages
ASTROLOGY / INSPIRATIONAL / SELF-HELP
Ŭ Perfect handbook for beginners
Ŭ Spiritualism is a growing trend internationally
Nina Skjemstad ZODIAC SIGNS
An Astrological Guide To You and Your Relationships
The mysterious, cosmic signs of the zodiac have fascinated people for millennia.
Get to know yourself through your sign, each with its own unique set of characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and energies. From the charismatic Leo, the courageous Aries, the sensual Libra and the ambitious Capricorn. You probably have a mix of these traits, as it is not only your main sign that influences you. In this book, you learn to read and interpret you birthchart, based on the position of the planets at the very special moment when you were born. Thus, you can uncover your unique identity.
Find out what characterises you and your relationships with others, and let the stars guide you through the joys and challenges of life. Perhaps you'll discover that the universe has something special in store for you?
Nina Skjemstad
UNDERSTAND YOUR CHILD THROUGH ASTROLOGY
A Guide to a Safe and Healthy Development
Understand your child's unique personality through the principles of astrology
Discover a new dimension in parenting with Understand Your Child Through Astrology. This insightful book combines astrological wisdom with modern knowledge to give a unique tool for understanding and supporting a child's individual development. Each child is a unique combination of heredity, environment and free will. By exploring a child's star sign, you can gain deeper understanding of the child's personality, needs and potential. It provides practical advice for strengthening a child's self-esteem, identity and coping abilities, while promoting empathy and respect in relationships.
Understand Your Child Through the Astrology is not a book for putting children into boxes, but a tool for opening up new perspectives and insights. It encourages reflection and awareness, and gives you the opportunity to meet the child where they are, with understanding and love.
ASTROLOGY / INSPIRATIONAL / SELF-HELP
Ŭ Spiritualism is a growing trend internationally
Ŭ A unique look at parenting
Nina Skjemstad has over 25 years of experience as an astrologer, and has written several books on the subject.
Forstå barnet gjennom stjernene 130 x 205 mm
Marta Breen/
Sunniva
Fluge Hole (ill.) BORN FREE
Religious control and women's fight for freedom
Born Free is a fascinating and thought-provoking graphic novel about the impact religion has had, and continues to have, on women's freedom. It explores how religious practices have restricted women’s rights and shaped their lives across different cultures and societies.
WOMEN'S FIGHT / INSPIRATIONAL / COMIC BOOK
Ŭ Vital book on the role of religion in society and its consequences on women
Ŭ Written by internationally known feminist Marta Breen
Ŭ Comic format with gorgeous illustrations by Sunniva Fluge Hole
Comparative title:
Ŭ Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
In the wake of the women-led uprising in Iran and the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, religious control over women’s lives has become more visible than it has been in decades. Acclaimed feminist and author Marta Breen places these current events in a broader historical and global context, showing how religious fundamentalism continues to threaten women’s rights even in Western societies.
Based on thorough research, Born Free tackles topics such as forced marriage, education bans, dress codes, and female genital mutilation in a respectful yet direct manner. The book’s core message is clear: everyone has the right to decide over their own life, while also respecting freedom of religion, as long as it does not violate basic human rights.
This is a vital book that encourages reflection and conversation about the role of religion in society and the position of women within the world’s faiths.
Marta Breen (b. 1976) is a writer, journalist and one of Norway's most profiled feminists. She made her debut in 2006 with the book Girls, Wine and Song, about Norwegian women through times in Music. She has since established her self as a notable non-fiction author. Her book Women in Battle (2018), illustrated by Jenny Jordahl, has been sold to over 20 territories.
Sunniva Fluge Hole is a creative and experienced illustrator and character concept designer, with many years experience within visual storytelling and design.
Født fri 198 x 272 mm / 104 pages
Marta Breen and Johanne Hjorthol (ill.)
IF I CAN'T DANCE, I DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF YOUR REVOLUTION
And Other Feminist Quotes
Are men wiser and funnier than women, since they are quoted more often? Of course not, it's just that the microphone has been easier for men to grab. For years, feminist and author Marta Breen has collected quotes from authors, artists, activists and politicians – all which are now gathered in this book.
There are classic quotes and old favourites from the first women rights activists, and apposite comments by current politicians, pop artists, activists and more. A well-formulated phrase inspires action. Perhaps best said by actress Phyllis Diller: «Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.»
"THE MORE OF US THEY LOCK UP, THE STRONGER WE BECOME."
Får jeg ikke danse, er det ikke min revolusjon 202 x 135 mm / 128 pages
FEMINISM / INSPIRATIONAL / GIFT ITEM
Ŭ Features famous activists, politicians and celebrities
Ŭ Perfect gift book
Material in English
Ŭ Sample translation
Rights sold to:
Ŭ Germany (btb Luchterland)
Marta Breen (b. 1976) is a writer, journalist and one of Norway's most profiled feminists. She made her debut in 2006 with the book Girls, Wine and Song, about Norwegian women through times in Music. She has since established her self as a notable non-fiction author. Her book Women in Battle (2018), illustrated by Jenny Jordahl, has been sold to approximately 30 territories
Narges Mohammadi, human rights activist and Nobel laureate
Sommer
210 x 250 mm / 240 pages
FOOD / SEASONAL RECIPES & PRODUCE
Ŭ Part of a series that focusses on seasons
Ŭ Fresh, seasonal and locally sourced ingredients
Ŭ Modern, Norwegian cuisine
Lise Finckenhagen SUMMER
The Four Seasons
Summer is a new cookbook that celebrates the warmest and sunniest season. The book includes recipes for small and large occasions, all built around fresh and healthy local produce.
You will find delicious food for barbecues and outdoor eating, everything from fried mackerel with sour cream sauce and fresh potatoes, to grilled chicken and the best white pizza.
There will be recipes for warm days when you just want something light, fresh and quick. Asparagus salad, carrot hummus, baked leek and open lasagne.
Comfort food for the rainy, gloomy days. A delicious creamy fish soup, butter-fried chanterelle toast, schnitzel of happy pig and a delicious tarte flambée.
There are also recipes with vegetables you may grow in your garden, or berries and plants that you can forage while out for a walk. Rhubarb soup, elderflower syrup and veiled plums. And, not to be missed of course, the food for this summer's festive team, with July ribs, birthday cake for summer children and a delicious whole grilled turbot. All that and much, much more.
With a total of 56 recipes, summer has never tasted better! Summer is the first in a series of cookbooks focused on each season.
Lise Finckenhagen is one of Norway's best-known chefs. She was awarded the Chef of the Year-prize in 2009. She has worked in several reputable restaurants in France and Spain, and was the first Norwegian chef to have worked at El Bulli.
Lise Finckenhagen WINTER
The Four Seasons
Winter is a new cookbook that guides you through the coldest, darkest season with hearty, comforting food. Inside, you’ll find recipes for everything from an ordinary snowy Thursday to the big holiday celebrations – all built around fresh, healthy, locally sourced produce.
Enjoy delicious ragouts, steaming soups, wonderful tarts, and even some forgotten heroes from the eighties. Discover the best classic recipes for Christmas breakfast and dinner, as well as adventurous ideas for giving the big family feast a modern twist. A whole chapter is dedicated to sweet temptations which is a specialty of Finckenhagen, who began her career as a dessert chef.
Winter is also the season when food from the sea is at its very best, and this book offers recipes that make the most of the ocean’s bounty during these cold months.
As always, the recipes are simple to follow, making it easy to deck the halls with dishes bursting with fantastic flavour!
210 x 250 mm
FOOD / SEASONAL RECIPES & PRODUCE
Ŭ Part of a series that focusses on seasons
Ŭ Fresh, seasonal and locally sourced ingredients
Ŭ Modern, Norwegian cuisine
Vinter
Fra mormors kjøkken
195 x 250 mm / 224 pages
FOOD / TRADITIONAL NORWEGIAN CUISINE
Ŭ Traditional Norwegian recipes with a modern touch
Ŭ Focus on preservation and old cooking techniques
Ŭ Heartfelt tribute to culinary heritage
Live Krangnes Edvardsen FROM GRANDMA'S KITCHEN Rediscover Old Recipes
Get inspired to make delicious traditional Norwegian food!
Chef Live has worked in gourmet restaurants both in Norway and abroad, but one of her favourite culinary experiences is to come home to her grandmother Ella's traditional food, made from scratch. These are dishes Ella has made throughout her long life, based on highquality ingredients, often sourced from the nature around her.
In this book, you will find recipes for traditional griddle baking, such as flatbread, lefse and more. You’ll learn how to juice and pickle everything from redcurrants and blackcurrants to crowberries, sea buckthorn, and cloudberries. Make your own vinegar from gooseberries and fireweed, preserve the season’s fruit and berries, and brew garden teas from flowers and herbs.
From time-honoured cakes and desserts to classic everyday dinners like meatballs, stews, cabbage rolls, fish balls in curry sauce, pollock cakes, and herring— this is a heartfelt tribute to Norwegian culinary heritage, inviting a new generation to taste, treasure, and pass it on.
Live Edvardsen is a chef and has worked in gourmet restaurants both at home and abroad. Most recently as head chef at the restaurant Credo in Trondheim. She has also been a judge in the TV success Masterchef Young Talents.
Mat på tur 168 x 190 mm / 154 pages
FOOD / OUTDOORS
Ŭ 50 recipes for cooking outdoors
Ŭ Covers both bonfire and gas stove meals
Ŭ Tips on packing and preparing for cooking on hikes
John Hobberstad
OUTDOOR COOKING
On Bonfires and Gas Stoves
What do you pack in your backpack when you’re going for a hike, to actually be able to have a nice meal while you’re enjoying nature? Get rid of the sweaty, stale sandwiches, and let John Hobberstad show you how to easily cook gorgeous meals, with the help of either a portable gas stove or a bonfire.
The book includes 50 recipes for breakfasts, dinners, and desserts you can enjoy on your adventures or hikes, without having to stress or spend hours prepping and planning. A few examples include a quick kebab, fish gratin, taco soup and spicy adventure stew. Blueberry cakes, brownie cookies and custard buns also run the risk of becoming your new favourite outdoor snacks.
The book also includes tips on how to dry your own backpacking food at home, for a tasier, chaper and healtiher version to store-bought dried meals. The book also shares the author's best tips for packing to make sure you bring everything you need for both short and long hikes.
John Hobberstad (b. 1995) is an adventurer. With his dog, he has walked across Norway from north to south. When he is not hiking, he gives lectures and runs his own online shop. He has previously published the book Food on the Fire (2021).
BEVERAGES
Ŭ Cozy recipes for hot drinks with and without alcohol
Ŭ Mix of classics, forgotten traditions and new creations
Ŭ Includes history and cultural context of drinks
Arnt Steffensen
WARMING WINTER DRINKS With and Without Alcohol
Warming Winter Drinks is the book that will make those cold seasons a little cozier and a lot warmer! The recipes are a mix of well-known classics, forgotten classics, and exciting innovations. The most gorgeous hot chocolates both children and adults will love. The best recipe for gløgg. Hot toddies which will cure your winter cold. Warm punches to make even the coldest January nights nice and soft. And a long list of other exciting warm drinks you may have never heard of before, but which you’ll definitely be tempted to try out. How about an Aperol punch, the recipe for King Olav’s hot chocolate or a Harry Potter-inspired Butterbeer? Or could we maybe tempt you with a Mexican Atole with peanut butter?
Something warm and tasty will help you through the dark winter times. Whether it’s a delicious drink around the campfire with good friends, in front of the fireplace on a groggy and dark winter’s night, or on a sunny ski trip with your whole family. As well as recipes, you’ll also learn about the history behind several of the warm drinks: how did Bosse Bergstrøm make Hot Shot a Swedish hit? Does a 300-year-old drink recipe still hit the spot? What is a bouillon pair? And which warm drink put Gwyneth Paltrow on everyone’s lips in 2015?
Arnt Steffansen (b. 1968) is a chef and President of the Norwegian Diet and Nutrition Association in Delta, a trade union for chefs and kitchen staff working in the public sector. He is a former canteen manager and Norwegian master of the institutional culinary arts. Knowledge of drinks, wines and spirits is an important part of a chef’s training, and Steffansen has written several books about spirits and food culture.
Varme Vinterdrikker 151 x 226 mm / 152 pages
Thea Engvik HOW TO PAIR WINES
A Beginner's Handbook
Which wine should I pair this with? is a regular question Thea Engvik, chef, sommelier and author, receives. In this book, Engvik teaches you what you need to know to find a perfect wine for every occasion.
She'll help you understand what wine you love, and what you dislike. Thea gives you a useful introduction to ten different wine styles, and advice on the food that goes with it. The goal is that after reading the book, you will walk to the wine shelf with a relaxed air, and no longer run to the bathroom to hide when the wine list is handed out at the restaurant. After reading this book, you will know what you like and know how to put that into words.
Engvik also shares her 22 best recipes for simple, delicious dishes that go perfectly with the wines you are learning about.
Hvilken vin til hva
148 x 210 mm
EASY GUIDE / WINE AND FOOD
Ŭ Beginner-friendly guide to wine pairing
Ŭ Explains wine styles and matching principles
Ŭ Includes 22 recipes paired with wines
Rights sold to:
Ŭ Denmark (EC Edition)
Thea Engvik is a trained chef and sommelier. She has worked as a chef at Noma in Copenhagen and Maaemo in Oslo, both restaurants with three stars in the Michelin guide. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge of food and wine.
Strikk din egen fashion-garderobe
210 x 277 mm / 176 pages
FASHION / KNITTING
Ŭ Fashion-inspired knitting patterns
Ŭ Designs from everyday to statement pieces
Ŭ Encourages creativity and personal style
Camilla Dingsøyr KNIT YOUR OWN FASHION WARDROBE
Knit your own statement pieces and accessories and elevate your wardrobe to new heights!
In Knit Your Own Fashionable Wardrobe, one of Norway’s leading knitting designers, Camilla Dingsøyr, presents patterns inspired by some of her favourite fashion icons. These include Katie Holmes, Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Lauren, Princess Anne, Britney Spears, Neneh Cherry and, of course, Carrie Bradshaw. You'll find designs to elevate your everyday look, as well as pieces perfect for dressing up. With this book, you can even knit an entire wardrobe if you wish.
The author encourages you to get creative and add your own personal twist, making each piece uniquely yours. Alongside the patterns, she shares insights from her own style journey and offers tips on how to style your new handmade garments.
Camilla Dingsøyr has created one of the most popular and groundbreaking knitwear brands in Norway, by focusing on creativity, style, genre, colours and playful cuts. She has a unique ability to spot trends before anyone else and creates unique designs based on her own fashion sense. Her designs are simple, cool and classic. This book is suitable for knitters of all levels.
Camilla Dingsøyr (b. 1975) is an art director and graphic designer trained at Westerdals School of Communication and the Norwegian School of Creative Studies. In the last 14 years, she has worked as a freelance designer, with assignments in the culture sector for clients including Astrup Fearnley and Det Norske Teater. She also runs her own knitwear studio where she designs and sells knitting patterns.
Strikk din egen basisgarderobe
195 x 250 mm / 184 pages
FASHION
Ŭ Timeless wardrobe staples in knit form
Ŭ Focus on sustainability and longevity
Ŭ For knitters of all levels
Rights sold to:
Ŭ Denmark (Turbine)
Camilla Dingsøyr KNIT YOUR OWN WARDROBE ESSENTIALS
Knit Your Own Wardrobe Essentials teaches you to knit the garments you never tire of. Here you will find patterns for beloved essentials, wonderful knits from innermost to outermost layer, timeless classics and chic fashion knits. In other words, everything you need to make wardrobe essentials—all year round!
Author Camilla Dingsøyr designs simple, delicate and classic garments, often with a twist—on several occasions creating new trend garments in the Norwegian knitwear landscape.
The book is jam-packed with both new and classic knits that you can make for years to come—and perhaps pass on to the next generation.
Camilla Dingsøyr (b. 1975) is an art director and graphic designer trained at Westerdals School of Communication and the Norwegian School of Creative Studies. In the last 14 years, she has worked as a freelance designer, with assignments in the culture sector for clients including Astrup Fearnley and Det Norske Teater. She also runs her own knitwear studio where she designs and sells knitting patterns.
Strikk til barn
195 x 250 mm / 184 pages
Ŭ Playful, colourful knits for children aged 2–12
Ŭ Includes accessories like hats and mittens
Ŭ By one of Norway’s most popular designers
Ida
Wirak
Trettevik KNITS FOR KIDS
One of Norway’s most famous and beloved knitting designers, Witre Design, has launched her very first collection of knitting patterns for children.
The garments are playful and colourful, designed for the everyday life with small children throughout the year. For the summer you can knit dresses and tops, and for the colder months there are patterns for short and long jackets, thick and thin jumpers, and much more.
There are also patterns for accessories, such as balaclavas, mittens, scarves, and hats. Most of the patterns are unisex and are therefore suitable for both boys and girls. The patterns are designed for children aged 2 to 12.
Ida Wirak Trettevik (b. 1989) is the woman behind Witre design,one of Norway's most popular knitting patterns. The first patterns launched in 2018, and from the start, Witre design has focused on a modern expression for knitted garnments and designs, creating patterns that will inspire to knit one's own wardrobe – piece by piece. A strong motivation behind the concept is also to help knitters create pieces of good quality and longevity, adjusted to the individual knitter's own preferences.
Witre design
210 x 297 mm / 208 pages
Ŭ 30 patterns covering all seasons
Ŭ Focus on sustainability and slow fashion
Ŭ Beloved Norwegian knitting brand Witre Design
Rights sold to:
Ŭ World English (Search Press
Ŭ Denmark (Turbine)
Ŭ Finland (Tammi)
Ŭ Germany (Frech Verlag)
Ida Wirak Trettevik A KNITTER’S YEAR
Knitting is not just for the colder seasons, as knitting designer Ida Trettevik proves with the 30 patters found in A Knitter’s Year.
Knitted clothing has become important for many people in a time of increasing focus on slow fashion and sustainability. Because we take extra good care of clothes we make for ourselves, choosing materials and colours we are fond of and will want to wear for a long time. And because a person who knits knows how much work goes into every single piece of clothing. A Knitter’s Year is a result of this: the desire to knit your own wardrobe, with clothing for every season.
The book covers a whole year, and the photos show Ida and her family in well-known locations in Oslo and eventually at their new home on the island of Engeløya in Nordland, Northern Norway.
Ida Wirak Trettevik (b. 1989) is the woman behind Witre design,one of Norway's most popular knitting patterns. The first patterns launched in 2018, and from the start, Witre design has focused on a modern expression for knitted garnments and designs, creating patterns that will inspire to knit one's own wardrobe – piece by piece. A strong motivation behind the concept is also to help knitters create pieces of good quality and longevity, adjusted to the individual knitter's own preferences.
Babystrikk
195 x 250 mm / 160 pages
Ŭ Patterns for ages 0–2, including accessories
Ŭ Focus on comfort and practicality
Ŭ Encourages use of leftover yarn
Ane-Karine Mørk BABY KNITS
Gorgeous patterns for jackets, bodysuits, suits, bonnets, rompers, socks – and much more
Baby Knits offers a charming collection of warm, comfortable, and practical knitted garments for babies aged 0–2 years. The book includes patterns for everything from jackets, hats, and suits to a small teddy bear. With a strong focus on functionality, the author ensures that all garments are easy to put on and take off without having to be pulled over the baby’s head.
Each pattern comes with yarn alternatives in various price ranges and qualities, allowing you to adapt the projects to both the season and your budget. Many of the designs also encourage the use of leftover yarn you may have at home. Several patterns are available in premature sizes as well, making the collection even more versatile.
The book also features a small selection of patterns for mothers. Both expectant and new mums will appreciate soft cardigans and warm, protective nursing pads.
Ane-Karine Øvrum (34) is a mid-wife and designer of children's clothing. She is known on Instagram as @ littleandloop. She lives in Sandefjord with her husband and three kids.
Vottestrikk
195 x 250 mm / 160 pages
Ŭ 34 mitten patterns inspired by tradition
Ŭ Each design named after a pioneering Norwegian woman
Ŭ Combines history, feminism and practical knitting
Nina Granlund Sæther
NORWEGIAN MITTENS
34 patterns inspired by traditional Norwegian knitting
In this inspiring collection, acclaimed designer Nina Granlund Sæther presents 34 exquisite mitten patterns, all grounded in the rich heritage of traditional Norwegian knitting. Using pure Norwegian wool yarn, each design features elegant, contemporary colour palettes that are fresh, muted, and beautifully balanced.
What sets this book apart is its subtle feminist thread: each mitten is named after a remarkable Norwegian woman—trailblazers like Aasta Hansteen, Betzy Kjelsberg, Camilla Collett, and Gina Krog. Alongside each pattern, you’ll find a short introduction to their lives and legacies, celebrating their contributions while keeping their stories quite literally in your hands.
The book is also a practical treasure trove for knitters. It addresses the most common questions and challenges: covering yarn and colour selection, needle types, gauge, sizing, picking up stitches for the thumb, how to read and mirror pattern diagrams, correcting mistakes, decorative techniques, and final finishing. Whether you’re an experienced knitter or a beginner eager to learn, you'll find expert support and inspiration on every page. All patterns are available in both women’s and men’s sizes.
The mitten is close to designer Nina Granlund Sæther's heart – it is one of her favourite items to knit and design, and she is perhaps our foremost designer of knitted mittens in Norway. There is no one better to help you keep your hands warm through the colder seasons.
Nina Granlund Sæther is a journalist and editor. She trained as an arts and crafts teacher and has written several books on handcraft. She contributes patterns to the weekly press and gives lessons on knitting.
