Cappelen Damm Agency – Spring 2020 – Fiction/Non-fiction

Cappelen Damm Agency FICTION/NON-FICTION

Spring 2020 Here you will find some of Norway’s leading contemporary authors.

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FICTION/NON-FICTION Cappelen Damm Agency 2020

Published by CAPPELEN DAMM AS www.cappelendamm.no Layout: CAPPELEN DAMM AS Print: AIT Bjerch AS ISBN: 978-82-02-67082-5 Illustration on the back: Depositphotos © CAPPELEN DAMM AS 2020

Content Contact information 4 Fiction 6 Flamme forlag 30 Uplit 36 Crime 40 Non-fiction 56

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Cappelen Damm Agency represents the rights of all of the authors in this catalogue.

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Roy Jacobsen and Anneliese Pitz

THE MAN WHO LOVED SIBERIA

A butterfly collector's memories of East Siberia

Fritz Dõrries (1852–1953) lived a life that few of us can grasp today. During his 22 years of adventurous travelling in Siberia, he collected tigers, deer, eagles, plants, and butterflies.

He was a mixture of Ed Stafford and Carl von Linnaeus travelling alone in a sled across Siberia. Cold, beauty, and suffering.

This novel is based on his memoirs – an incredible story about nature, travel and discovery.

Mannen som elsket Sibir En sommerfuglsamlers erindringer fra Øst-Sibir 130x205 mm / 288 pages

‘That this story has fascinated the knowledge-thirsty Roy Jacobsen is easy to understand – and thanks to the prolific German of his wife, Anneliese Pitz, they were able to join in writing a novel of warm prose, that is close to the life of insects and animals on the taiga and tundra.’

VG

Roy Jacobsen (b. 1954) has, since his literary debut in 1982 with the short story collection Prison Life, evolved into an original, strong and analytical writer with a special interest in the underlying psychology at play in human relationships and actions.

Roy Jacobsen is a wonderful storyteller with obvious political engagement. He has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Award: for The Conquerors in 1991, and Frost in 2003. He was short-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2009 for his novel The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles. In 2017 he was shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize for The Unseen – as the first Norwegian writer ever. And in 2018 nominated for The Dublin International Literature Prize. His books have been published in 36 territories.

Born and raised in Belgium, Anneliese Pitz came to Norway in 1974. She has a PhD in linguistics from Trondheim, has been teaching for 24 years at Oslo ­University, researches grammar and also speaks Russian.

Rights sold to: Denmark (Turbine) | Sweden (Norstedts) | Poland (Wydawnictwo Poznanskie sp. z o.o.)

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Roy Jacobsen

THE UNSEEN

SHORTLIST BOOKER PRIZE

This novel is set in the first half of the 20th Century on the island Barrøy. The island is small, there is only space for Ingrid’s family. Life on the island is difficult and the Barrøy family is poor, but certainly not without guts and skills. They live off of their small land, they have some livestock, they fish in the sea and make use of whatever the waves wash ashore.

De usynlige 130x205 mm / 256 pages

The dramatic ocean and the seasonal changes make for a plot in itself. Roy’s descriptions of man and nature are breath taking. The family’s love for their environment is brilliantly communicated.

A life somewhere else is unthinkable to them. This is their paradise on Earth.

The Barrøy family is depicted with great wisdom, sensitivity and narrative skill.

Roy turns their practical knowledge into little gems of stories with metaphorical and existential depth.

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE. RIGHTS SOLD TO 30 TERRITORIES ‘... as blunt as it is subtle and is ­easily among the best books I have ever read. ... There is a unique universality about The Unseen. Jacobsen's prose is beautiful, clean, poised and plain speaking, but there are interludes of Shakespearean grandeur in the dazzling descriptions of storms.’

THE IRISH TIMES

Rights sold to: Azerbaijan (Qanun Publishing House) | Bulgaria (Aviana) | Catalonia (Biblioasis) | China (Writers Publishing House) | Czech Republic (Pistorius & Olšanská) | Denmark (Rosinante & Co) | Estonia (Eesti Raamat) | Faroe Islands (Sprotin Forlag) | France (Éditions Gallimard) | Germany (C. H. Beck) | Greece | Hungary (Scolar Kiado) | Iceland (Forlagið) | Israel (Keter Books) | Italy (Bompiani) | Lithuania (Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishing House) | Macedonia (Shkupi) | Netherlands (Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij) | (Hålogaland teater) | Poland (Wydawnictwo Poznanskie sp. z o.o.) | Portugal (Relógio D’Água Editores) | Republic Of Korea (Fiftyone K. Inc. Zhan publishing) | Slovenia (VBZ) | Spain (Alianza Editorial, S.A.) | Sweden (Norstedts) | Syrian Arab Republic (Mamdouh) | Turkey (Yapi Kredi Kültür Sanat Yay. Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S.) | United Kingdom (MacLehose Press)

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Roy Jacobsen (b. 1954) is regarded as one of the most influential contemporary authors in Norway, and has since his sensational debut in 1982, with the short story collection Prison Life, which won him the prestigious Tarjei Vesaas’ Debutant Prize, developed into an original and daring author with a special interest in the underlying psychological interplay in human relationships. He has been nominated three times for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and twice for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. In 2017 he was shortlisted for both the Man Booker International Prize, as the first Norwegian author ever, and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, for The Unseen.

In 2013 Jacobsen’s authorship reached a new milestone with the publication of The Unseen, book one in his now completed Barrøy trilogy. It is set in the first half of the 20th century on an island on the North-Western coast of Norway, and is a monument over human courage and life-saving practical and social knowledge. White Shadow followed in 2015, and The Eyes of Rigel was published in 2017.

The Barrøy trilogy became an immediate critically acclaimed sales success, it has been translated into 28 languages, and has sold nearly 500.000 copies in Norway alone. In total, Jacobsen has been translated into 36 languages.

Reviews for White Ocean: ‘He is the master of the coastal folk, Roy Jacobsen, a virtuoso, poetic portrayer of coastal culture – with its fish, boat crews and practical ­activities. … The novel is safe in the hands of a novelist who commands a wonderfully beautiful language and has a poetic power. The dialogue and the powerful expressions in local dialect create authenticity. The chapters and scene after scene are rounded off with elegance and finesse.

Roy Jacobsen masters the short format. A joy for heart and soul.’

VG  ‘Roy Jacobsen is a true storyteller; with his capacity to give the reader both overview and detail in the same image – without losing perspective. … In White Ocean, life is portrayed with both beauty and brutality.’

BERGENS TIDENDE  Reviews for The Eyes of Rigel: ‘Roy Jacobsen’s third novel about Ingrid Barrøy is a beautiful, poetic and at times brutal story. The entire little but great novel gives a tantalizing picture of life after the Great War, life after the catastrophe, life after love. Read it yourself, this exceptionally beautiful voyage from the ocean to the wooded inlands and back, amongst people with visible and invisible scars, war within peace.’

VG  ‘Jacobsen’s images of a society in rapid development, is as sharp and ­detailed as his pictures of nature, woods, bird song and the absence of the ocean – in what becomes Ingrid Barrøy´s peculiar journey. This book is a highlight!’

NRK ‘When I close the book I think – like I always do with Jacobsen; Damned, how good he is!’

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Ingvar Ambjørnsen

NO ONE CAN HELP ME ‘A brief fitness report along with the plan for reading Michel Houellebecq’s novel, Lanzarote: Despite my six decades on this earth, I currently suffer no mental or physical ailments. In many respects, I am better than I have been for ages.’

Elling chuckles in recognition and cringes in horror as he reads and writes about Houellebecq. Come along on an entertaining and painful reading journey, with Elling in the driver’s seat.

Ingen kan hjelpe meg 130x205 mm

Ingvar Ambjørnsen (b. 1956) is considered to be one of the greatest storytellers of contemporary Norwegian literature. Since his literary début in 1981, Ambjørnsen has written a number of novels as well as three collections of short stories, essay collections and books for children and young reders. He has won a number of awards, including the Riverton Prize, the Brage Award, the Booksellers’ Award and the Riksmål Prize. ­Several of his books have been adapted into films with great success. The movie Elling, based on Ambjørnsen’s novels The Bird Dance and Bloodbrothers, was nominated to an Oscar in 2001, and Elling the theatre play has appeared on stage in several theatres around Europe to great acclaim.

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Lars Saabye Christensen

ECHOES OF THE CITY – THE SHADOW BOOK

BESTSELLER!

Lars Saabye Christensen has put his ear to the conch of the city and listened to the sound within. With finely tuned sensitivity he listens to every detail.

He sees the light casting a shadow one way as the sun is setting over the city that was, and the other way over a city waking up to a new time. Inevitably the question arises: Whom are we who are living in this city, this country and this time - and who will we become?

Byens spor – Skyggeboken

At the centre of the third part of Echoes of the City we find Maj Kristoffersen.

Her destiny is intimately interwoven with Oslo and its streets; but not as much as the ­people she shares the city with. First and foremost her children Jesper and Stine, as well as her fellow women of the Red Cross, the invisible social backbone of Fagerborg borough.

The children are grown up and times are changing. Hopes and dreams are challenged by a world no longer on track. The pains of growing are visible in them all as new doors open and the old are closing.

This is the riveting, grand and thought provoking final of the trilogy Echoes of the City.

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE. ‘One of Scandinavia’s greatest authors, and a narrator with a God gifted talent’ INFORMATION, DENMARK ‘A portrait formulated with the poetic melancholy, so typical to Saabye Christensen when he is at his best.’

DAGBLADET  ‘In the references, but maybe foremost in the loaded dialogue between the people in the book, echoes a certain lingual musicality delivered by one of our foremost literary impressionists.’

VG 

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Lars Saabye Christensen

ECHOES OF THE CITY – Maj This is the first part of the Echoes of the City trilogy.

In this book Maj – and not least her struggle to bring up her children, Signe and Jesper – is in focus. Jesper and his best friend, Jostein the butcher’s son, grow from children into young men in each their own way.

Lars Saabye Christensen (b. 1953-) has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections since his literary debut in 1976 with The Story of Gly (Historien om Gly). His breakthrough came with Beatles (1984), one of the greatest literary sales successes in Norway that, over the years, new generations continue to hold close to their hearts. The author received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother (Halvbroren) in 2001.

Byens spor – Maj

He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics’ Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the N ­ orwegian Reader’s Prize. The author has been published in 36 countries.

Lars Saabye Christensen

ECHOES OF THE CITY – Ewald and Maj This is the second part of the Echoes of the City trilogy.

We’ve all stood on a street corner and let the city’s lights and sounds pass by. What do we hear when we listen to the sounds of the city? What traces do they leave in us? Who is at the other end of the line when the phone rings? What story can we deduce from the ­protocols from Fagerborg’s branch of the Red Cross in the post-war years? How do the stories all connect?

When someone loses something, someone else finds something different. The city and the streets are the same as before, but the people who emerge in Echoes of the City have never been seen before.

Byens Spor – Ewald og Maj

At the center are Ewald and Maj Kristoffersen, but their fates are closely interwoven with the city and the streets they live on.

Rights sold to: Denmark (Grif) | Poland (Literackie) | UK (MacLehose Press) | Czech Rep. (Kniha Zlin) | Germany (BTB Luchterhand)

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Beate Grimsrud

I SUGGEST THAT WE WAKE UP A white envelope flies through the air and lands in Vilde Berg's letterbox.

She is at a midpoint in her life, and has everything she needs. But the envelope contains a message that will turn her life upside down – she is seriously ill.

Exuberant and curious, Vilde has always asked questions about herself and the world, and she has never taken the answers to these questions lightly. When your own life – something you take so for granted – can come to an end, what questions do you ask then?

Jeg foreslår at vi våkner 130x205 mm

Time now seems both in short ­supply and drawn out – how long will she have to wait for answers, to hope and to recover?

Does she have to hurry and use her time as best she can?

Parallel to Vilde's story about wanting to live, are all the stories about Vilde's childhood in the fabled Dovre mountains, where she stole a golden pen from grandfather. From this pen spring tales of a wistful and playful rat longing to be noticed and loved by the fox with the beautiful tail.

I Suggest That We Wake Up is a new milestone in Beate Grimsrud's career, trembling with raw nerve and wild hopefulness, combined with the author's stubborn energy and distinct sense of humor.

Beate Grimsrud (b. 1963) is a creative and versatile writer. She made her début with the short story c­ ollection There are limits to what I do not understand in 1990, and in 1998 she was nominated for the Nordic Council Literary Award for her novel Sneaking past an axe. Her international break-through came in 2010 with the novel A Fool Free. It earned her the Norwegian Critics' Prize 2010, the Swedish Radio's Listeners' Award 2010, and a nomination by both Norway and Sweden to the Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2010.

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A FOOL FREE

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Beate Grimsrud

AWARD WINNING

Eli lives alone. But she shares her life with Espen, Erik and Emil – or, rather, their voices, which have been with her since childhood. Periodically, she is cared for in mental hospital and treated either with sympathy, or with gross insensitivity.

Eli's will to live and be creative is strong, but the voices keep rowing and ruining things for her. Still, she carries on writing books and making films.

In this novel, Beate Grimsrud opens the door to a world that is alien to most people; in that world, you can at times feel vulnerable and powerless, but it has its own fascination and pathos.

WINNER OF THE NORWEGIAN CRITICS' PRIZE 2010.

WINNER OF SWEDISH RADIO'S LISTENERS' AWARD 2010.

En dåre fri 134x213 mm / 512 pages

NOMINATED BY BOTH NORWAY AND SWEDEN TO THE NORDIC COUNCIL'S LITERATURE PRIZE. ‘A Fool Free is a based on an exceptionally brutal and beautifully lyrical narrative drawn from the inner life of a mentally ill artist.’

DAGSAVISEN ‘... a disturbing and up, close and personal story about a mind in the crossing between enormous power and enormous, vulnerable lonliness.’

VG ‘Suffice it to say that the literature Beate Grimsrud creates is unique, and that windows toward completely different dimensions are opened when you read her.’

GÖTEBORGPOSTEN, SWEDEN ‘It invades your body and your mind, it becomes a voice that stays with you and which demands attention.’

EXPRESSEN, SWEDEN Rights sold to: Bulgaria (DA Poetry Publishing) | Czech Republic (Doplnek) | Denmark (Gyldendal) | Finland (Like) | France (Actes Sud) | Germany (btb) | Iceland (Salka) | Russia (Corpus) | Serbia (Carobna) | United Kingdom (Head of Zeus)

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Vigdis Hjorth

NEW NOVEL FALL 2020

One of the greatest novels in an already brilliant career.

Photo: Agnete Brun

Johanna, an artist, has spent the last three decades living in the US. When a gallery invites her to create a retrospective exhibition, with a new, commissioned work as its centrepiece, she returns to her native Norway.

Johanna rents an apartment in a by the fjord, and a small cabin in the woods on the outskirts of the city. As she traverses the city, back and forth between the two places, she searches for a sense of direction in the work ahead of her, and for a discovery to bridge her past to the present.

What remains of the life Johanna left behind in Norway, several decades ago?

What is she expecting to find upon her return? And what if that something should choose not to appear?

Vigdis Hjorth’s forthcoming novel is a riveting, immersive story about the most fundamental longings and disappointments of our lives. In her unmistakable voice, the author blends deep psychological insight and keen empathy with perspectives from art and literature. At the heart of this novel lies the question of what it means to come to terms with one’s past, when neither making amends nor letting go is an option.

Vigdis Hjorth (b. 1959) has made an exciting literary career and has written many popular books for both children and adults. Today she is an awardwinning author and one of Norway's most interesting contemporary writers.

She has won a number of prizes and awards, amongst them: The Gyldendal Prize in 2011, the Critics Award in 2012, The Honorary Brage Award and the Amalie Skram Award in 2014, The Aschehoug Award in 2015 and the Booksellers Prize in 2016.

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Vigdis Hjorth

WILL AND TESTAMENT Vigdis Hjorth's new novel starts as a classic story of inheritance, centred on two summer cabins on Hvaler.

Two children have been looking after the place and their parents for many years.

They are due to inherit the cabins. But there are two other children, who have partly broken away from the family. How do they fit into the inheritance dispute?

During the inheritance discussions another story emerges which brings violent forces into play. It's all about family history.

Will and Testament is a powerful novel, which certainly created great debate when it was first published in 2016.

WINNER OF THE NORWEGIAN BOOK­­SELLERS AWARD AND THE NORWEGIAN CRITICS AWARD IN 2016.

NOMINATED TO THE NORDIC COUNCILS LITERATURE PRIZE 2016.

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE. ‘Only Vigdis Hjorth is able to handle a serious topic in such a strong, intelligent and poetic way.’

DAGBLADET ‘The way Vigdis Hjorth writes takes us straight into the lives and life-choices that most people recognize around us and within us.’

VG ‘Vigdis Hjorth’s new novel is furious and wise, trembling and stringent.’

NRK

Arv og miljø 130x205 mm / 352 pages

LONGLISTED FOR

THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

RIGHTS SOLD TO 21 TERRITORIES

Rights sold to: Azerbaijan (Qanun Publishing House) | Bulgaria (Aviana) | Croatia (Ljevak) | Denmark (Turbine) | Estonia (Eesti Raamat) | Faroe Islands (Sprotin Forlag) | Finland (Schildts & Söderströms) | France (Actes Sud) | Hungary (Polar Egyesület) | Italy (Fazi Editore) | Lithuania (Alma Littera) | Netherlands (Ambo Anthos) | (Den Nationale Scene A) | Poland | Russia (EKSMO) | Spain (Nórdica Libros) | Sweden (Natur & Kultur) | Turkey (Siren Yayinlari) | United Kingdom (Verso) | United States (Verso Books)

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Henrik Langeland

SHOWTIME!

The third, and final, novel about Christian von der Hall

In Wonderboy, we met Christian as a 34-year-old, when he was dreaming of becoming rich. In The Prince, he had turned 47 and discovered that power often trumps money. In Showtime!, our hero is approaching 60 and has begun to wonder whether he should be striving for that most powerful of forces – namely, love. Or as Christian von der Hall, a true-born man of his time, often calls it: entertainment.

Showtime!

130 x 205 mm

Press: Wonderboy A satirical firework. One of the most fun reads in years.

TERJE STEMLAND, NRK Intelligent, revealing, and howlingly funny – and so well written that it is impossible to put the book down.

BJØRN TORE BRØSKE, BERGENSAVISEN Press: The Prince Few authors master this genre better than Langeland. ØRJAN GREIFF JOHANSEN, ADRESSEAVISA A well-told robber story from modern Norway […] a naïve belief that money can buy everything worth owning – power and influence included.

LEIF EKLE, NRK

Henrik H. Langeland is one of Norway's leading contemporary authors. Of particular note can be mentioned the novels Wonderboy, The Passion of Francis Meyer, The Prince and The World Champions. Langeland holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature on the works of Marcel Proust. He has formerly been the editor of the literary quarterly Vinduet and held several other engagements in Norwegian business- and public life.

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WORKS BY STIG SÆTERBAKKEN: Stig Sæterbakken (19662012) was one of Norway's most critically acclaimed authors. His books have been compared to works by artists such as Beckett, Bernhard and Polanski.

Sæterbakken's novels often explore the inner life and morality of human beings. A darkness looms in his stories, and yet they are written in a brilliant language.

Works by Stig Sæterbakken has been sold to: Denmark | Finland | Russia | Slovakia | Spain | S ­ weden | The Czech Rep. | Turkey | Germany | The US

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Stig Aasvik

THE DEAD OF THE YEAR Stig Aasvik writes his life. The Death of the Year expands on the themes covered in his two most recent novels, The Lofoten Wall and The Mayor of Oslo. Once again, we are in Stig’s head. We read about childhood and grief, problems large and small – like combining cohabitation and parental responsibility with self-loathing and other acute existential challenges.

As always, Aasvik’s gaze is honest, curious, sharp and dreamlike.

Årets døde 130x202 mm / 608 pages

‘He writes the way a meticulous and sensitive Knaugård might do, merciless but carefully and tender about his close ones. The text grows in a well-groomed and rich inner language.’

STAVANGER AFTENBLAD ‘The Lofoten Wall is sweet. The language is radient. The transitions from thought to thought come naturally. Not for a moment do we miss an external narrative.’

ADRESSEAVISEN

Stig Aasvik (b. 1970) lives in Oslo. His debut was The Electrical Elephant from 2002. Internal affairs from 2012, his third novel, was awarded The Booksellers Scholarship for Authors. It received great reviews and was nominated for Book of the Year in the publication Natt & Dag.

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Stig Aasvik

THE LOFOTEN WALL The Lofoten Wall is a fragmented, intense and meandering insider's tale from within Stig Aasvik's mind; events past and present are intertwined in one long stream of consciousness; his childhood, his mother's sudden and untimely death, travels to his father's hometown in Lofoten, family life, work, everyday events, events great and small, wounds great and small, difficult and painful experiences. Everything pours out, is turned inside out and enlarged.

This is an ambitious story, an inner struggle, a complex, musical, dark, dreamy and lyrical tale about being a human being – here and now.

Lofotveggen 130x205 mm / 320 pages

Stig Aasvik

THE MAYOR OF OSLO The Mayor of Oslo continues where the critically acclaimed The Lofoten Wall left off. The main character is being hounded by the Unemployment Office. He still needs a job. We find him on a job-seekers course, at the café, on a trip to Australia, at football training with his son, back to his mother's sudden death, the break-up and arguments with his father.

The Major of Oslo is a dark, funny, desperate and original novel.

Ordføreren i Oslo 130x205 mm / 336 pages

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Erlend Loe

HELL Newly divorced Rakel has moved from her villa into a smaller town house, and she has custody of her children every other week.

She has plenty of time on her hands the weeks she spends alone. One day she decides to take on her small patch of ­garden with a rusty shovel she finds in an old shed. Just as she starts digging, she stumbles upon a doorway that happens to lead straight to Hell.

This journey to the heart of darkness comes with typical Erlend Loe absurdism and lots of dark humour.

Illustrated by Kim Hiorthøy.

Helvete 120x180 mm / 136 pages

BESTSELLER!

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE. ‘Yours truly had the greatest of times with this book! Loe does not make a batter bigger than what he can beat, but what hell of a cake he is baking! The naïve lines in the illustrations by Kim Hiorthøy suits this absurd and delightful novel that also has a very surprising end.’

ADRESSEAVISEN  ‘Loe is witty and satirical. Childish and wise at the same time. He messes around with stereotypes, standardized language and human weaknesses. Hell can be read as an allegory of life and what happens in the tension between the highs and the (cellar) lows. The book touches the modern feeling of vigour and doubt. Even the Devil – who´s sister is God, who has become so hard to handle that she is "the main problem for evil" – trembles and longs. He is "full of longing" and doubting the whole system. Quite human. Maybe that is why it is so easy to like the novels

by Loe. They are fun stories about doubt, weak moments, crisis and contra productive life strategies. The are about life, a topic that matters to most of us.’

DAGBLADET  Erlend Loe (b. 1969) is one of Norway's bestselling authors. His work has been published in 41 territories so far. He made his literary debut with Captured by the Woman in 1993. His breakthrough both in Norway and internationally came with the publication of his second novel Naiv. Super in 1996. His 2004 novel Doppler was critically acclaimed for its depiction of the modern man and has become an international sucess. Erlend Loe also writes books for children and has had great success with the Kurt series.

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Rune Salvesen

THE ANTI-FEMINIST Damned anti-feminist, Stine says to her husband Fillip.

But she doesn’t know a thing. Because Fillip hasn’t told her about what happened when he was a child. When he has to clear out his mother’s house after her death, the smell of cheap perfume and cigarettes still lingers.

Among all her belongings, Fillip finds his old diary – where he wrote about everything. Now he must face how the experiences of his childhood home has affected him and his family.

Rune Salvesen (b. 1978) was born in Forus in Stavanger, and now lives in Austrått in Sandnes. He debuted with texts in the anthology Signaler in 1997. His first novel was published in 2005.

Antifeministen 130 x 205 mm / 144 pages

Edgar Burås

DU OG JEG, ALFRED Norway, far off in the future. Elias lives in a house and the house is called Alfred. Alfred can think and speak, and provides shelter against the dangerous yellow rain that falls from the sky at irregular intervals. But Alfred also knows that Elias has a criminal past. Will his secret come out one day? And what happens when a robot refugee turns up outside the house? Must he take care of her? What is Elias to do?

Edgar Burås grew up in the Belgian Congo as the child of Norwegian missionaries. Burås worked as a teacher for several years, but Malaria forced him into early retirement in 2009. Burås has previously published the children's book Ungawa (Ena forlag, 2018).

Du og jeg, Alfred 130 x 205 mm / 112 pages

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Kristin Buvik Sivertsen

EXERCISING The protagonist in Exercising has become a mother.

Thanks to this, and the collapse of her body after giving birth, she is confronted for the first time by life's physiological limitations. She decides to take control and starts going to the gym. Full of prejudice, she enters a new world of sharp light, bright colours, and a community that was previously unknown to her.

Trening 130x205 mm

Kristin Buvik Sivertsen (b. 1986) lives in Bodø. She holds a Master's Degree in comparative literature from the University of Copenhagen.

Her debut novel, Omsorg (care), received the literary Saabye Scholarship. Exercising is her second novel.

Ingvild Schade

THE MANNEQUIN ­MURDER The Mannequin Murder is a fascinating and dramatic account from the literary talent Ingvild Schade. It is a beautiful and painful, burlesque and grotesque novel with unexpected twists and turns. Reviewers have compared Schade with Kurt Vonnegut and Mikhail Bulgakov.

Bergverket 130x205 mm / 128 pages

Karsten is a meticulous and gaping young boy living in a normal family. All objects and events, big or small are subject to Karsten’s intense interest and exploration.

Suddenly one morning Karsten’s father asks him to say goodbye to his childhood home. An overnight bag is packed, and his father says they are leaving for a trip – and everything is set into motion.

Ingvild Schade (b. 1987) received rave reviews for her debut novel Drammen Book of Records (2014). Schade has attended the Hordaland Art Academy of Creative Writing, and writes both novels and plays.

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Didrik Morits Hallstrøm

TAKE WHAT IS YOURS Daniel is out of jail and back in Oslo. There’s money to be collected, his brother is in prison and Hermann needs a dad. In an empty apartment stands a dead girl who’s never been more alive. Even now, ten years later.

When will it pass? Does true love ever die?

Take What Is Yours is a love story from Oslo’s underworld and a stand alone follow-up to the critically acclaimed You Are Not Dead until I Stop Loving You (2011).

Didrik Morits Hallstrøm (b. 1984) was born in Oslo, and is an Art Director educated at The Westerdals School of Communication. His debut You are not dead until I stop loving you (Du er ikke død før jeg slutter å elske deg) from 2011 was well received by both the critics and the readers. He has since written two more novels.

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Kjetil Nordengen

CAPTAIN OF MY OWN SHIP 35-year-old Andor Leine is hardworking and popular with his colleagues, but is profoundly dissatisfied with his own life. He wants to achieve more. But troubles emerge when he is interviewed for the workplace intranet. The photo of Andor – dressed in a grey windcheater and ill-fitting jeans – gets picked up by a fashion blogger for an internet article about the new normcore trend: “Fashion for people who realise they are one of seven billion.”

What are you supposed to do with the fact that what makes you unique, is precisely that you don’t stand out?

As Andor becomes a poster boy for the new trend, a series of events start to unfold beyond his control.

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Kjetil Nordengen (b. 1981) is a trained electrician with a degree in sociology. He has also worked in a publishing house and played in a rock band. He grew up in Toten, Norway, and is a former student of the creative writing programme at Bø College. Captain of my own ship is his debut novel.

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Fredrik Lilleby

THE MAGISTRATE WHO WANTED TO BE A STREET PHOTOGRAPHER Helge Kapsersen is a magistrate at Fløtterud district court, with a lacklustre attitude to both job and family.

Kaspersen has always wanted to be an artist. And he still nurses ambitions in that direction. Now street photography is the thing. One day, he takes a picture of his fellow magistrate, Bibbe, mouth agape over a hotdog. Should he publish the picture? And should he visit the local Thai massage parlour?

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Fredrik Lilleby (b. 1981) writes, reads and photographs.

He lives in Olso and works as a lawyer.

Kitty Byng

THE BODY IS A MURDERER Nina and Kitty are married and live an active life in Oslo, with careers and good friends. If they want to have a child, the time to start is now. It’ll take more to make it happen than a romantic evening or two. They have to make a choice themselves if anything is going to happen. And life is so good just the way it is. They start to click around on a donor website, just to take a look.

What does trying to have a child entail? Will it corrode their relationship? Is Kitty’s body even capable of bearing a child? And why does the thought of new life make Kitty think of death?

Kroppen er en morder 130x205 mm / 368 pages

The Body Is a Murderer is a complex love story about Nina and Kitty; an urgent and intimate examination of the life we have and the life we make.

Kitty Byng (b. 1980) lives in Oslo. The Body is a Murderer is her debut novel.

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Ingrid Tørresvold

REGARDS, RUTH It’s hot in the capital. Extremely hot. So hot that Oslo city council shuts off the taps to save water. So hot that people leave town. And further north in the country, the forest fires are spreading. There’s a state of emergency. In a small cafe in Oslo’s Veitvet district, 37-year-old Ruth stands sweating. She works here one day a week. It’s just a shame that nobody wants hot coffee in the heatwave. In the absence of customers, Ruth tries to make friends with her colleague Sofie instead. She has become pregnant and turns to Ruth for advice about what to do.

Ingrid Tørresvold (b. 1992) is from Trondheim, Norway. She is a previous student of the creative writing programme at Bø college. She is currently working with railway information in Oslo. Regards, Ruth is her first novel.

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Ida Fjeldbraaten

WOLVERINE Wolverine is a novel about the animal in humans and the human in animals. It examines zoos both as a luxury and as their own little realities, and looks at what happens in a place like this when the society beyond its walls breaks down.

The novel’s protagonist lives in an institution and works as a cleaner at the city’s zoo. She has a childish outlook on the world, is more in touch with her instincts and drives than other people, and struggles to stem the anger and violence that rage within her.

She has a strong relationship with the animals around her, especially the wolverine, whom she has christened Ragamuffin. The wolverine is the other main character in the book and we also get to hear his side of the story.

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Ida Fjeldbraaten (b. 1984) is a creative leader of the ad agency Hausmann and marketing manager of the small publisher Teori & Praksis.

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Linn Strømsborg

NEVER, EVER, EVER «I am 35 years old. I do not want children.

It’s not something I talk to other people about. It is something that I am ashamed of, a topic I avoid; take long verbal detours around. When my friends talk about having kids, I change the topic. I do not want to be to certain or unbending, because I might suddenly wake up one day and find that I have become one of them, an ordinary woman in her thirthies wanting to get pregnant, wanting a family, wanting to expand my life, my body and my heart to make room for more than myself. You are allowed to change your mind.»

The main character in Linn Strømsborg´s novel Never, ever, ever has never wanted children. She has been living with Philip for eight years, and they have agreed to not have children – up until now.

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Never, ever, ever is a novel about why we have children, and why we do not have children. It is the story about choosing something other than what is expected of you, but at the same time wanting a normal life.

‘Strømsborg explore motherhood through the relation the narrator holds to her own mother, her grandparents and her mothers relationship to her parents. She has interesting perspectives on Motherhood vs. Fatherhood, writes beautifully about growing up and how friendships change once someone has kids. The book is never introverted, but has a narrative driven by good dialogues and storyline.

The story is elegantly composed, at times cinematic. Strømsborg has written rare and energized prose about a timely and somewhat taboo topic.’

VG  Linn Strømsborg (b. 1986) made her debut 2009 with the novel Roskilde, the story of a group of young people at a music festival, and followed up with the chap book The Øya Festival in the same year. She has since written two novels about the main character Eva; Furuset in 2012 and You're not gonna die in 2016.

She is one of the most interesting young voices in contemporary Norwegian fiction today.

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Reviews for Suburbia: ‘A moving and beautiful tale of adulthood that didn’t come when it was supposed to. … Every decade, every place needs its young Werther or its young Eva from Furuset.’

NRK Reviews for You’re not Dying: ‘... a hopeful book about anxiety.’

KLASSEKAMPEN ‘Maybe one could say that Strømsborgs authorship is moving in a more serious direction with this book, but there is still something unmistakably Strømsborgesque with this novel that portrays the circumstances of a no longer quite so young, anxious woman in an essentially questioning and wondering way, with a hint of misery, melancholy, a sense of lost time, life passing you by, while you’re sitting alone in an empty room, like Demi Moore in St. Elmos Fire, just being scared.’

STAVANGER AFTENBLAD ‘... a strong, beautiful and vivid novel.’

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I REFUSE TO THINK I Refuse to Think has much of the same sharp and smart humour as Lotta Elstad's earlier books.

We meet Hedda Møller after a traumatic plane landing and hazardous journey back to Oslo, through a Europe in crisis, on buses and trains, dirty hostel rooms and a one-night stand in Berlin that will not stop sending her messages in CAPS LOCK. Back home she discovers that she is unwantedly pregnant. That should be an easily solved problem. It´s not.

I Refuse to Think is a dark, feministic contemporary comedy about p ­ olitics, love – and an abyss that is getting d ­ angerously closer.

‘A feminist direct hit!’

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‘Lotta Elstads energy, wittiness and precision makes I Refuse to Think to one of this year's most enjoyable reads.

Within its comical genre, it is absolutely perfect; stimulating, exciting, funny, sharp – and somewhat dark.’

FÆDRELANDSVENNEN  ‘Lotta Elstad has written a novel that is funny, even if it is political. Elstad writes with energy and good timing. The suspense lasts until the last chapter.’

DAGSAVISEN ‘Lotta Elstad creates observing and fresh comedy out of the unwanted pregnancy of a freelancer. There has not been a lot of room for the easy going in Norwegian contemporary literature. Lotta Elstad clears the space for this kind of writing.

That is why it is so easy to let yourself be excited by her novels.’

MORGENBLADET ‘I refuse to think is a Sareptas Jar of a book; energetic, cheeky and daring. But under the cheekiness there are thoughts about work-life, housing, health and the difference between Norway and the rest of Europe.’

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Lotta Elstad

A ROOM OF ONES OWN Anna Louisa Millisdotter has her own room and a bank account full of money – what more could a 70-year-old want?

Anna Louisa is ripped from her quiet retirement by an article in the country's second biggest newspaper. The author is the same woman who once persuaded her to go into public exile. The woman who claimed to have been lured into prostitution by her academic supervisor.

Former student Catherine Wolf, now a professor in Anna Louisa's old faculty.

And suddenly the game is on for Anna Louisa. She decides to show her face in public again – for the first time in 20 years.

A Room of Ones Own is feminist satire, a chamber play with room for both bitcoins and saloon guns.

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‘Lotta Elstad writes like a love child of Dag Solstad and Vigdis Hjorth: ­Intellectual, engaged and witty.’

DAG OG TID ‘In light, satirical style and with a ­precise depiction of distinctly Norwegian s­ ocietal structures, Elstad explores the need to find a place in the world and give life meaning, and how banal the outcome of this struggle can be no matter how strong the fighting spirit once was.’

KLASSEKAMPEN

Lotta Elstad (b. 1982) is a writer, journalist, historian and non-fiction editor. She has since her debut in 2008 published several acclaimed books, both narrative non-fiction and novels.

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Tiril Broch Aakre

MOTHERS AND ­DAUGHTERS This is a story about loss.

And about troubled love.

And about mental health.

And about the darkest darkness and brightest light.

And about one of the 593 suicides in ­Norway in 2017.

And bout being mothers and daughters.

But it is also a story about laughter.

In 2017 Tiril Broch Aakre looses her mother, who has chosen to end her life after struggling with mental illness for a long time.

Mødre og døtre 130x205 mm / 176 pages

The daughter is going through her mother’s things, and through writing try to paint a portrait of a mother that will not be caught up by neither diagnosis nor what a traditional mother should be like.

Through looking at her mother’s things, reading her books and letters, looking at pictures and digging through memory, the daughter tries to find the truth about who her mother was. The mothers voice is also heard through letters and text she has written and sentences underlined in books. In this way the mother draws up the way she sees the world, and the way she sees her daughter. And through this work the daughter has to ask herself: What is actually love?

Mothers and Daughters is a novel about love and compassion, about mourning and mental illness. But most of all it is a story about being a mother and being a daughter.

Tiril Broch Aakre (b. 1976) is a writer, editor, translator and consultant. She made her debut in 2013 with the poetry collection Lace. In 2015, her first novel Save the Children received excellent reviews. She has since written the book Fjällräven Yellow, and is currently writing on the follow up to Save the Children. Tiril Brock Aakre is one of NORLAs New Voices-Program.

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Tiril Broch Aakre

FJÄLLRÄVEN YELLOW Fjällräven Yellow is a coming-of-age novel. We meet eighteen year old Sjur Tangen in the aftermath of a s­ erious traffic accident in which a girlfriend died. His best friend, Frede, is still in hospital and has given Sjur the responsibility for delivering a yellow back-pack with secret contents to various places in Hakadal, where he lives.

‘Tiril Broch Aakre is a remarkable storyteller.’

DAGBLADET ‘Tiril Broch Aakre has a sense of language that make her texts a necessity to read. Fjällräven Yellow is both important and well composed.’

NRK

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‘Broch Aakre often makes linguistic images so good that is makes my brain sparkle and pop.’

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Tiril Broch Aakre

SAVE THE CHILDREN Tanja has moved to Hakadal outside of Oslo with her husband and two children. Here she tries to build a home, make packed lunches, keep the driveway clear of snow, teach her children the difference between right and wrong – and put the past behind her. This proves more difficult than she initially imagined.

Save the Children is a warm, powerful novel about sorrow, fear and everday Sisyphean labour.

‘It is well done to write such a rich novel about such hard and big questions in life, in so few words.’

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Sondre Lerche

ALL THE SONGS ARE ABOUT YOU All the Songs are About You consists of enthusiastic and personal essays about music, some of them reaching as far back as into childhood days in Bergen, and the young Lerche´s almost selfeffacing obsession for the band a-ha and vocalist Morten Harket. In other texts he writes about other heroes like Prefab Sprout, Fiona Apple and Milton Nascimento. There is also room for concert experiences from the United States, with amongst others St. Vincent, Beyoncé and Kygo. And there is also long distance running, in Los Angeles, with ambient in his ears.

Alle sanger handler om deg 120 x 180 mm / 228 pages

According to Lerche there are no guilty pleasures in music. There is only pleasure. And just as important as the music we know and love are the more coinsidential musical meetings, those who take us well outside our comfort zone. Music that some might find useless can have powerful meaning for your neighbour – or millions of people. The texts of this book embrace that fact.

Sondre Lerche (b. 1982) made his musical debut in 2001, with the album Faces Down. Since then, he has released several critically acclaimed records with a broad appeal, inspired by genres such as jazz, rock and club music. The great shift in Lerche's discography has occurred with his two latest records, Please (2014) and Pleasure (2017), which are marked by his will to explore new musical regions while wearing his dancing shoes.

Since 2012, Lerche has also written regularily about music in Norwegian daily newspapers Dagbladet and Klassekampen, and for American Talkhouse.

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Anders Malm

THE SWARM Four young boys, ABC and D, refuse to live as individuals instead they seek a new form of existence: The Swarm. By the help of a strict code of honor, based off made-at-home algorithms, they attempt to rid themselves of individual burdens and the contemporary demands for exceptionality. When they find a collection of leftover designer clothes, that used to belong to one boy's mother, the parental generation's worship of the individual starts to interfere with the boys' collective project.

‘Can the algorithms free us? This is an ambitious and dystopian novel about four boys denouncing the individuality and trying to melt into one. If you have had it with contemporary novels drilling into the every day problems of the urban middle class, Anders Malm is a fitting, if ever so gloomy, direction to turn.

The thoughts are interesting, and the reader stays challenged all the way.’

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Anders Malm (b. 1980) made his debut in 2009 with the story collection Våkenetter. His oeuvre is critically acclaimed, and attuned to the particular struggles of the individual in a post-modern society. The Swarm is his fourth book and third novel.

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Magne Hovden

CIRCUS Funny, elegant and entertaining novel about a traveling circus and a woman's fateful choice.

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A cynical, self-centered businesswoman inherits a circus and sets out on a journey that introduces her to a world of traditions, dedication and camaraderie that gradually causes her to reevaluate how she'll spend the rest of her life.

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‘I would rather shovel Elephant muck!" seems to be the moral of this cross over between Jonas Jonasson’s The Hundred Year Old Who Climed out the Window and Wall Street. In other words likeable and well written entertainment.’

STAVANGER AFTENBLAD ‘Hovden has succeeded in writing a colourful, satirical and catchy novel.’

DAGBLADET

Magne Hovden (b. 1974) is from Ålesund and lives in Kirkenes. He had his breakthrough with the novel Sámi Land (2010), which received sparkling reviews and was sold to several countries. The author also writes for film and television.

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Gunn Marit Nisja

IN THE SAME DREAM It’s a perfectly ordinary evening in Vilja’s student dorm when her mother rings. But the conversation is far from ordinary. Her mother speaks in a confused and incoherent way. Has she been drinking? That isn’t like her. A frightened Vilja takes action, getting her mother admitted to the local hospital.

When Vilja arrives, the doctor says her mother is suffering from an acute brain disease.

In the Same Dream is a novel about life’s sudden upheavals – a tale of a daughter who has to take responsibility for her mother’s future as well as her own, and the dilemmas that brings. But it is also the story of a divided family trying to find their way back to each other in a new situation.

Gun Marit Nisja writes with beautiful subtlety about the lives and dreams of ordinary people.

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Gunn Marit Nisja (b. 1978) debuted in 2011 with the novel Naked in Hijab, which was nominated for the Booksellers' Prize and sold over 20,000 copies. Readers have also thoroughly enjoyed The Porcelain Girl (2013) and The Olive Stone (2014).

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Annicken R. Day

FLY, BUTTERFLY Maya Williams is an ambitious, hardworking New York Business Woman, stymied on her way up the corporate ladder by sexist, male executives. But when she is sent to a conference in Hawaii and expected to lie on stage, she does the unthinkable – she tells the truth. After the event she has a break down on the beach, and then decides to stay in Kauai´i for a few days. After all: she was just fired.

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In Kauai´i she meets people who open her eyes to different ways of thinking and being, she begins to see life, work, love – and her self – in a whole new light. She learns how to chill, to breathe and to be more in the moment. All of a sudden she has a vision of wanting a life that might be totally different from what she thought.

When Maya returns to the corporate world as an executive, can she implement her new philosophies and still succeed?

And will her personal and professional metamorphosis ultimately bring her the happiness and freedom that she dreams of?

‘Fly, Butterfly is a page turner that draws you in and makes you nod furiously, laugh deeply and then sob with empathy. This is a powerful novel that has the energy to inspire change.’

AMY BRANN, Author of Engaged, Make Your Brain Work and Neuroscience for Coaches.

‘Annicken R. Day has a gift for transforming bureaucrazies into businesses that buzz with creativity and joy. With her debut novel, she shows that she also has a knack for crafting stories about transforming ourselves.’

ADAM GRANT, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take.

Annicken R. Day has worked with corporate culture for more than 20 years, i.e. as President of Culture at Norwegian Tandberg, and Cisco. Since 2012, she has been running her own company, Corporate Spring, where she leads her team in helping leaders and teams all over the world in building great places of employments and engaged corporate cultures. She is also a globally renowned public speaker, having written articles for Huffington Post and Business Insider, and co-authored the book Creative Superpowers. Her first novel, Fly, Butterfly, is a story that in many ways reflect Annicken's own experiences, philosophy of life and personal choices: Choosing the heart over the head, trust over fear, and keeping the courage to live one's own life on one's own terms. When Annicken is not travelling, she splits her time between Norway and California.

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Torkil Damhaug

LOOK THE OTHER WAY Two destitute brothers, Karol and Marek, make a living from robbing people in downtown Budapest. One day they suddenly come across a valuable and deadly catch. Marlen, a Norwegian anatomy student, is studying in the Hungarian capital during her first year. She meets Marek by chance, and is quickly swept up in a nightmarish maelstrom. Is it a coincidence that the people around her are dying, one after the other, in quick succession?

Look The Other Way is a psychological thriller from the beautiful and brutal side of autumnal Budapest.

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Praise for Look the Other Way: ‘It’s simply a text free of any superfluous word, but full of excitement and psychological detailing.’

FÆDRELANDSVENNEN ‘In this large-scoped, meandering text, [Damhaug] unites soulful depth, outer excitement factors, political-historical considerations and moral-philosophical seriousness. Within its genre, this is a premium novel.’

STAVANGER AFTENBLAD TWICE RIVERTON PRIZE WINNER

Torkil Damhaug (b. 1958) has a degree in medicine with a specialization in psychiatry. His debut novel, Flee, Moon caused a great stir when it appeared in 1996. His Norwegian and international breakthrough came with the psychological thriller Death by Water in 2009. The novel has since been optioned for a movie.

For the novel Fireraiser, Damhaug was awarded the prestigious Riverton Prize for best Norwegian crime ­fiction novel in 2011. He was again awarded the Riverton Prize 2016 for his crime novel A Fifth Season.

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Praise for A Fifth Season: ‘Torkil Damhaug is a crime writer who is unusually assured in his form; I am unaware of any other writer who can invoke the way in which desperation lies in wait in the most everyday situations in quite the way that he does.’

VG ‘Damhaug is a fantastic story­teller, who painstakingly unravels his well­ composed narrative. Through dialogue, shifts in perspective and a broad spectrum of minor figures, his characters are depicted as a consequence of suppression, conflict and failure. The book is structured as a crime novel, but is also a masterfully constructed study of young people’s environment in the most precariously emotional time of anyone’s life, where anything can happen, for better or (in this case) worse. This book could be described as rural Norwegian crime writing with a high degree of literary ambition.’

DAGBLADET Praise for Heart of glass: ‘The personal voice is one of the strengths of Damhaug as a writer. His way of writing makes him a magnificent example of a true literary crime writer.’

DAGBLADET ‘With the sharp portrayal of a nouveau riche, multicultural Norway – where the lines of conflict are criss­crossing in confusing patterns and where the ambiguous solutions are only found on Facebook – Heart of Glass is experienced as a rarely relevant crime. No Norwegian crime writer has done it better in a long time, maybe not since Damhaugs own Fireraiser from 2011.’

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Karin Fossum

THE DARKENING A married couple check into a hotel with their 15-month-old son. The next morning, the boy falls from the sixthfloor balcony and dies instantly. His parents' explanations differ substantially.

Both of them have something to hide.

Who has the right to have a child? How could a child die in such a way? This time, Konrad Sejer knows it is extremely important to find out the truth. The Darkening is a masterful crime novel and a dangerous marital drama.

Formørkelsen 130x205 mm / 336 pages

‘Karin Fossum is a crime writer like no other. She takes more interest in the people than the crime itself. That makes her more ­exciting to follow than any other Norwegian crime writer. In this book Karin Fossum once more shows us how masterful she is.’ «««««« STAVANGER AFTENBLAD

‘Karin Fossum once again shows herself a magnificent writer, with a strong ability of trying to understand life. And death.’

DAGBLADET ‘It is word against word in this case, and very special crime novel. Really, Karin Fossum is the most foremost of Norwegian crime writers.’

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Karin Fossum (b. 1954) made her literary debut in 1974 with the poetry collection Maybe Tomorrow, for which she won the Vesaas First Writer's Award. She has published books in several genres, but is best known for her crime fiction series about Inspector Konrad Sejer. Several of her books have been filmed for the screen and TV. She has received a number of prestigious awards, including an LA Times Book Award and The Brage Prize for her novel The Indian Bride. In 2017 The Riverton Club named her Best Norwegian Crime Writer through the times! Karin Fossum's books are translated into 34 languages.

Rights sold to: Netherlands (Meulenhoff) | Sweden (Forum)

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Karin Fossum

THE WHISPERER Konrad Sejer #13

Ragna Riegel works at Europris and lives alone in her childhood home. Her parents have died and her only son has moved to Berlin, and they have no contact other than occasional Christmas and birthday cards.

Ragna lives within close confines. She likes her job because it is full of routine, she likes to sit on the same seat on the bus every day and she likes to buy the same things at the local shop each day.

She must have order in her life. And she does, until one day she finds a letter in her mailbox with her name on the envelope and a clear threat written in block capitals on the sheet inside.

The letter reinforces a nightmare where Ragna Riegel's life is threatened by an unknown enemy and she realises that she must use all means possible to defend herself.

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The novel takes the form of Konrad Sejer's interrogation of Ragna Riegel after the worst has happened; after it is too late.

A powerful narrative from one of the strongest voices in Norwegian crime literature.

‘Hviskeren is a novel that measures up to any literature, crime or otherwise.’

DAGBLADET ‘It is her ability to make average, often wounded human psyches crackle and glow in all the colours of the rainbow that is Fossum's forte as a writer. She has an exceptional eye for fragility and vulnerability, and the complexity and dark humour of these states of mind.’

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Hans Olav Lahlum

CLOSURE One August night, in 2010, twenty-yearold Vegard receives a dramatic message.

His father has been run over on a forest road outside Hamar. Vegard rushes to the hospital, but doesn't get there in time. The police treats the incident as a crime, and Vegard suddenly finds himself having to find answers to two important things in his life: Who was his father really, and what happended to him on that forest road?

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Hans Olav Lahlum (b. 1973) is a writer and historian. He made his literary debut with the critically acclaimed biography Oscar Torp in 2007. He has since published a number of crime novels and non-fiction books. His crime novels have become bestsellers in Norway, and are available in English, Greek, Turkish, Bulgarian, ­Danish, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian and Korean.

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Øistein Borge

I AM NUMBER 13 In his dark rage, murder is art – Now he wants to sign his masterpiece In September 2017, a Norwegian exchange student is found murdered in a park outside Amsterdam, taken out with a bolt pistol. Criminal investigator Bogart Bull is sent to Amsterdam on the first flight. In the Dutch capital, there is a man who calls himself Rezník and regards himself as a groundbreaking artist. And Rezník has only just begun.

Sorenskriveren som ville bli gatefotograf 130x205 mm / 192 pages

A new murder takes place, this time with a weapon that bewilders the police. ‘Øystein Borge is a writer who masters the craftmanship of crime writing to perfection.’

VG

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Øistein Borge

THE BASTARD A Jewish man searching for justice. Two Romanian siblings fleeing hopelessness. A Norwegian policeman on his first overseas mission. All meet their fate, just hours after arriving on the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca.

The temperature on the island is approaching 40 degrees – a heatwave appropriate for the hell that awaits Bogart Bull in this holiday paradise. And as befits a hell, there is also a devil here, pulling the strings.

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Øistein Borge (b. 1958) has a background in film and advertising, where he has worked as a director, text writer and creative leader. In 2016 he made his crime debut with the first book about Bogart Bull – The Seventh Demon. Both this book and its follow up What Never Dies were well-received by Norwegian critics, and he was nominated for the Mauritz Hansen Prize in 2017. Both of the books have been sold to successful German publisher Droemer-Knaur.

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Øistein Borge

THE SEVENTH DEMON When the Norwegian realty magnate Axel Krogh is found brutaly murdered in his home in the French ­Riviera, investigator Bogart Bull is sent from Oslo to help with the investigation.

The motive for the murder is unclear. The walls of Kroghs mansion is covered with art worth millions, but the murderer has just stolen one picture. A small, seemingly insignificant painting, signed with the number seven.

‘Intensity all the way through!’

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‘Diverse and genuinly exciting debut.’

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Øistein Borge

WHAT NEVER DIES Bogart Bull, the crime investigator that we first met in Øistein Borge´s critically acclaimed debut The Seventh Demon, is this time in Northern Irland. Shifting between two different timelines in the past and present, we follow Bull as he is hunting the guilty from Belfast to the island Rathlin in the north and all the way south to Armagh, known as the bandit country.

Det som aldri dør 216x143 mm / 295 pages

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Monika N. Yndestad

SMOLDERING FIRE A bus stands totally ablaze in a tunnel in Bergen. Alice Bratt, a journalist at Bergens Tidende, quickly realizes that this is no ordinary road accident. What's hidden within the burned-out wreck?

The matter ends up deeply personal for Alice. One of her good friends, Hassan, was on the bus; and while Hassan lies critically injured in hospital Alice starts receiving emails. And in nine days the city's new mayor will be elected

Ulmebrann 130x205 mm / 352 pages

Monika N. Yndestad (b. 1964) has extensive experience in news and as a crime journalist for BA, and is a renowned journalist and author. In 2013, she received the Nytt Blod – Maurits Hansen award for her crime debut The Girls from the Ballet. The Grave is the third book in the series about BA journalist Alice Bratt.

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Hanne Gellein

ALL THE LITTLE BIRDS Pathologist Silje Andersen has left behind a difficult past and moved to Trondheim. During the autopsy of a young boy, she discovers a fateful connection.

Judge Ingeborg Witsøe Berg is still grieving the loss of her daughter Maja, killed in an accident. But as she prepares for an important trial, Ingeborg finds a bird, a great tit, inside her house. This prompts two questions: how can her daughter’s favourite bird have found its way into a closed room?

And what really happened the day Maja drowned in Nid River?

All the Little Birds is a thriller with a terrifying premise. Two women are united in their quest to seek out the truth and the people who are hiding in the shadows. Because nothing is as it should be in Trondheim.

Alle fugler små 130x205 mm / 320 pages

Hanne Gellein (b. 1978) lives in Trondheim, where she works as a nurse at the Children's Clinic of St. Olav's Hospital. She is an alumni of Cappelen Damms writer's school for crime fiction. All the Little Birds is her debut novel.

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Hilde Østby

THE KEY TO CREATIVITY Why daydreaming can save the world

HILDE ØSTBY

NØKKELEN TIL KREATIVITETEN

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Nøkkelen til kreativitet Eller: Hvorfor dagdrømming kan redde verden 130x205 mm

What is creativity, really? What drives creativity, and how can we all learn how to be more creative?

The Key to Creativity is a book that combines brand new brain research on creativity, the cultural history of c­ reativity and an analysis on society, as well as the experience of a number of creative people.

It is a narrative exploration of c­ reativity, as well as a criticism of society. It is a counterpart to a society that wants to measure everything, where everyone feels the pressure to perform and become a celebrity.

With this book the author tries to make messing about, boredom and trying and failure the new gold standard: Because when AI and the climate crisis arrives, we will have to be very creative! And creativity lives in a very strange place, what the researchers call DMN, also known as daydreaming.

Through the six chapters the author explores where ideas come from and how they feel, what a good idea really is and if you can die from them? For one chapter she battles her inner critic through meditation, impro theatre, electricity through the brain as well as very tight deadlines as she tries to find out what it takes to finish a creative project through talking to some of the very best and most creative people.

Hilde Østby (b. 1975) is a historian of ideas, author, journalist and former publishing editor. She made her debut as an author in 2013 with the critically acclaimed novel Encyclopedia of Longing, and is one of the authors behind the international success Adventures in Memory.

Rights sold to: Poland (Marginesy)

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Hilde Østby and Ylva Østby

ADVENTURES IN ­MEMORY

The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting

Take a plunge into the science of memory, together with sisters Hilde and Ylva Østby, in Diving for Seahorses.

The writers explore the many facets of memory and how it influences our lives, both from a neuroscience perspective and through conversations with some of the most influential memory researchers of our time. They meet people with a special kind of memory – at both ends of the memory spectrum from mnemonists, actors and taxi drivers, to amnesiacs – and discover that most memories are transformed and some are best ­forgotten.

In the middle of winter, they send divers deep into the Oslo fjord in search of where our memories are stored. They wonder if what lies at the heart of ­memory is what will change our future.

Å dykke etter sjøhester En bok om hukommelse 130x205 mm / 288 pages

Diving for Seahorses explains memory through personal and vivid tale t­ elling, ­combining the best of two craftsmanships: Hilde is a novelist, and Ylva is a n ­ europsychologist.

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE. ‘… readable and interesting. … Reading this book will leave you baffled about how complex memory is.’

FÆDRELANDSVENNEN ‘Diving for seahorses is a unique book about memory science and research ­presented with wit and energy.’

BOKSTAVER.NO Hilde Østby (b. 1975) is a historian of ideas, author, journalist and former publishing editor. She made her debut as an author in 2013 with the critically acclaimed novel Encyclopedia of Longing.

Yiva Østby (b. 1979) has a doctorate in neuropsychology from The University in Oslo and is one of N ­ orway's leading experts on how memory functions.

Rights sold to: Australia (NewSoth) | Azerbaijan (Qanun Publishing House) | Canada (Greystone Books) | China (SSTE) | Denmark (Gyldendal DK) | Estonia (Tänapäev) | France (Marabout) | Germany (Berlin Verlag) | Hungary (Kolibri) | Italy (Ponte alle Grazie) | Netherlands (Balans Uitgeverij) | Poland | Republic Of Korea (Minumsa) | Russia (Alpina) | Spain (Editorial Ariel) | Sweden (Norstedts) | Turkey (Kaplumbaga Yayinlari) | Ukraine (Pabulum) | United States (Brilliance)

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Jørgen Jelstad and Anita Kåss

THE IMMUNE MYSTERY Mum is a Puzzle

This is the story of a young researcher who thought outside the box, and about the immune system's unsolved conundrum autoimmunity.

On the day of her mother's funeral, 13-year-old Anita Kåss took an ency­ clopedia down from the bookshelf and for the first time read about arthritis.

She wanted an answer to the question Did Mom get sick because I was born? and decided to find out everything about arthritis, and to find a treatment. It was the beginning of her life as a researcher.

Mamma er en gåte Når kroppen angriper seg selv 130x205 mm / 304 pages

When she was 20 years old, she began to study medicine. 15 years later, her research lead to a possible hormonal breakthrough, and pharmaceutical companies fought over the rights to this new treatment. It resulted in the biggest licensing agreement in the Norwegian medical history.

Her quest towards more knowledge of autoimmune diseases forms the framework for a popular-science journey, hunting for the solution to a mystery no one has managed to solve yet: the mystery of autoimmunity.

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE.

Anita Kåss is a doctor and researcher and has researched a potential new treatment for arthritis and other autoimmune disorders for several years. She was born in the United Kingdom and now lives in Skien.

Jørgen Jelstad (b. 1979) is a freelance journalist. He lives in Oslo.

Rights sold to: Canada (Greystone Books) | Japan (SEIDO-SHA) | Poland (Muza) | Republic Of Korea (Banni) | Sweden (Norstedts)

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Bjørn Vassnes

KINGDOM OF FROST The Cryosphere and Life

The Cryosphere is the name of those parts of the earth that contain frozen water; like snow, ice, permafrost, glaciers – and something that very few has heard of: invisible glaciers. This is a part of the world that most of us only know from afar – with the exception of Norwegians and other Northerners. But we see less and less of it, as the area is shrinking.

Bjørn Vassnes, Norway´s leading science journalist and native to the arctic plateau of Finnmarksvidda, take us on a fascinating journey through climate research, biology, cultural history and archaeology. Weather you live in it or not, The Kingdom of Frost effects all life on earth.

Frostens rike Kryosfæren og livet 130x205 mm / 192 pages

‘Vassnes never get high pitched, there is no alarmism, and no rhetoric about how we are standing at the edge of the abyss. In a hushed manner and with a steady pen, he still makes us aware of the seriousness. Underway to this seriousness we have joined him on an educational journey in the Kingdom of frost.’

DAG O. HESSEN, KLASSEKAMPEN

Bjørn Vassnes is one of Norway's leading investigative journalists and has won several national and international awards. He took part in starting "Schrodinger's Cat" on NRK TV, has a syndicated science column in Klassekampen and has written several books. Currently, he is on a leave of absence from the University of Bergen, where he works as a media producer.

Rights sold to: Azerbaijan (Alatoran) | Canada (Greystone Books) | Finland (Sitruuna) | Germany (DTV) | Poland (Wydawnictwo Kobiece) | Republic Of Korea (UI Books, an imprint of ILJINSA publishing Co)

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Dag O. Hessen

THE WORLD AT THE TIPPING POINT How bad can it get?

70 000 years ago, there existed a species, comprised of scattered populations of a few hundred individuals each, who generally lived peaceful lives in a corner of Africa. Today, that species consists of 9 billion individuals, and it has begun to fundamentally alter the planet. The species in question is us.

What we are doing to the earth, can be registered on a geological timeline showing hundreds of thousands of years.

So extensive are the emissions of climate gases and the reduction in biodiversity that we caused, during only a brief moment in the long history of the earth.

Dag O. Hessen, professor of biology at the University of Oslo, is not one for mincing his words. science, not fearmongering, he explains the contemporary state of nature and climate – and how badly things may turn out. The great risk factor is the different feedback loop mechanisms that will intensify the changes.

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Simultaneously, human culture is constantly changing. Perhaps are we, too, standing at the tipping point? Will we be able to turn this development in time, to avert the worst possible scenarios? This book is a powerful appeal for the need to do more – and to do it quicker.

‘The World at the Tipping Point is important, wise and engaging. This is a book that everyone needs to read!’

MAJA LUNDE, author of The History og Bees

Dag O. Hessen (b. 1956) is a Professor of Biology at the University of Oslo. He has written many scientific works on themes like ecology and evolution. He has also published ten popular science books about evolution, biology 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 Riksmålsprisen in 2008.

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Dag O. Hessen

THE COMPASSIONATE ­HUMAN The Compassionate Human is a book that will simply turn you into a better person. It is a biologist's optimistic defence for the good in all of us, in these modern times many find dark and disturbing.

When talking about human nature, most of us think of the ability to commit heinous and violent acts, to kill or be killed. In The Compassionate Human author and biologist Dag O. Hessen argues that these mechanisms might more often than not inspire and lead us to do good instead of evil.

Vi Samarbeid – fra celle til samfunn 151x226 mm / 264 pages

Dag O. Hessen

C – CARBON

An Unauthorized Biography

There are good reasons for writing this book with the simple title of C, which is the first and unauthorised biography of carbon, life's central element.

Most of the life processes within and around us involve carbon in one form or another. Carbon in pure form can be both graphite in a pencil, and diamond. It is also the starting point for most of the synthetic materials which pervade modern life. However, the essence of Dag O. Hessen's story is the lifecycle of carbon, the important balance between photosynthesis and cellular respiration, between building and burning.

C – Karbon En uautorisert biografi 148x180 mm / 264 pages

This book gives us the basis we need for that understanding. It is an informal, well-informed book written with strong personal commitment by one of Norway's best presenters of research and science.

‘The literary technique is distinctly original. Dag O. Hessen succeeds in creating a piece of accessible literature on the border between science and politics.’

KLASSEKAMPEN Rights sold to: Argentina (Ediciones Godot) | Switzerland (Kommode Verlag GmbH) | United Kingdom (Reaktion Books)

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Torbjørn Ekelund

HISTORY OF THE PATH A Journey on Foot

The first thing humans did when they climbed down from the trees of the African savannah, 200,000 years ago, was move about. We were nomadic, we had no concept of residence. We walked, and from that the first footpaths emerged. Footpaths came before everything else, before tools, fire, religions and the formation of society.

Footpaths appeared and vanished, and new ones came along; myriads of stories, spun around the earth like the thread in a ball of yarn. I dream about footpaths.

How many have I walked? Hundreds, maybe thousands. I remember them all, clearer than almost everything else I’ve seen or experienced, better than people I’ve ever met.

Stiens historie En reise til fots 130x205 mm / 192 pages

Torbjørn Ekelund takes the reader on a personal and fascinating journey through the history of the path, from when the first humans migrated north after the last ice age to the organised hiking trails of our time.

History of the Path is a tale of movement and sense of orientation, migration and shortcuts, about the migration routes of birds and animals, about the landscape's significance to our lives, about our inherited need to move around, and about what we have lost in an age where everyone sits in an office, drives a car and navigates using GPS.

Torbjørn Ekelund (b. 1971) is a writer, author and part owner of the online magazine Harvest. He has earlier published the book The Year in the Forrest – A Micro expedition and The Boy and the Mountain.

Rights sold to: Canada (Greystone Books) | Germany (Piper Verlag) | Italy (Ponte alle Grazie) | ­Netherlands (De Geus)

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Torbjørn Ekelund

A YEAR IN THE WOODS A Microexpedition

This is Torbjørn Ekelund's account of spending one night per month alone in the woods throughout 2013.

As a boy he used to dream of hazardous expeditions to unmapped regions. At the age of 41 he realised that twelve nights in the nearest wood was the best he could hope for. It wasn't much, but it was better than nothing.

‘A refreshingly modest style with liberating ­little observations in an appealing low tempo about ­occasional escape from the daily grind.’

DAGBLADET

Året i skogen – En mikroekspedisjon 130x205 mm / 208 pages

Rights sold to: Canada (Greystone Books) | Germany (Piper Verlag) | Republic Of Korea (Simple Life Publishing)

Torbjørn Ekelund

THE BOY AND THE MOUNTAIN A Journey of Discovery in Norwegian Nature

The Boy and the Mountain is an expedition through Norwegian nature, a conversation between father and son about nature, about traveling outdoors with a backpack and a tent, and abouthow small humanity is faced with nature.

In the summer of 1894 a six-year-old boy is lost under the mountain Styggemann in the area of Skrim.

Hundreds of people search for him, but the boy is gone without a trace.

122 years later a father and his six-year old son go hiking in the same area. Equipped with a tent and a backpack they walk through thick forest and windy mountain planes. The goal: The top of Styggemann.

Gutten og fjellet En oppdagelsesreise i norsk natur 130x205 mm / 144 pages

Rights sold to: Canada (Greystone Books) | Germany (Piper Verlag) | Italy (Ponte alle Grazie)

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Tor Bomann-Larsen

THE KING

Haakon & Maud VIII

With this volume Tor Bomann Larsen ends his monumental biography of king Haakon VII and his time. A work of 8 volumes that is the greatest biographical work in Norwegian literature history.

Working with unique and up until now unknown material, the writer sheds light on the life and works of King Haakon. The highly awarded books are also a rendition of Norwegian history in the 20th Century, told from a highly original angle.

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Volume VIII tells the story of the time after WWII and up to the death of the King in 1957. The greatest time in Norwegian history for the Labour Party, with a royal head of state that had a surprisingly great understanding for the philosophy of Social Democracy, as well as a close relationship to Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen. The debate around a Norwegian membership in NATO, ­Norwegian leadership in the UN, the death of Crown Princess Märtha, the literary debate around writer Agnar Mykle, the nuclear crisis and finally the illness and death of the king.

Tor Bomann-Larsen (b. 1951) is one of Norway's leading biographers. He writes with a rare elegance and with great scope and insight. He has published a number of books in different genres. In 2004 he received the prestigious Brage Prize for Non-Fiction for his book The People (Folket).

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Marta Breen and Jenny Jordahl

WOMEN IN BATTLE 150 years of freedom, equality and sisterhood

150 years ago, women and men led very different lives. Women could not vote or make their own money. They had no control over their own bodies. The father would make a womans decisions until she was married. Then her husband would take over.

This changed when women began to organize. In this book writer Marta Breen and illustrator Jenny Jordahl tell the story about the women´s movements many dramatic battles.

Kvinner i kamp 150 år med frihet, likhet, søsterskap 198x272 mm / 128 pages 12–99 years

R I G H TS SO L D TO 27 T ER R I TO R I ES

Breen and Jordahl have ­cooperated about a number of book projects, amongst others The F word. 155 reasons to be a feminist a title for which they received the Norwegian Cultural Ministry nonfiction award in 2015, and the bestseller 60 Women you should have known (2016).

‘… a combination of a textbook and a manifest, a book that has a mission and also underlines the will to say something with a solid presentation.’

SERIENETT ‘… presents the reader to a playful and whole picture of the cases that has defined the fight for women´s right´s through times. It manages to be a celebration of those who fought the fights, and at the same time remind us to never take these rights for granted.’

EMPIRIX Marta Breen (b. 1976) is a writer, journalist and one of Norway's most profiled feminists.

Jenny Jordahl (b. 1989) is an illustrator, designer, blogger and cartoonist. She is well known for her ­collaborations with feminist writer Marta Breen on books like The F Word and 60 Women You Should've Met. She illustrates a regular environmental column for Aftenposten Junior and does her own cartoon series: Life among the animals.

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Marta Breen

HOW TO BE A SCANDINAVIAN FEMINIST The award-winning Norwegian author Marta Breen has written a number of books on feminism, music and women’s history. Among them is the comic book Women in battle (2018), which has been sold to 26 countries so far.

For the past couple of years she has given lectures on equality and gender roles in countries such as Serbia, Germany, England, Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Brazil. On these travels, Marta Breen has noticed that there is a lot of uncertainty associated with the term feminism, and that many women simply do not dare to take this word in their mouths.

Hvordan bli en skandinavisk feminist

In this manual she explains many myths and misunderstandings about feminism. At the same time, she gives the reader good tips on how to achieve more equality in life - and love.

Rights sold to: Germany (Elizabeth Sandmann Verlag)

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Jørn H. Hurum og Torstein Helleve

BORGIA’S FORBIDDEN BOOK Precious gems, corrupt popes, incest, impotence, massacre, plagiarism, the forbidden books of the Vatican, the French Revolution, Leonardo da Vinci and Machiavelli. There’s room for all these elements in a little book that is, above all, about the love of ancient books and stones.

Jørn H. Hurum and Torstein Helleve have written about an extremely rare book and its incredible journey through 500 years of European and scientific history.

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Jørn Hurum (b. 1967) is a palaeontologist and science communicator. He has collected fossils since childhood and written several factbooks.

Torstein Helleve (b. 1964) is a web editor at the Natural History Museum. Ida was his first book.

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Anne-Britt Harsem

LENA FROM TYSFJORD Since news of the extensive cases of abuse in Tysfjord broke, many people have been asking themselves the following questions: ‘How could it happen? And how could scepticism towards the establishment persist for generations?’

Lena from Tysfjord takes readers one and two generations back in time, giving an insight into what it was like to be part of the Lule Sami community in Tysfjord.

Norwegianization policy, racial hatred and racism are just as relevant today as they were in those times for minorities in the Norwegian population.

Lena from Tysfjord is the follow-up to The Dark Secret of Tysfjord, in which Liv tells her story. In the new book, the narrative voice is that of Lena, Liv’s mother.

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Anne-Britt Harsem, the author of My mother’s betrayal and the Alvdal trilogy, also freelances for the Directors of Oslo and Viken Municipalities, as a temporary guardian in the case of police interrogations of children and young people.

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Ina Strøm

A JAPANESE SPRING Journalist and author Ina Strøm writes intimately, engagingly and with liberating honesty about her attempt to understand the Japanese and fit into a country that is so far removed from Norway in so many ways. Japan’s captivating history is elegantly interwoven into the text, whose action moves in parallel from south to north, and from ancient times to the present day.

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ALL THIS IS TOKYO ‘To me, Tokyo is still mysterious and new. And there’s still no other place I’d rather be,’ writes journalist Ina Strøm in this fully-illustrated book.

Since her first visit to Tokyo ten years ago, Strøm has spent over ten thousand hours exploring this metropolis. Her book is divided into 12 chapters based on each district.

And as a reader, you’ll be surprised at how different these districts are – in architecture, tempo, demographics, history and green spaces.

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Ina Strøm is an educated journalist with extensive media experience, including various editorial roles with the Norwegian national broadcaster, NRK. She has been a trainee at the Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo and has regularly travelled to Japan.

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Frida Nome

MISSING On May 19th 2013, the lawyer and human rights activist Abdullah al-Khalil was kidnapped from the streets of Raqqa. His case was one among the numerous disappearings in Bashar al-Assad’s Syria.

With Abdullah's story as a starting point, and his family's desparate attempt at discovering his fate, Frida Nome takes her readers on an obsessive, extensively researched journey through the equally tragic and chaotic development of a nation stretched between the interest of global superpowers, inner fragmentation and innumerable groups linked by conflict or fragile coalitions.

De savnede

Frida Nome (b. 1972) has lived and worked in the Middle East for many years.

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Tore Linné Eriksen

AFRICA

– A Complete History

Foto: Christian Breidlid

No continent has been populated by humans as long as Africa has, and in this book we are taken on an exciting journey, stretching from the first huntergatherers to the present day. The author presents up-to-date knowledge and new perspectives, highlighting Africa's contribution to our shared global history.

The book is richly complemented with pictures and maps, and is aimed at both students and wider audiences. ‘… a triumph of a book … When forced to compromise a million years’ worth of history between the cover of a book, spanning barely 400 richly illustrated pages, one is at great risk of leaning on litany. But Eriksen makes time for explanations and detours, to stories of individuals, cultural movements and even reflections on history as an academic subject. All in all, Eriksen paints a picture that is rich and complex … deserves to remain a standard work of reference for many years to come.’

MORGENBLADET ‘Eriksen has gathered his impressive knowledge in the book Afrika – From the first humans until today... It deserves many readers, also in Denmark.’

GLOBALNYT.DK ‘With this very successful tracery of stories, Tore Linné Eriksen faces off with dystopian renditions of Africa … Africa is changing, and therefore we have every reason to read about the historic and the contemporary continent again – as Tore Linné Eriksen does here, in this brilliant, broad-scoped volume written for a commonly curious reader.’

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Tore Linné Eriksen is a non-fiction writer, historian and professor emeritus in development studies at Oslo Metropolitan University. He has published several history textbooks and books concerning topics from African history.

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Erik Hexeberg and Sofie Hexeberg

A NEW LOOK AT AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES Many who have one or more autoimmune diseases, will hear their doctors say that their diet won’t affect the disease. However, it does! Those are the words by doctors Sofie and Erik Hexeberg, who specialize in treating autoimmune diseases with the help of dietary changes.

Nytt blikk på autoimmun sykdom 151 x 226 mm / 256 pages

You can get rid of chronic inflammation and improve your everyday life with less medication – and maybe even get completely well – by eating antiinflammatory foods. The authors present a new and groundbreaking look at autoimmune diseases and their possible causes. They share the stories of patients who have improved their lives by changing their diets.

The authors propose a model where any food protein could elicit an immune response in a susceptible individual and thereby trigger an autoimmune disease.

For instance, coeliac disease is often regarded as a “model disease” for autoimmune diseases. But as removal of gluten protein from the diet cures the patient, the disease is not truly “auto”-immune in any sense. The identification of these specific food proteins forms the tailored diet advice to the patient - advice to eliminate specific food proteins from the diet. Additionally, the diet advice in this book is also based on other general anti-inflammatory diet advice.

The following illnesses have their own chapters in the book: Crohn’s disease, Ulcerative colitis, Celiac disease, Type 1 diabetes, Graves’ disease (hyperthyroidism), Hashimoto’s disease (hypothyroidism), Rheumatoid arthritis, Multiple sclerosis (MS), Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and Psoriasis. Irritable bowel syndrome is also covered.

Erik Hexeberg and Sofie Hexeberg (b. 1957/1960) Sofie and Erik Hexeberg are physicians, diet experts and writers. I addition to their MD degree they both hold PhD degrees from the University of Bergen in Norway. Erik is a specialist in internal medicine. Together they run Dr. Hexeberg's clinic in Tønsberg and Bærum and are particularly concerned with how patients can improve health through dietary changes.

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Niels Christian Geelmuyden

SPERMAGEDDON Fertility in free fall

Sperm quality in the Western world has decreased by almost 60 percent in less than 40 years. More and more couples are involuntarily childless or struggle to have children. Fertility is declining worldwide. Fine, you might think.

There's already too many of us. But the problem is that men with poor sperm also have shorter lives, and suffer more illness and health problems than other men.

An equally serious problem is that it doesn't just affect people. The same tendency is being seen among fish, amphibians, insects, birds, reptiles and mammals.

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What's to blame for this decline in reproductivity, is there anything we can do to reverse the trend? Will it simply lead to the extinction of humanity and other forms of life?

In this exciting and horribly well-timed fact-book, Niels Christian Geelmuyden shines the spotlight on the current research being done in this field. It's a book that concerns you, and your children and grandchildren, in a way few other books can claim to.

Niels Chr. Geelmuyden (b.1960) is a writer and journalist, who has become well known, in particular for his interview portraits for the magazines Kapital and Henne. He writes think-pieces for the radio and columns for publications ranging from the in-flight SAS magazine to newspapers. With his critical books about the food industry he has reached a wide audience and really put the topic to debate.

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‘Shocking and convincing book about the reproductive crisis.’

FÆDRELANDSVENNEN ‘Spermageddon is the most depressing book you will read this year. That is precisely why you have to read it …

[Geelmuyden] writes accessibly and educationally about complex and complicated issues, and he ought to be given a medal for the sheer work of his research alone.’

DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV ‘It’s convincing. And terrifying.’

DAGBLADET ‘Niels Christian Geelmuyden´s book is interesting and thought provoking.’

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Andreas Engvig

DEMENSBREMS Why is it that some of us have good memories throughout our life whereas others have much poorer memories?

What if we could influence our biological age and pursue a lifestyle that kept our brain healthy for longer?

Age-related dementia implies loss of memory, judgement and the capacity to take care of ourselves. There is no shortcut or magic pill for avoiding dementia, but diseases and lifestylerelated issues such as obesity, diabetes, social isolation, high blood pressure and hearing loss contribute to the development of dementia.

Demensbrems 151x226 mm / 256 pages

But there is a dementia deterrent! This book contains a three-step method with concrete advice to give you a good memory and keep your brain healthy for longer. Take control of your aging process, prepare your brain and prevent dementia within the boundaries set by your own genes.

The book sums up all the research about what can affect the development of dementia and how we can maintain a good memory throughout our lives. This is a research-based, practical handbook that will help readers make lifestyle and health choices that will keep their brain healthy for longer.

Andreas Engvig is a doctor at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål. He is also a scientist and researcher, and holds a Ph.D. on memory and aging. The author has decided to donate a substantial amount of his royalty income to the Norwegian National Assosiation of Public Health and their research on memory loss and dementia.

Rights sold to: Russia (Alpina)

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Ingunn Kyrkjebø

THE WORLD’S MOST DIFFICULT THOUGHT – The Power of Empty Thought

Think before you act: it’s familiar advice. But that isn’t the advice you’ll get from The World’s Most Difficult Thought. Instead, you’ll learn how good not thinking can be for your life – mentally, physically and creatively.

The World’s Most Difficult Thought takes you on a journey via Japanese culture and modern science into the realm of empty thought. A universe where far more is possible than you may have imagined: if you’re going to get more done, you must do less. And what happens if you work to suppress your ego?

Verdens vanskeligste tanke – Den tomme tankens makt 130x205 mm / 192 pages

Ingunn Kyrkjebø (b. 1965) has worked as an investigative journalist, reporter, TV host and film director for more than 25 år, for Norwegian TV networks NRK og TV2. Her interest for Japan started already at age 19, when she was studying the arts and learning about raku, a form of ceramics which is closely linked to the Japanese art of the tea ceremony. Ingunn has also trained in martial arts for several years, and holds a black belt in Karate.

Torkil Færø

CAMERA THERAPY

As you deal with the moment, you handle everything

‘You have power over your mind – not outside events.

Realise this, and you will find strength.’ – Marcus Aurelius.

Improved coping skills are fundamental for improved health. Camera Therapy is a combination of a theoretical account and a workbook, both focused on basic techniques for being in control and using photography to clarify what is meant. All in all, it is a self-help book that emphasises practical exercises in order to reach maximal learning effects – with photographic illustrations.

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Torkil Færø trained as a doctor at the University of Olso. He has worked for almost 20 years as a GP/ emergency physician. He has arranged over 40 photography workshops in nine countries since 2009.

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Kristian Hall

HANDLEKRAFT Is your goal to become a better project manager? Or clear up your e-mail system? Or do you want to become a football trainer, write a book or paint a picture? Whatever it is you want to achieve, at work or in your private life, big or small, the basic tools are the same.

In 15 concrete steps, you’ll learn to be more dynamic. And this is what you’ll achieve once you have taken all the steps: You’ll work smarter than before You’ll postpone things less and prioritise better You’ll become more productive and efficient Handlekraft 130 x 205 mm

You’ll become a better problem-solver You’ll know where to find help when you’re facing adversity

Plus many other benefits and tools besides. Make use of them, feel the joy of achievement and know that you’re a long way towards doing what you want to get done.

Kristian Hall (b. 1977) is a graduate civil engineer and has held various directorships in the business sector.

He is passionate about reaching out to anyone who is struggling with depression, with a message that it is possible to become much better or completely healthy. Since recovering from after more than ten years of deep depression, Kristian is working actively with helping others who are struggeling.

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Kristian Hall

HAPPY AGAIN!

How to beat depression, step by step

Happy Again! is an inspiring and life-enhancing programme intended to help people who are downhearted or depressed to recover or feel a bit better.

The idea is to follow a step-by step sequence that is there for you to start yourself at times when everything looks black.

You will learn how different activities can lighten your mood and how to change your way of thinking, so that you experience a sense of vitality and meaningfulness, and of being in control.

Glad igjen!

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Kristian Hall

HAPPY AGAIN! WORKBOOK 14 steps to greater happiness

Happy Again! Workbook is a 14-step program that helps those feeling low or suffering from longterm depression, to lift their spirits or overcome it completely.

To make it even easier to get started and complete the program Kristian Hall has written this workbook, to use alongside the main book, where you will find short instructions and forms for you to fill out every day, every week. This will allow you to keep close track of your progress and become even more motivated.

The book features a number of people who talk about how they have used the program and what they achieved.

Glad igjen! Arbeidsbok 170x240 mm / 168 pages 16–80 years

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Gry Hammer

ESSENTIAL OILS Essential oils from aromatic plants have been used in folk medicine since time immemorial. In Essential Oils for Body, Soul and Mind, Gry Hammer shares her experience and knowledge of essential, or aromatic, oils – how they work and how they are used.

The author offers practical advice about how she uses the oils in everyday life, whether in creams, in the family medicine chest or for household cleaning.

Eteriske oljer 195x250 mm / 168 pages

You’ll find oil blend recipes for colds, eczema, disturbed sleep, shiny hair, healthy skin, headaches, toothache, antiseptic cleaning and much more.

Gry Hammer is enthusiastic about food. She is a blogger, a writer and a guru on fermented food and broth.

She lectures and runs courses on fermentation and traditional food culture and was awarded the prestigious food prize Matprisen 2017 as the best blogger. She is mother of four children and lives on the Røyse Peninsula in Ringerike.

Sara Lossius

YOUR LIFE AND YOU We are affected by everything around us – plants and people, our intimate relationships and our environment. Circadian rhythm and sleep quality, experiences of stress, lighting, physical activity and the food we eat are also important factors in your life and for you.

Your Life and You, focuses on holistic health, providing concrete tools for influencing your own body and mind.

Livet ditt og deg 130x205 mm / 272 pages

Sara Lossius runs Norway’s biggest health- and lifestyle podcast, Ingefær (ginger), with more than 140,000 downloads every month. Sarah is a former communications advisor for companies such as IKEA, and holds an MA of social psychology from the London School of Economics. She is also a mental coach and trainer of Raw Training, and has formerly worked as a CrossFit instructor. Sarah’s passion is to inspire women to feel well in their lives, with themselves, and she practises what she preaches both in her book and her podcast.

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Audun Myskja

THE ART OF FINDING PEACE Why do so many of us feel uneasy and stressed? Why are we so easily disturbed and derailed? What does feeling inner peace mean, and where can we find it?

And what exactly is this peace we’re striving for?

Doctor Audun Myskja has for decades held courses and retreats, and has helped thousands of people to calm down, in both concrete situations and life in general.

In his book he shares experiences from his own life and from his long career as a therapist.

Dr Audun Myskja is a specialist in general medicine, an author, a ­researcher. He has a doctorate based on his use of music therapy as an aid in care of the elderly. Myskja has been the leader of several projects aimed at improving the treatment of dementia in which the emphasis was on the patient's individual worth and resources.

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Marianne Magelssen

BREATHE FOR YOUR LIFE Breathe for Your Life shows what a powerful tool breathing is and how it is inextricably linked to our autonomic nervous system. That’s why the way we breathe will always affect our bodies and our minds.

What happens in the body when we breathe fully, and what happens in the body when we get stressed? How can we use conscious breathing in stress management?

The author focuses on how conscious breathing can be a tool for increased presence, stress management, improved performance and better health. Conscious breathing is quite simply the most important step you can take for your health.

Pust for livet 170 x 170 mm / 176 sider

The author, Marianne Magelssen, has written books based on her own experience as both nurse and patient.

Others also share their knowledge about breathing in the book, including former biathlete Grete Skjelbreid Poirée and actor Gard B. Eidsvold.

Marianne Magelssen (b. 1954) is a trained nurse, coach and mindfulness instructor. She is currently working as an author and public speaker. Marianne's field of interest is the resources that can be found within ourselves, and taking the leadership of one's own life, responsibility for one's own heath, accomplishments, behaviour and stress levels. Breathe for your life was developed on the grounds of Marianne's own experience as a nurse and patient, as well as those of her own patients and clients.

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Barhaughøgda/Sakariassen

SWEET AND SUGAR-FREE Best-selling authors Gunn-Karin Sakariassen and Hege Halser Barhaughøgda have written a new cookery book for people who want to live a sugar-free life. This time, they deal with the sweet tidbits we fancy when we want to have a nice time. Sweet snacks – and a few salty ones too: cakes and buns, desserts, candies, confectionery and drinks. There’s a special section containing recipes for lovely sugar-free cake decorations, as well as the best cakes and candies for Christmas and Easter. And of course there are plenty of great tips and clever tricks.

Søtt og sukkerfritt 170 x 240 mm / 176 pages

The recipes are: • Diabetes friendly • Low-carb friendly • Stomach and gut friendly • Gluten-free, with dairy-free alternatives.

Hege Hasler Barhaughøgda (b. 1970) is a nurse and has worked with diabetes for many years, the last eight at Dr Fedon Lindberg’s Clinic in Oslo. Nutritional advice is the most important aspect of the treatment she provides there.

Gunn-Karin Sakariassen (b. 1954) is a nutritional therapist, who studied at the Norwegian Academy for Natural Medicine and gained further experience at the clinic of Dr Fedon Lindberg. She works every day at the Heggeli clinic for holistic medicine.

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Lene Engelstad og Linda Engelstad

VEGETARIAN COMFORT FOOD Vegetarian Comfort Food is a vegetarian cookbook with a difference. Concepts such as ‘meat­free Monday’ can give the sense of vegetarian food being something we should choose because it is healthy and ethical, and not because we really want to.

Through their book and blog, the authors of this book show us that vegetarian food is also something you can eat when you want a treat or when you have friends visiting. They also give suggestions for delicious sweets and homebaking.

Vegetar kosemat 195x250 mm / 216 pages

Lene and Linda Engelstad are twin sisters who share their enthusiasm for vegetarian food and cooking in general on Instagram and on their inspiring blog, OurKitchenStories.

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Mia Frogner

GREENER! Make, eat and share vegan food from all over the world Welcome to a whole world of delicious green food and wonderful green flavours! In her second book Mia Frogner shares over 80 simple and complex vegetarian/ vegan recipes and assimilates them into entire meals inspired by and based on various food cultures.

Grønnere!

170x240 mm / 204 pages

The book is flexible – you can make all the small dishes and offer them as a complete meal or just make some of them for smaller dinners. And why not ask your guests to join in with the prep?

Mia Frogner

GREEN BONANZA This book is full of the real joy of pure food: good recipes, simple new uses for the best base ingredients, tips on making use of everything and developing helpful routines to waste less.

You will learn what you are eating and where it really comes from. The author offers you over 60 fine recipes for a selection of base ingredients, and seasons the book with her own sense of the pleasure of good food.

Grønn bonanaza 170x240 mm / 208 pages

Mia Frogner (b. 1985) is qualified in literary studies and works as a contents adviser in the creative communications agency Trigger, recently selected as the world’s best creative agency. She manages the blog Green Bonanza.

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Vidar Bergum

AUBERGINE AND TAHINI Delicious home cooking from Turkey, the Middle East and other exciting places – that’s what Vidar Bergum is offering you in his new cookbook. You’ll find the familiar, the new and the surprising, along with plenty of luscious flavours and dinner-table experiences.

Aubergine and Tahini – Home-Made Food from Turkey, the Middle East and Beyond is an inspiring, unpretentious book about everyday food, and the way it is made and enjoyed in these regions. Food that is quick to make, and food that takes a bit longer but that you can still find time to make in your busy everyday life, with a bit of sensible planning. And, as in Hummus and Pomegranates, Vidar tells you a bit about the food culture, the people and the origin of many of the recipes that have been prepared in countless kitchens around the world for centuries.

Aubergine og tahini 210x225 mm / 160 pages

Vidar Bergum

HUMMUS AND POMEGRANATE Hummus and Pomegranate is an inspiring and unpretentious introduction to one of the world’s most traditional and renowned cuisines. Here you will be introduced to the best food from Turkey and the Middle East. Dishes and flavors that have been developed and perfected from generation to generation throughout numerous dynasties and empires.

You won’t necessarily find the tastiest Turkish or Middle Eastern food at a restaurant - you’ll find that in people’s homes. Most of the recipes in the book are therefore classic homemade everyday dishes, prepared just as they are in the many kitchens all over Turkey and the Middle East.

Hummus og granateple 210x225 mm / 160 pages

Vidar Bergum lives in Istanbul where he works with food-related projects. From there he runs the blog A kitchen in Istanbul, which was voted Best Niche-Blog by Mathallen and godt.no in 2016.

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Iselin Hafseld, Arne & Carlos, Birger Berge, Kari Hestnes, Linda Marveng and Bente Presterud

NORWEGIAN KNITWEAR DESIGN Norwegian Knitwear Design is a truly fabulous knitting book, featuring patterns for wonderful garments from six of our most popular knitwear designers.

Arne & Carlos contribute with a b ­ eautiful and modern ladies sweater, inspired by the classic ski-sweaters of the 1950s.

Linda Marveng has made an elegant and trendy sweater with a wonderfully ­striking braid, and a matching hat and scarf.

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Among Bente Presterud's contributions you'll find a mens sweater, inspired by traditional patterns, which is exciting, and uses a totally modern choice of colors.

From Iselin Hafseld you get an extraordinary and unique ladies sweater with a pattern that is graphic, but nevertheless based on traditional Norwegian patterns.

One of Kari Hestnes's contributions is a very special dress for weddings or parties, summery and flirtatious, and perfect for large or small occasions.

Birger Berge, in a­ ddition to a modern and beautiful mens sweater, has created a pattern for his-and-hers mittens inspired by Western Norway's traditional animal motifs.

It's not hard to find at least one must-have item in the book!

Contributors: Kari Hestnes, Linda Marveng, Arne Nerjordet, Carlos Zachrison, Bente Presterud Røvik, Iselin Hafseld and Birger Berge.

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Birger Berge

MODERN TRADITIONAL KNITWEAR Modern Traditional Knitwear o ­ ffers more than just elegant and varied knitwear for men and women, it is also a journey through the author's great ­passion for traditional patterns, craftsmanship, and interplaying colors.

You'll find patterns for sweaters, cardigans, scarves, hats and mittens – fashionable and practical garments.

Also knits for the home are included here; nice potholders that can be used at home or at the cabin, or water-bottle cozies that you can keep in your rucksack.

You can also give old bottles a new life by knitting them a cover decorated with flowers.

Moderne tradisjonsstrikk 210x277 mm / 152 pages 25–65 years

Nostalgic and adventurous knitters can try making a bow-tie, and a matching belt for a nice party dress.

Birger Berge is educated as an historian and works at The Holberg Prize, UiB. He is passionate about traditional craftsmanship and spends much of his time developing knitting patterns that show the rich tradition we have.

Kristin Thorsnes

SUPER SEWING FOR KIDS, TWEENS & QUEENS This book is for anyone wanting to make clothes for both younger and older children. It also contains several great patterns for women. The book offers a large selection of patterns accompanied with four full-size pattern sheets for everything from bodysuits, sweaters and hats for babies; cool shorts and tops for toddlers; trendy pants and hoodies for schoolchildren; skirts, dresses, tops and sweaters for older children and adults. All the patterns are carefully explained. At the start of the book there is a detailed “sewing school” with step by step pictures for the various techniques.

Heilt spesiell Sy til kids, tweens & queens 210x277 mm / 152 pages

Kristin Thorsnes is a qualified hairdresser and make-up artist. She runs the company Heilt Spesiell where she holds courses and talks about making clothes for children and adults.

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Marion Louise Rindsem

SOCKS

– from the Toes upwards

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Fun and simple sock patterns using toe-up techniques!

The popular knitting blogger Marion Louse Rindsem strikes a blow for sock knitting and the practical toe-up method! Forty different patterns will help you familiarise yourself with the fun technique that turns sock-knitting into child’s play. In the book, you’ll find a wide range of fine and festive socks – from monochrome, summery ankle socks to gorgeous lace knitting and multi-coloured patterned socks. And of course, Marion has found room for the classic warm ‘Grandma’ socks that are so great to wear inside boots on cold winter days. She has also made sock designs based on her most popular hat and shawl patterns.

Marion Louise Rindsem started with knit design in 2012 when she made her own SoMe hat. It quickly took off on Twitter, and since 2013 she has run www.marionr.no, where she sells her own knitting recipes and yarn packages. In addition, she holds courses in knitting socks and masking, and she keeps regular #Luetreff (hat meetings) in Oslo. Hats is Mariom Rindsem’s first knitting book.

May Britt Bjella Zamori

CROCHETING FOR EVERYDAY AND PARTY WEAR

Hekling til hverdag og fest 210x297 mm

Be inspired to crochet beautiful clothing and lovely soft furnishings! In this book you’ll find projects large and small in gorgeous colours with exciting patterns. Choose between soft scarves and shawls, cute cardigans, sweaters and tunics, exquisite tops, dresses and skirts, and stylish accessories. You can also crochet cushions and warm blankets for your home. The patterns are made in both simplified form and using more advanced techniques. Detailed photos and easyto-follow descriptions and diagrams make it easy.

May Britt Bjella Zamori works as a consultant and translator of knitting- and crocheting books, in addition to being a crafts author herself.

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Ida Wirak Trettevik

A KNITTER’S YEAR Ida Wirak Trettevik has been designing knitting patterns under the name of Witre Design since 2018. Her patterns are primarily for women, with some items for children and men. A Knitter’s Year contains a total of 30 patterns, many of them new and exclusively designed for this book.

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.

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Ida Wirak Trettevik (b. 1989) is the woman behind Witre design, a website of knitted clothes and patterns.

She is followed by more than 30,000 Instagram users. The first patterns launched in 2018, and from the start, Witre design has been about inding 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, ajusted to the individual knitter's own preferences.

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Nina Granlund Sæther

SOCKS FROM NORWAY In Socks From Norway, we travel through Norway's countryside and it's different knitting traditions.

In this book you'll find fascinating stories about the origins of the various socks, archive images from museums around the country, and plenty of patterns for knitting socks to the whole family.

The book includes 41 sock patterns for men, women and children.

Sokker fra hele Norge 210x277 mm / 200 pages

Rights sold to: United States (Trafalgar Square Books)

Nina Granlund Sæther

MITTENS

Knitting patterns from all overNorway

Nordic knitting has already charmed the knitting world. Author Nina Granlund Sæther has now researched traditional mitten patterns from all over Norway and brought them together in one book.

In this book you will find old-style mitten patterns from different parts of Norway, patterns adapted to today's yarn and equipment, plus exciting stories of the origin and use of the mittens.

Votter Strikkemønstre fra hele Norge 210x277 mm / 192 pages

The book contains more than 40 patterns for mittens for women, men and children, with big, useful diagrams and beautiful illustrations.

Rights sold to: Estonia (Hea Lugu) | United States (Trafalgar Square Books)

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KNITTING FROM NORWAY In Knitting from Norway, Nina Granund Sæther has tracked down knitted garments from all across Norway.

She has sought inspiration from old, sometimes worn hand-me-downs, amateur photography and exciting museum collections. So you don’t just get patterns but a little story to accompany every pattern, too. The book’s project is large in scope. You can enjoy Nina’s lovely, user-friendly shawls, gorgeous, warm mittens and socks, sweaters and jackets for both men and women and, of course, there are a few hats thrown in. This is user-friendly clothing in beautiful shades.

Making something for yourself is a pleasure that never goes out of fashion.

Strikk 210x277 mm / 152 pages 25–65 years

Nina Granlund Sæther is a journalist and editor. She's a graduate teacher in arts and crafts and has written several books on handicrafts. She also delivers design for the weekly press and lectures on knitting. Nina has written several books on handicrafts.

Helle Siggerud

KNITTING FOR EVERY OCCASION Helle Siggerud has sought inspiration from the phases of life, designing beautiful, practical, well-fitting clothes. The book is divided into six stages: The Arrival of the Stork, Childhood, From Child to Adult, Everyday Life, Queen for a Day, and The Road Ahead. Most of the clothing is for women, although there are also some lovely designs for children, men and dogs. The book contains more than 30 knitting designs, including jackets, sweaters, waistcoats, shawls and mittens, together with sewing instructions for some of the clothing.

Strikk til alle anledninger

Helle Siggerud has knitted and sewn for as long as she can remember. The former communications adviser took an education as a folk-costume maker, and now she runs a sewing business in Lørenskog where she sews folk-costumes and creates knitting designs.

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Dorthe Skappel

SKAPPEL

FOR THE LOVE OF KNITTING

Dorthe Skappel is finally back with a wealth of new knitting patterns for ­gorgeous garments!

There are many favourites to choose from.

The garments are knitted in beautiful colours and using various yarns. The patterns and descriptions are still very simple and provided in the sizes S, M and L, with inspiring pictures and userfriendly illustrations.

BESTSELLING KN IT TING SKAPPEL – med kjærlighet for strikk 210x277 mm / 232 pages

Dorthe Skappel is a popular TV presenter and known for leading the entertainment show God evening Norway and the TV awards ceremony, Gullruten. She is passionate about knitting and knitting design and has great success with her own patterns. She wants to convey that it is not difficult to knit and that everyone can feel the joy of having a self-knit sweater. Skappel has written four books about knitting.

Rights sold to: Denmark (Turbine)

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Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison

ARNE & CARLOS' ­FAVORITES Arne and Carlos have celebrated 15 years as a designer duo, by picking their favorites from the five books they've published, in addition to adding many new designs.

In this book you will find Christmas balls, Easter eggs, scarves, hats, socks, knitted dolls, sweaters and jackets – everything you ever wanted from them, collected in one book!

Dive into the book and be inspired by combinations of colors and patterns.

Arne & Carlos favoritter 210x277 mm / 264 pages

Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison presented their first joint fashion collection in 2002 and, in 2003, they were invited to the Paris fashion week to show their designs. The inspiration for their feminine clothes comes from many sources – from Dolly Parton to Japanese pleating techniques and Norwegian traditional dress.

Rights sold to: Denmark (Koppelwrite) | France (Editions de Saxe) | Germany (FrechVerlag) | ­Netherlands (Kosmos) | United Kingdom (Search Press) | United States (Trafalgar Square Books)

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