Cappelen Damm Agency Autumn 2015

RIGHTS CATALOGUE Cappelen Damm Agency Autumn 2015

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Published by CAPPELEN DAMM AS www.cappelendamm.no Layout: CAPPELEN DAMM AS Print: Livonia Print Sia, Latvia 2015 ISBN: 978-82-02-49904-4 Cover Photo: Miriam Edmunds and Bigini © CAPPELEN DAMM AS 2015

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CONTENT Contact information

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Fiction 7 Non-Fiction 37 Children and young adult

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ÅSFRID HEGDAL Rights Director asfrid.hegdal@cappelendamm.no Mob +47 924 46 123

INGVILD HAUGLAND Rights Manager ingvild.haugland@cappelendamm.no Mob +47 414 10 647

ANNETTE FJÆRVOLL Rights Consultant annette.fjarvoll@cappelendamm.no Mob +47 482 94 681

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CAPPELEN DAMM AGENCY Cappelen Damm is Norway’s largest publishing house, publishing approximately 1000 titles a year, within the genres of fiction, non-fiction, educational books and children’s books.

Cappelen Damm is owned jointly by Bonnier and Egmont.

Cappelen Damm Agency represents the rights of all of the authors in this catalogue. This includes titles from Flamme Forlag, an imprint of Cappelen Damm AS. It is an Oslo-based small press devoted to experimental fiction in all categories. Their list boasts a new, bold generation of Norwegian writers.

The Agency is responsible for all foreign book rights, as well as rights for TV, film, radio, anthologies, electronic media, etc. We are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the authors and the sales of foreign rights.

We attend all the major international bookfairs, and are looking forward to speaking to you!

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FICTION

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FICTION

WHITE OCEAN This is the sequel to the successful novel De usynlige, a dramatic love story from the small island Barrøy in the year 1944–45.

Ingrid thinks she is alone on the island and experiences an unusual love affair in the course of several intense weeks in winter.

Roy Jacobsen gives us a welcome reunion with the people of Barrøy. This time he unrolls an even bigger canvas as he delivers a powerful and eventful novel about a fateful year in Norwegian history.

AUTHOR:

ROY JACOBSEN TITLE ENGLISH:

WHITE OCEAN

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

HVITT HAV FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 252 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

PHOTO: FREDRIK ARFF

CZECH REPUBLIC (Pistorius & Olanská) ESTONIA (Eesti Raamat) GERMANY (Osburg Verlag) SWEDEN (Norstedts)

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Roy Jacobsen (1954–) has since his literary début in 1982 with the short story collection Fangeliv evolved into an original, strong and analytical writer with a special interest in the underlying psychology at play in human relationships and actions. He is a wonderful storyteller with obvious political engagement. He has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Award: for Seierherrene in 1991, and Frost in 2003. He was also short-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2009 for his novel Hoggerne.

His books are translated into 29 languages.

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FICTION

THE INVISIBLE

144 000 IN PRINT

Again, Roy Jacobsen has written a novel about an unlikely heroine, and he does it better than ever before. De usynlige is a monument over human courage and life-saving practical and social knowledge.

The novel is set in the first half of the 20th century on an island on the North-Western coast of Norway. The island is small, there is only space for the Barrøy family. Life on the island is difficult. 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.

AUTHOR:

ROY JACOBSEN TITLE ENGLISH:

THE INVISIBLE TITLE NORWEGIAN:

DE USYNLIGE

Jacobsen’s descriptions of man and nature are breathtaking.

There is plenty of light here, even humor. The family’s daily work is a balancing act between refining the riches that wild nature so generously offers, and surviving in the very same wild nature that takes lives. The family’s love for their environment is brilliantly communicated. A life somewhere else is unthinkable to them.

FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 256 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

ALBANIA (Shkupi) AZERBAIJAN (Qanun Publishing House) CZECH REPUBLIC (Pistorius & Olanská) DENMARK (Rosinante&Co) ESTONIA (Eesti Raamat) FAROE ISLANDS (Sprotin Forlag) FRANCE (Gallimard Editions) GERMANY (Osburg Verlag) ISRAEL (Keter Books) ITALY (Bompiani) SWEDEN (Norstedts) TURKEY (Yapi Kredi) UK (MacLehose Press)

De usynlige is inspired by real people, who Jacobsen knew in his childhood. It is a family saga, and a coming-of-age story about Ingrid. It can also be labeled a Robinsonade.

‘Equipped with a playful and subtly changing omniscient narrator, Jacobsen moves in and out of the various family members and gives each and every one a quivering presence in the text … Roy Jacobsen’s new novel is simply literature of a high class.’

AFTENPOSTEN

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MAGNET For nearly three years, every single day, Lars Saabye Christensen has been writing his new novel. It will be standing as a major work in his authorship. As BEATLES was his great youth work, and THE HALF-BROTHER the middle-aged man's masterpiece, MAGNET is his recent great novel. In this he has invested everything he has, and at the same time – and it is the most impressive – it seems that he is doing something completely new.

MAGNET is a love story. It is about a mismatched couple who try everything they can to pull in the same direction. Jokum and Synne meet each other at Sogn Student Village in Oslo in the seventies. They are located next to each other, on each side of the wall. They marry in San Franscico in the eighties, where they begin to climb in the art world. Then they come each other too close and split up in the nineties.

AUTHOR:

LARS SAABYE CHRISTENSEN TITLE ENGLISH:

MAGNET

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

MAGNET FORMAT:

Jokum is a photographer who will take pictures of the ordinary, he will see the beauty and melancholy in the world. Synne is an art historian with Edward Hopper as specialty. She is drawn towards fame, towards the spectacular. He feels more at home in cheap stores and second hand shops than in galleries and museums.

Through his pictures he will show how time is present in everything we have. He manages this. Until he takes a picture of their dead child.

130x205 mm / 784 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

PHOTO: MAGNUS STIVI

DENMARK (C & K) GERMANY (btb Luchterhand)

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Lars Saabye Christensen (1953–) made his literary début in 1976 with Historien om Gly. His break-through novel was Beatles, which is one of the greatest literary successes in Norway and which continues to speak to new generations. He received both the Book Seller's Prize and the Nordic Council's Literary Award for the novel Halvbroren in 2001. This novel also marked his break-through to the international market. His works are translated into 35 languages.

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Jokum was as usual the last one in the library. He was studying Literary Science, in his foundation year.

He thought he was going to be a writer. He didn’t. He became a photographer. This was in April 1976. It was even a Friday. He had to finish the group project on Franz Kafka’s The Trial. But the others in the group had to do that too, and they had all finished long ago. Was Jokum lazier than them, or more diligent? Not possible to say yet. He thought: I’m last again. I’m last again again. He had already written eight A4 pages, lined, but didn’t think he had anything, not anything he was willing to acknowledge. In general it seemed to him that less was much. Much? What was much? Jokum didn’t have the answer to that either. What he was writing he’d either read somewhere else or heard from someone else, this business about the individual being crushed and obliterated by the system, the hell fires of bureaucracy, everything that’s already written there, in black and white, the obvious, stuff you could yawn your way to even on a bad day. And this was a bad day. It was Friday. But then there was something about this novel, something that was already completely recognized and accepted, that Jokum couldn’t seem to get hold of. It bothered him. He wanted to say something original, something unique, something at least personal, best of all something new, a thought that had never been thought before. But then, how could he know? If such a thought, against all odds, should come to him, how could he know it had not already come to someone else? It was impossible.

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CHILDREN OF ETERNITY In Evighetsbarna we meet Siri, Louise and Tomas, who are trying to understand what it means to be adults as they are thrown into experiencing contrasts between strong interdependence and stark loneliness one winter and spring on the island of Södermalm in the city of Stockholm. In this new novel, Beate Grimsrud tries to extend the bounds of narrative with her blending of realism with poetry, humour and philosophical gravity.

André considers that to live with an animal is to re-imagine and portray oneself as a representative of humanity. As an adult you can do what you want. Siri thinks otherwise; you won't always want to do that. Space is a huge listening ear.

AUTHOR:

BEATE GRIMSRUD TITLE ENGLISH:

CHILDREN OF ETERNITY TITLE NORWEGIAN:

Reviews of the Swedish edition of Evighetsbarna:

EVIGHETSBARNA FORMAT:

Altogether, this novel approaches the human condition with such sympathy and respect that my eyes watered as I read it.

Grimsrud expresses in words the fundamentals of being human, and reminds us of obvious truths which we stupidly seem to have forgotten.

130x205 mm / 352 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

DENMARK (Gyldendal) SWEDEN (Bonnier)

GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN

Beate Grimsrud’s greatness and strength – for she is one of our great Scandinavian authors – are in the voices, the spaces between the words, the rhythm, the flows of thought, the contrasts, the language. Despite her dyslexia she writes relaxed, strong, independent, soaring prose. It is often mournful and not infrequently funny – often both at the same time.

VÄSTERBOTTENS-KURIREN.

Beate Grimsrud (1963–) is a creative and versatile writer. She made her début with the short story collection Det fins grenser for hva jeg ikke forstår in 1990, and in 1998 she was nominated for the Nordic Council Literary Award for her novel Å smyge forbi en øks. In 2007 she published her first children's book: Klar ferdig gå!, which was co-authored by Inger Alfvén. Her international break-through came in 2010 with the novel En dåre fri. 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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The title Evighetsbarna refers to people who have never had children, those who have reached the age of 42 without having been parents. The stories of four perpetual children are told by two of them, André and Siri.

They live in the same district on the island of Södermalm in the city of Stockholm. Every day they pass the same Romanian beggar and every day they come across the woman who wanders around restlessly with an empty dog-lead, calling for her beloved Bosse. They also have an eye for each other. Siri sees André as someone she would like to know. He often has his cat on his shoulder. André sees Siri’s pregnant abdomen. He knows that she has a second-hand shop and he thinks she is sweet, but he doesn’t know that she has a phantom pregnancy.

Siri also has an American girl friend, Louise, who works as a make-up artist for television and who can tell whether people are wearing lipstick or not just by speaking with them on the telephone. Louise has been self-harming since her youth, and another of her burdens is unrestrained shopping. When Siri is seen by a psychiatrist because she refuses to accept that she has a phantom pregnancy, she doesn’t tell Louise anything about it. This creates a continuing barrier in their relationship and one evening after they have had sex, Siri finds Louise bleeding in the shower after cutting herself. Siri abandons Louise, but they find their way back together again and admit that they were both at fault.

Tomas is André’s friend. He works as a photographer in the hospital where André is an anaesthetic nurse. Tomas needs fixed routines, and when they decide to go to London to watch football, that turns out to be too difficult for him. One evening André phones Thomas, desperately upset because his lover, Lena, has left him. He begs to come to Tomas’s house, but Tomas has a booking for the laundry room and can only cope with one thing at a time. André realises that if he is to be a friend of Tomas, he must accept Tomas as he is.

Great loneliness and strong relationships co-exist throughout this book. Beate Grimsrud presents her characters with great warmth, understanding and respect, and it is not difficult to identify with and enjoy them. The novel also offers us humorous scenes and of course Grimrud’s particular style: André considers that to live with an animal is to re-imagine and portray oneself as a representative of humanity. As an adult you can do what you want. Siri thinks otherwise; you won’t always want to do that.

Space is a huge listening ear.

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FICTION

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT Doppler is back. After years deep in the woods, Doppler remembers that he has a family. He puts Bongo, the elk, into a kennel for deer and makes his way into Oslo. He is looking forward to seeing his wife and children, but his old house looks strange. On the name labels on the postbox, his name has been stroked out and a new one put in its place: EGIL HEGEL. Doppler thinks he has reached rock bottom, but his troubles have only just begun.

AUTHOR:

ERLEND LOE TITLE ENGLISH:

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT TITLE NORWEGIAN:

SLUTTEN PÅ VERDEN SLIK VI KJENNER DEN FORMAT:

130x200 mm RIGHTS SOLD TO:

PHOTO: FREDRIK ARFF

DENMARK (Gyldendal) SLOVAKIA (Premedia)

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Erlend Loe (1969–) is one of Norway's best-selling authors. He made his literary début with Tatt av kvinnen in 1993. His break-through, 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. Erlend Loe also writes books for children, and has had great succsess with the Kurt series.

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DOPPLER DOPPLER

Doppler has just lost his father. One day when he is out cycling in the woods, he falls off his bike. Semi-conscious, he notices that his head has been emptied of unnecessary noise and filled with the silence of the forest. But the fall provokes completely unexpected reactions.

Despite the fact that he has a wife and children, he moves to the woods and lives in a tent. Here he starts a lonely and ardous existence. Doppler is hungry and kills a she-elk – but that leaves him with a calf that will not let Doppler out of its sight. Gradually they become friends, both inside and outside the tent. Bongo, as the calf is called, has to carry the dried meat of his mother to the supermarket when Doppler goes to exchange the meat for skimmed milk, which he cannot live without.

AUTHOR:

ERLEND LOE FORMAT:

130x190 mm / 176 pages

Doppler is a mad, absurd and funny novel, but not without serious undertones and criticism of our modern consumer society.

Rights sold to: Albania, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lituania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Polan, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK, Ukraiaine.

VOLVO LORRIES VOLVO LASTVAGNAR

Volvo lorries continues where Doppler stopped. We follow the same person and the same elk some distance into the Swedish forrest of Värmland, where they meet a scout who has slept under the stars twenty-five thousand times and an old lady who is a drug addict and wants to change the world.

The author gives his imagination free rein this time and the result is a madcap and playful text that some will clutch to their breast and others will avoid like the plague.

AUTHOR:

ERLEND LOE

Rights sold to: Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Hungary, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine.

FORMAT:

130x190 mm / 240 pages

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COLDER TOWARDS NIGHT There is a legal case going on in Elverum where several people are accused of taking part in illegal wolf-hunting. The bitter conflict between the defenders and the opponents of wolves which has been going on since the seventies is one of the themes of this book, which will be the last in this series and which moves us on to more recent times.

We follow the same families, as some move back out from the city to try to make themselves a new life in the woods, while others turn their backs on Finnskogen for good. The novel stretches from the years between the wars up to the end of the twentieth century.

Oliver from Linna helps to bring Ruth, who is Jewish, and her children across the border to safety in Sweden.

AUTHOR:

BRITT KARIN LARSEN TITLE ENGLISH:

COLDER TOWARDS NIGHT TITLE NORWEGIAN:

KALDERE MOT NATTEN FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 512 pages

Many years later she tries to find him again, to thank him.

Many journalists and researchers come to Finnskogen to gather knowledge of an almost forgotten culture and to try to save the last words of a language which will soon be extinct. People from other countries come to the woods to settle in cheap abandoned houses and feel themselves well received, while The Little German Turid, child of a Skogfinnish mother and a German soldier father, even into her adult years feels unsure where she belongs. But her great gradmother told her about Mostamägg, and after living her whole life in Oslo, Turid wants to rediscover the remains of what was Taneli's and Lina's old croft.

Britt Karin Larsen (1945–) lives in Hedmark. She has written poetry, books for children, documentary books and novels. Her first published work was the 1978 collection of poetry 5 mg blues og andre dikt. She regards her Gypsy trilogy as her main work to date: De som ser etter tegn (1997), Den usynlige by (1998) and Sangen om løpende hester (1999).

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WELCOME TO US How to grieve, and to go on living in the shadow of an even greater grief?

In Eivind Hofstad Evjemo’s novel we meet a married couple,Arild and Sella, who are trying, each in their own way, to come to terms with the loss of their son Kim, whom they adopted from the Philippines. We follow Sella in particular, who feels that she and Kim were not as close as they might have been, and goes back over her memories in search of some explanation of why he left them.

AUTHOR:

We learn that Kim died as a result of a ferry capsizing while in the Philippines, where perhaps he had been hoping to track Down his biological mother. The accident happened over ten years ago, but the terrorist attack on the government buildings in Oslo and on Utøya of July 22nd, 2011 brings their own tragedy back to them, and to Sella in particular. A couple living in the same neighbourhood lost a daughter on Utøya, and Sella becomes almost obsessed with the thought of how this couple manage to articulate their loss, create new perspectives for their lives, and come to terms with something so unspeakable. She plans to bake something for them, because that’s the kind of thing people do.

But over and over again she abandons the idea and instead she observes them as closely as she can.

EIVIND HOFSTAD EVJEMO TITLE ENGLISH:

WELCOME TO US TITLE NORWEGIAN:

VELKOMMEN TIL OSS FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 240 pages

Eivind Hofstad Evjemo is a writer who needs nothing more than ordinary people in order to see deeply into life and open up wide perspectives to reflection, and he does so with a language that is uniquely precise and poetic.

‘One seldom encounters such accomplished writing. Every sentence vibrates with aesthetic delight and existential solemnity.’

Eivind Hofstad Evjemo (1983–) has attended the Litterær Gestaltning in Gothenburg. For his debut novel Vekk meg hvis jeg sovner from 2009 he won the Tarjei Vesaas' First Fiction Prize, a prize which has also been given to authors like Lars Saabye Christensen, Roy Jacobsen and Karin Fossum. Det siste du skal se er et ansikt av kjærlighet is his second publication.

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PHOTO: BIRGIT SOLHAUG

BERGENS TIDENDE

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NEIDEN 1970 In Neiden 1970, Ingeborg Arvola writes about childhood with her father in the Kven village of Neiden in the far north of Norway, in East Finnmark on the Norwegian-Finnish border. Father eats apples clad only in his underpants and washes the cups and the socks in the same water. The fishing trips last all night and the drinking binges even longer. Their life together is full of joy, a sense of belonging, alcoholic withdrawal shakes and conscientious hard work. Childhood and adult life reflect each other in this powerful and tender novel.

AUTHOR:

INGEBORG ARVOLA TITLE ENGLISH:

NEIDEN 1970

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

NEIDEN 1970 FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 184 pages

Ingeborg Arvola (1974–) grew up in Pasvikdalen and in Tromsø. Her first book was a novel for adults called Korellhuset, published in 1999. She has written several novels for adults and young people.

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SONGS FROM MERCURY Agnes is an artist with a confused view of the world. She swings between powerlessness and megalomania. She is yearning and merciless, very well dressed and constantly seeking recognition, which she never gets enough of. She dreams about a normal type of love with another human being, but is drawn irresistibly to the sadistic and horrible. Sanger fra Merkur is an uncompromising, brutal novel written in an outstanding beautiful language.

AUTHOR:

SUNNIVA LYE AXELSEN TITLE ENGLISH:

SONGS FROM MERCURY TITLE NORWEGIAN:

SANGER FRA MERKUR FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 192 pages

Sunniva Lye Axelsen (1980–) was born in Stavanger. She lives and works in Jerusalem.

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HARD TIMES FOR GENTLEMEN Tøffe tider for gentlemen is a skittish humorous book set in Bergen in the 1990's. A young man comes to the town to turn over a new leaf. His plans extend no further than to knock on the door of the only girl he knows. Then chance and fortune take over.

This is a book about people finding each other and losing each other, enjoying magic moments together but not knowing if they really want these moments to lead to anything.

AUTHOR:

AKSEL FUGELLI

The main character opts to talk about everything he thinks is funny or strange, but all the short stories make up a longer story which is also about vulnerability and loneliness, possibly without the narrator fully understanding that himself.

TITLE ENGLISH:

HARD TIMES FOR GENTLEMEN TITLE NORWEGIAN:

TØFFE TIDER FOR GENTLEMEN FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 240 pages

Aksel Fugelli (1968–) was born in Oslo and grew up in North Norway.

As an adult, he lived in Brazil for fifteen years before settling in Bergen.

He has written several novels and has published jointly with his father, Per Fugelli, a book of letters entitled Fribrev.

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BERLIN MARATHON In Geir Olav Jørgensen's new novel we meet Erik, who has moved to Berlin with his wife and children to study art history. He has always tried to be self-taught, but he has had to give that up and begin to study like everyone else. We follow Erik through a very hectic 24 hours in a hot summer in Berlin. He comes home from classes, goes into the block of flats and sees his wife sitting out, chatting with Rammstein the lawyer. He thinks she is behaving flirtatiously, but knows that that is probably nothing to worry about. She is faithful. Instead, he just goes out into the summer evening.

AUTHOR:

GEIR OLAV JØRGENSEN

From here on it's just one incident after another, and tending more downwards than upwards. He visits a girl friend, but feels that he has to go on further. He starts talking with a prostitute, but changes his mind. He meets a Canadian girl whom he just abandons in a bar. The longer he goes on, the deeper he digs himself into a hole. He accepts a drink uncritically. It is laced with magic mushroom and he experiences some unpleasant delirious visions. He ends up taking a taxi with the old man who gave him the drink. He floats round in the Berlin night with a steadily growing paranoia, and falls asleep on a bench.

When he comes home his wife is furious and is about to go in to town with the neighbour Rammstein while Erik has to look after the children. He feels rotten, and is terrified of what might happen.

TITLE ENGLISH:

BERLIN MARATHON TITLE NORWEGIAN:

MARATHON BERLIN FORMAT:

130 x205 mm / 120 pages

Geir Olav Jørgensen is one of our most powerful writers, and the way he changes between close description and chilly assertions makes a strong impression that everything is unmanageable, even what we think we can control.

Geir Olav Jørgensen (1971–) dropped his psychology studies to travel the world for seven years. He visited 27 countries and nearly every continent. He earned his living as a street musician in Amsterdam and New York. In 2006 he made his literary début with the novel mono, which he wrote while working in an orchard in Andalusia.

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THE ROAD TO MECCA The narrator in this novel has long been fascinated by the unexpressed artistic aspect of Islam. He wants to portray the life of The Prophet Mohammed in a series of oil-paintings, a project which would be a violation of the Islamic ban on creating images.

We follow his progress through several notable projects, including a series of portraits of terrorists and mass murderers, before he has the idea of the Mohammed exhibition. On the way (to Mecca), his fate is interwoven with other artists, alive and dead.

AUTHOR:

KRISTIAN KLAUSEN TITLE ENGLISH:

THE ROAD TO MECCA TITLE NORWEGIAN:

VEIEN TIL MEKKA FORMAT:

PHOTO: FINN MICHELSEN’

130x205 mm / 176 pages

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Kristian Klausen (1971–) has been a freelance writer and art instructor, and currently works as an environmental therapist with a psychiatric hospice. He made his literary début in 2008 with his critically acclaimed short story collection Måltidet i Emmaus.

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SELF-CENTRED Selvopptatt – self-centred, self-revealing and self-ironic. A humorous and perceptive book about being a writer and a woman. An author goes to Visby on Gotland to write, but the writing process is challenged when she becomes involved in a triangular drama with a Lithuanian poet and a Polish crime writer.

Elisiv Lindkvist writes insightfully about sex, art, roles and the expectations which direct our lives.

AUTHOR:

ELLISIV LINDKVIST TITLE ENGLISH:

SELF-CENTRED TITLE NORWEGIAN:

SELVOPPTATT FORMAT:

Ellisiv Lindkvist (1973–) is a writer and dramatist. She hails from Brøstabotn in Troms, but lives in Oslo at present. She blogs in Bonusord.

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PHOTO: ANNA-JULIA GRANBERG’

130x205 mm

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THIS IS MY SEA Beatrice lives in a cramped room in a big town. She is trying to write an assignment about a painting, and most of her life comes to a stop when she cannot manage to describe what she is really seeing. She begins to wonder whether it would have been better to have been part of an ambulance crew. Why is she sitting in a flat when she could have been out there saving lives? She meets a fairly ordinary chap called Viggo. When her parents come to visit, they tell her that she must stop saying I don't know, because that's not the way to get a job.

After completing her studies, Beatrice moves back to North Norway. Viggo comes with her to her little home town, a town facing the sea. Beatrice thinks that she too must face towards the sea. She gets a daughter, a job, a house, a dog. She has a deceased father, great grief, a sick mother and difficulties accepting all the normality of life around her.

AUTHOR:

CAROLINE KASPARA PALONEN TITLE ENGLISH:

THIS IS MY SEA TITLE NORWEGIAN:

DET ER MITT HAV FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 224 pages

PHOTO: RANDI GROV BERGER

A novel about the importance of a camera and a pair of tusks in a young person's search for identity; about grief and anger; about distance and closeness; about cellphone crushing; about trying to reconcile oneself with the life one has chosen, with the help of a florist, a stranger, a pedometer, a regular schedule and a plan to bake a cake.

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Caroline Kaspara Palonen (1984–) has a first degree from the College of Art in Bergen, where she specialised in photography. She also studied at the School of Creative Writing in Tromsø. Det er mitt hav is her third novel.

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FOR YOU, FOR YOU ALONE To all single mothers is the dedication at the front of Line Nyborg's new novel For deg, for deg alene. It is a self-sufficient sequel to Bare Mamma som er Gud (2010) and Du vet ikke hvem jeg er (2012). Nyborg's first book got many glowing reviews, and her second won the Havmann Prize for the best North Norwegian novel that year.

These three novels have a certain family resemblance to Cora Sandel's Alberte trilogy, in the way they follow a young, slightly inhibited woman's development and incipient liberation.

AUTHOR:

LINE NYBORG TITLE ENGLISH:

FOR YOU, FOR YOU ALONE

For deg, for deg alene gives an authentic picture of life as a single mother in the capital city. When Elin becomes pregnant for the second time, all she knows is that she can't face another abortion.

But who is really the father? She hopes it is Agnar, the man who is from the north like her, who appears serious and for whom she has strong feelings. Except that he isn't really ready to have children. Or could it be Arvid, the man who is so distant and who comes from posh Slemdal, from a background quite different from her own?

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

FOR DEG, FOR DEG ALENE FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 208 pages

The lack of a father for her children and the daily toil to survive with limited means in a student flat are vividly portrayed in this sensual novel.

Line Merethe Nyborg (1969–) was born in Narvik. She is trained at the Westerdals School of Communication and has studied Nordic Languages at the University of Oslo. Her day job is working in Tønsberg on communication issues. Bare mamma som er gud (2010) was her first book.

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THE SALESPERSON EKSPEDITØREN

Aksel Selmer follows up Bomvokteren with Ekspeditøren and a post-apocalyptic world, neither wholly identical to our own nor so very different. This is a taut and intense drama about people on the margins of existence.

AUTHOR:

AKSEL SELMER FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 144 pages

GUARDIAN OF THE GATE BOMVOKTEREN

Bomvokteren is the tale of a young girl who inherits the job of gate guardian when her grandfather grows older and falls ill. The job involves watching the gate at a mountain pass, and the girl must live alone in a miserable cabin at the side of the road.

‘Norwegian Aksel Selmer surprises with a story about the conditions for goodness in an evil world that is equal parts beautiful, strange and grim. This is outstanding.’

AUTHOR:

AKSEL SELMER

JYLLANDSPOSTEN

FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 168 pages Aksel Selmer (1958–) made his literary début with a poetry collection called Hit skulle det ha kommet noen flere in 1992. Since then he has had another collection of poetry published, as well as ten novels for adults and young people.

RIGHTS SOLD TO:

DENMARK (Jensen & Dalgaard)

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BEFORE THEY COME TO FETCH US It is always a sign of quality when the second book is better than the first, but this is particularly impressive when it is better than a Vesaas Prize winning debut novel.

In Peter Strassegger's new novel we meet Alma, who is married to Oscar. She is old, and he is much older. They live in a ruined and neglected landscape where the rich earth has been washed away by rain and flood. In these almost post-apocalyptic conditions the pair of them go home and wait to be fetched. It is unclear who will come to fetch them or where they will take them. Every time they think they see a car at one of the neighbours they scurry slow-footedly up the stairs to put on their Sunday best. They have clear ideas about how they are to be fetched, and they hope it will be done correctly.

AUTHOR:

PETER FRANZISKUS STRASSEGGER TITLE ENGLISH:

BEFORE THEY COME TO FETCH US TITLE NORWEGIAN:

FØR DE HENTER OSS FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 160 pages

Alma is the spokesperson, and through her eyes we see the scorched, ash-grey landscape with only a couple of occupied houses, where the only accessible shop is a filling station which is about to be demolished. In flashbacks and in the present time we also meet Elisa, the neighbour who spends her days sitting out on the veranda of her grand house. She has a place there for Alma if she wants to come to visit, but otherwise the door is bolted.

Peter Franziskus Strassegger (1984-) was born in Austria but has lived in Norway since he was 12 years old.

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Elisa can also see who passes by, because her son Ulrik the watchman has had a camera set up for her. Nobody shall come to take Elisa away, as long as she can do anything about it, certainly not so long as she has Ulrik. In case anybody should be in doubt, this is a very special novel, and like Peter's first book it is refreshingly un-Norwegian.

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SAVE THE CHILDREN Tanja has moved to Hakadal outside of Olso 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 that she initially imagined. When her mother dies, Tanja gets back in touch with her brother Mikael, who has problems with substance abuse. ’Everything will fix itself overnight,’ Tanja used to tell herself. She imagines falling asleep and that an ingenious clock is ticking inside her – securing, rerouting and reinstalling. But that is not how it works any more. At night the floodgates open. And suddenly she cannot get the days to connect. Redd barna is a warm, powerful novel about sorrow, fear and everday Sisyphean labour.

AUTHOR:

TIRIL BROCH AAKRE TITLE ENGLISH:

SAVE THE CHILDREN TITLE NORWEGIAN:

‘An illuminating tight-rope walk between grief and compassion, guilt and sensuality, sin and sympathy, seen through a mother who has lost a child and has two surviving children. … The author has written an elegant, realistic and magical family novel which I can see will win prizes and will appear on reviewers’ lists of the best books of the year.’

REDD BARNA FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 128 pages

ADRESSEAVISEN

Tiril Broch Aakre (1976–) previously worked as an editor in the publishing house Tiden Norsk Forlag. She now works as a translator and consultant. She made her debut in 2013 with Kniplinger, a collection of poems.

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‘Tiril Broch Aakre’s first novel is stimulating, exciting and full of energy.

Over and above the day by day excitement, much of the joy of this novel is in the language, which is clear, sensitive and vivid.’

DAGBLADET

‘Broch Aakre explores the depths which others avoid. She shapes beautiful pictures: The pregnant woman who stands in the kitchen every night drinking cold milk, with the past behind her and the future ahead of her, deserves to become a pillar in Norwegian literature.’

KLASSEKAMPEN

‘This is a novel about caring for each other, and about the feelings of despair when you are not able to protect your loved ones as you would wish. The theme is well known, but the quietly spoken and intimate language make this book a powerful experience for the reader.’

KVINNER & KLÆR

‘In just 124 pages, Tiril Broch Aakre succeeds in convincing us that she is an author whose reputation will continue to grow … Save the Children is a moving novel.’

NRK

’Tiril Broch Aakre places herself unrestrictedly in a genre of family realism, while allowing room for the political milieu … Aakre is at her best writing extraordinarily about the ordinary.’

MORGENBLADET

‘This is a good debut novel which explores family life and loneliness, blood ties and love, dark times and powerlessness. Tightly written, but open. … The success of Save the Children as a really very good novel lies partly in the way the story is told and partly in the way Aakre manages to place the family in a wider, let us call it political, environment. … 125 pages are quickly read, but the story lingers long after. This novel is recommended.

DAGSAVISEN

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THE COLLECTOR Norway's most prominent art critic, Jan Solheim, gets an offer he can't refuse. An eccentric art collector is holding the world's greatest artist hidden in a remote hut in Eastern Norway. He lets Solheim meet the aged painter, Amalie Caridi, on one condition: he can't leave Caridi without having stolen away a painting.

The assignment is not only shocking and absurd; it appears to be impossible. Unless Solheim abandons the idea and sacrifices everything to ensure his own and his favourite artist's names in history.

Samleren is art crime in the borderland between The Da Vinci Code and Wonderboy, a cleverly written page-turner which lays bare the inner workings of the art world with ingenuity and passion.

AUTHOR:

AUDUN MORTENSEN TITLE ENGLISH:

THE COLLECTOR TITLE NORWEGIAN:

SAMLEREN FORMAT:

130 x205 mm / 200 pages

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GRANDIOSA Nikolai has, to his great despair, forgotten to decline his invitation to the residents' association's annual dinner. This means that he must spend an entire evening as a guest of Rolf Slependen, a nouveau-riche architect who has build himself a luxury apartment on the top floor of the tallest apartment building in the condominium. The other guests represent a cross section of the new cultural elite: the artistic director of a theatre, a publisher, an author, a retired surgeon – and behind the kitchen counter there is a nationally renowned chef.

As dinner progresses, the atmosphere around the table becomes more and more tense. Mr and Mrs Slependen are clearly drunk before the main course is even served. And it is clear to the guests that they were not invited to the Slependen's house out of politeness, but to bear witness to a merciless battle between spouses. Grandiosa is a hysterically funny novel about art and kitsch, architecture and the self-image of new culture capitalists.

AUTHOR:

OLAV LØKKEN REISOP TITLE ENGLISH:

GRANDIOSA

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

GRANDIOSA FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 384 pages

Olav Løkken Reisop (1980–) debuted in 2011 with the book Pastisj. He is a trained architect and literary scholar, and writes literary criticism for Dagbladet.

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THE MAN WHO BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER Birger Brunkeberg has an easy-going life. He has an enormous collection of CD's and a good friend in prison. But one day the doorbell rings and reality hits his life with a hard fist.

Mannen som gikk gjennom lydmuren is the story of this happy music-lover and the life he didn't know he was missing.

A feel-good rock-and-roll novel!

AUTHOR:

ARNE SVINGEN TITLE ENGLISH:

THE MAN WHO BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER TITLE NORWEGIAN:

MANNEN SOM GIKK GJENNOM LYDMUREN FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 224 pages

Arne Svingen (1967–) made his debut in 1999 with the critically acclaimed novel Handlingens mann. Since then he has written a number of books for children, teens and adults, many of which have been translated.

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WE WHO ARE DEAD Karin Fossum is best known as a crime writer, but she made her literary debut with poetry. In 2013 she published the poetry collection Natten er et annet land (Night is a Different Country).

Vi som er døde (We who are dead) describes life's struggles and reflects about the different starting-points which become parts of a person. In the title poem we are followed right through till after death.

AUTHOR:

But the dark night is ours When we weigh nothing; Then we rise up From the grave, Flicker around in the dark And blink like comets Unyoked Above the fields.

KARIN FOSSUM TITLE ENGLISH:

WE WHO ARE DEAD TITLE NORWEGIAN:

VI SOM ER DØDE FORMAT:

Karin Fossum (1954–) made her literary début in 1974 with the poetry collection Kanskje i morgen, for which she won the Vesaas First Writer's Award. She has published books in several genres, but is perhaps best known for her crime fiction about Konrad Sejer. Several of her books have been filmed. She has received a number of prestigious awards, including an LA Times Book Award for her novel Elskede Poona.

Karin Fossum's books are translated into 34 languages.

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150x208 mm / 48 pages

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THE HUMAN SHARK K2 and Patricia have officially become lovers when this book starts. It is the summer of 1972, and K2 is invited to a sociable weekend at a beautifully situated hotel in South Norway. The only drawback is that the hotel is on an island which is not really wheel-chair friendly. Nevertheless, Patricia comes too, on what will turn out to be a fateful weekend outing.

Exactly ten years previously, a little baby boy had been found beaten to death at the hotel. His twin sisters were supposed to be looking after him, and they both swore that they had nothing to do with the murder. However, one of the sisters disappeared right after the misdeed was discovered. The child's mother committed suicide soon after, but the surviving guests from that gruesome weekend are now gathered at the hotel, and the manager's plan is for K2 to solve the mystery.

AUTHOR:

HANS OLAV LAHLUM TITLE ENGLISH:

THE HUMAN SHARK TITLE NORWEGIAN:

HAIMENNESKET FORMAT:

The manager has his own weighty reasons to want to get to the bottom of the matter. Unfortunately there appears to be an uninvited guest at the hotel, a guest with murderous intentions, and this time Patricia comes into the firing line. With a respectful nod to Ten Little Niggers, Hans Olav Lahlum has written a perfect chamber play where passion and brutal death occupy the main stage.

PHOTO: FREDRIK ARFF

130x205 mm / 240 pages

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Hans Olav Lahlum (1973–) is a historian. He made his literary debut with the critically acclaimed biography Oscar Torp in 2007. He has since published five crime novels and five non-fiction books. His crime novels have become bestsellers in Norway, and will shortly be available in English, Italian and Korean.

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‘You enjoy yourself as the story is unraveled, and you are delighted by cleverly made dead ends. In his epilogue he hints at a possible series, if this novel proves to be a hit. My appeal will be: Write more! Menneskefluene enriches today’s Norwegian crime fiction.’

AFTENPOSTEN ABOUT MENNESKEFLUENE

‘Thorough retro crime fiction … If you like the classical crime novel as it was created by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, you should immediately go and buy Hans Olav Lahlum’s Satellittmenneskene.’

DAGBLADET ABOUT SATELLITTMENNESKENE

‘The third book of historian Hans Olav Lahlum is so exciting it is impossible to put down.’

FÆDRELANDSVENNEN ABOUT KATALYSATORMORDET

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RIGHTS SOLD TO: UK

Rights sold to: Denmark, Greece, Portugal, SouthKorea, Turkey, UK

Rights sold to: Greece, South-Korea, UK

Rights sold to: SouthKorea, UK.

Rights sold to: UK

Rights sold to: UK

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EVERYTHING WILL BE HIDDEN IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS In 1924, the Norwegian government was forced to enter into a secret agreement giving the Soviet Union control of Svalbard in 2020.

But this document soon went missing under unclear circumstances, and the agreement was forgotten. It resurfaces more than ninety years later. In a time when Europe is standing against an agressive Russia that wants to be a superpower in the far north of the world, the Russian president implements a comprehensive plan to undermine Norwegian sovereignty in Svalbard. The battle for the Arctic gains a new dimension, and drama unfolds in Longyearbyen.

AUTHOR:

PER ARNE TOTLAND TITLE ENGLISH:

EVERYTHING WILL BE HIDDEN IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS TITLE NORWEGIAN:

OM HUNDRE ÅR ER ALLTING GJEMT FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 480 pages

Om hundre år er allting gjemt is an international thriller that reflects the political conflict that already existed when the Svalbard Treaty was entered into in 1920 and that may flare up again as the eyes of the world look to the Arctic.

RIGHTS SOLD TO:

PHOTO: KJELL RUBEN STRØM

SLOVAKIA (Premedia)

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Per Arne Totland (1958–) has been a newspaper reporter, a reporter with Norwegian Broadcasting, director of a global construction company and manager of a consultancy agency. He is now an independent adviser to top business managers.

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HAMSUN AND HITLER THE JOURNEY

WINNER OF THE CRITICS PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2014

On Saturday 26th June 1943, Hitler granted one of his rare audiences to a writer, the Norwegian Knut Hamsun, then generally hailed as the greatest living writer of the Germanic peoples, a contemporary Goethe. The meeting started jovially, but ended in disaster. While Hamsun insisted on his loyalty to the Führer, he also spoke out against him, interrupting a man who was not used to being interrupted. A furious Hitler ended the conversation after 45 minutes – and Hamsun and his entourage left in disappointment.

AUTHOR:

TORE REM TITLE ENGLISH:

HAMSUN AND HITLER TITLE NORWEGIAN:

KNUT HAMSUN – REISEN TIL HITLER

This is the first time this spectacular event in Norwegian and European cultural history has been used as the basis for an entire book. Knut Hamsun – Reisen til Hitler explores the trappings of literary genius and authority, as well as the uses of culture in Nazi Germany.

FORMAT:

151x226 mm / 400 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

BRAZIL (Geração Editorial) DENMARK (Vild Maskine) GERMANY (Eulenspiegel Verlag) SWEDEN (Atlantis)

The book's main narrative, the seven-day journey to and from the meeting, ends with an epilogue which includes Hamsun's obituary for Hitler, published on 7th May 1945.

PHOTO: FREDRIK ARFF

After a teaser which takes the reader straight into the journey, the book – in order to establish the premises of what took place – considers a few episodes from Hamsun's life up until 1943. These include his attempt at doing away with the father figure Ibsen, his Nobel Prize and rise to fame, how he became the favourite of the German far right, his interventions on behalf of Nazi Germany during the war, his antisemitism and allegiance to the idea of the Germanic peoples, as well as Goebbels' glowing reception of his favourite writer in May 1943. A month later Knut Hamsun sets off to Vienna as the star attraction of a big nazi propaganda show, a congress of nazi journalists. It is after having been celebrated as a great success in the second capital of the Reich, that Hamsun is flown on to Berghof, Hitler's mountain residence in Southern Bavaria.

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Tore Rem (1967–) is a writer, critic and literary scholar working at the University of Oslo. He has previously published books about Kielland, Ibsen and Dickens.

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EUROPEANS The struggle for the future of Europe is intense, alarming and dramatic. In this book we meet the main actors.

Europeans is about the crisis which has hit Europe. The difficult economic situation has presented opportunities for political entrepreneurs with widely different ideological projects. Ekern introduces the reader to Italian populists, Scottish separatists and Hungarian extremists. He talks with Brussels bureaucrats, French patriots and a Greek crime-writer who has his own distinctive views about who are the villains in the story.

AUTHOR:

SIMEN EKERN

‘... great insight and even more knowledge combined with observational skills and an eye for detail.’

TITLE ENGLISH:

EUROPEANS

NRK

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

EUROPEERE

‘Journalistically prepared, linguistically confident, technically solid. ... Ekern’s book is divided into ten chapters. Most of them are based on interviews that either facilitate access to topics such as the German austerity policy or are used as a basis for portraits of selected problem countries such as Greece, Italy and Hungary … But the strength of the book is equally in how Ekern interweaves these interviews with history lessons, anecdotes, well-placed quoted, short travelogues and a suitable dose of first-person journalism. A lot of hard work goes into a tapestry like this.’

FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 304 pages

AFTENPOSTEN

In Europeans, Simen Ekern has written a sound and very topical book about the EU and the challenges facing Europe.’

Simen Ekern (1975–) is an author and journalist. In recent years he has lived in Brussels and in Rome, where he has covered European politics and culture for several media organisations including Dagbladet, TV2 and Morgenbladet. Ekern is a trained social and political historian who has for many years been considered one of Norway's leading experts on Italy. He made his debut as an author in 2006 with Berlusconis Italia, which was very well received. In 2011 he published Roma, which won the Brage prize for the best non-fiction publication that year.

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HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD

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THE UNTOUCHABLES A FIELDWORKER’S ACCOUNT OF EBOLA While there, she wrote several accounts of her work with the deadly disease. The story of 5-year old Patrick from Liberia, who amazingly was one of the survivors, has been translated into 20 languages and has become known throughout the world since it was first published in English in The Guardian.

In De uberørbare, Fjeldsæter adds stark new human stories to her report. Doctor Fanta, the renowned Congolese senior doctor who may have lost his mind. Ma Boko Dolly, the woman with a moon face and bruises who frightens the nurses by wanting a cuddle.

Aisata, the uncomprehending little girl who has to be carried out of the ward where her mother dies.

AUTHOR:

ANE BJØRU FJELDSÆTER TITLE ENGLISH:

THE UNTOUCHABLES TITLE NORWEGIAN:

This book gives a hot, topical and gripping insight into the fight against the deadly illness which Fjeldsæter calls ‘the love virus’ – the serial killer which is so weak that it can be eradicated by soap and water but whose secret weapon is the affection we show to our nearest and dearest. Ebola is the enemy within, which you pass on to the people who are closest and most sympathetic to you.

DE UBERØRBARE FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 232 pages

De uberørbare is not just a story about Ebola, but also an account of how our attitude to events in developing countries affects our capacity to let ourselves be touched. ’…well written, well edited, well informed and full of interesting observations and challenging issues.… The Untouchables is a thoughtful, well written and moving book from one of the darkest corners of the world.’

SYKEPLEIEN

Ane Bjøru Fjeldsæter (1983–) is a psychologist and fieldworker with Médecins Sans Frontières. In 2014 she worked for MSF in the areas of Liberia and Sierra Leone affected by Ebola.

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KIM’S GAME ABOUT THE KOREAN WHO DISAPPEARED IN SØRKEDALEN AND THE POWER GAME WHICH FOLLOWED.

At Easter 1979 a bag was found on a number 169 bus after it had reached its terminus at Sørkedalen outside Oslo. When the driver opened it he found a string vest, a camera, a written and stamped postcard and a passport belonging to a South Korean called Koh Sang-Moon. The driver handed the bag in to the lost property office at Oslo police station, and the case remained unsolved until Sang-Moon inexplicably reappeared several months later on North Korean television propaganda as a defector. After the end of the Korean War, the kidnapping of South Koreans abroad became one of North Korea’s most important propaganda weapons against the West.

AUTHOR:

SUN HEIDI SÆBØ TITLE ENGLISH:

KIMS’S GAME

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

KIMS LEK

In Kim’s Game, journalist Sun Heidi Sæbø follows up the story of the student who brought the major political game between North and South Korea to the little land of Norway. She tracks down Sang-moon’s daughter at her home in Seoul and discovers that she has still not given up hope of getting her father back.

FORMAT:

151x226 mm / 208 pages

Sæbø interviews surviving participants in the affair and delves into embassy archives. Last but not least, she speaks with a South Korean who took what to us seems an incomprehensible decision, choosing to leave South Korea for the North. Was it really unthinkable that Koh Sang-Moon moved voluntarily?

‘A brilliant introduction to the history and utterly unique psychology of the hermit state. The book is obligatory reading for both novices and experts with an interest in the almost absurd existence of the totalitarian monarchy created by the Kim dynasty, with a hybrid ideology quite unlike anything we have seen before.’

MINERVA

‘Easy to read, instructive, exciting.’

Sun Heidi Sæbø (1980–) is a journalist and former Asia correspondent for Dagbladet. This is her first book.

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C 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.

AUTHOR:

DAG O. HESSEN

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.

TITLE ENGLISH:

C

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

C

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.

FORMAT:

148 x180 mm / 250 pages

Dag O. Hessen 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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UKRAINE Introducing the concept of Novaya Rossia, New-Russia, Putin has brutally raised the debate about what Ukraine is.

This book provides the background that helps us understand what is happening in Russia and Ukraine with Putin’s redefinition of the geography of Europe as a starting point. Morten Strand gives a thorough overview of Ukraine’s modern history until today.

This relevant, contemporary book also analyzes the dramatic situation the country is in now.

AUTHOR:

MORTEN STRAND TITLE ENGLISH:

UKRAINE

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

UKRAINA FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 320 pages

Morten Strand (1957-) works as a commentator for Dagbladet.

He has been a correspondent in Russia, and has lived in St. Petersburg.

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HELP HOW CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OTHER PEOPLE?

Helping others is one of the best things we can do on this Earth.

That's when we are at our very best as human beings. It's also good for the heart, and reduces stress and depression. More help is needed, both locally and globally. How can we help in the best way possible?

A tiny extra input can be all that is needed to transform a situation for somebody else. Help can be anything from feeding the cat for friends while they are on holiday, to running into a burning house to rescue somebody. It can be taking a neighbour's washing in from the clothes-line when rain approaches. It can also be going into war zones to provide medical and humanitarian help at the risk of one's own life.

AUTHOR:

ØYVIND KVALNES TITLE ENGLISH:

HELP

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

HJELP

FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 192 pages

Tweeter and philosopher Øyvind Kvalnes is engaged with aid not only professionally but also more personally as a father, grandfather and local citizen. Helpfulness is one of the most important things we can teach our children, provided we find the golden middle way and don't push them too hard.

PHOTO: C-F WESENBERG

In this book he takes examples from his own life, from philosophy and from psychology. He explores why we should help (We get a good life.), how to help (Should we give to beggars?) and whom we should help (What about people who live far away?).

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Øyvind Kvalnes (1963–) is an author, moral philosopher and lecturer.

He is Senior Lecturer at The Institute of Leadership and Organisation at Norwegian Business School BI, and he lives in Oslo.

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ALL IS RELATIONSHIPS The starting point of gestalt therapy is that everything depends on relationships. We live in a community and influence each other.

Nobody is only his or her self.

Marit Slagsvold is a sociologist and gestalt therapist. In this book she writes about the significance of relationships and about how we can accept differences and live together, as couples and in our communities. She presents the meaning of relationships through her own powerful story. She accepts that she doesn't need to try to be like everybody else. By identifying her own needs, she can lead her life without descriptive labels.

AUTHOR:

MARIT SLAGSVOLD TITLE ENGLISH:

ALL IS RELATIONSHIPS TITLE NORWEGIAN:

She writes about how we can get a paired relationship to work by respecting each other's differences.

SAMMEN FORMAT:

130x205 mm

Marit Slagsvold (1962–) is a gestalt therapist, sociologist and author.

She works at the Oslo Gestalt Centre and teaches at the Norwegian Gestalt Institute College (NGI) in Oslo.

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THE EASTERN FRONT SISTERS

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In 2015 the President of the Norwegian Red Cross, Sven Mollekleiv, protested about the treatment of about 450 Eastern Front Sisters who had been sentenced as traitors after the Second World War. These were trained nurses and volunteers who worked with the German Red Cross on the Eastern Front. Nobody should be punished for giving medical help on either side of the front line in time of war.

AUTHOR:

VEGARD SÆTHER

To the injured soldiers needing care in various field hospitals, the Eastern Front Sisters seemed like angels. However, because the Norwegian legal system regarded their service as assisting the enemy in time of war, they were tried and sentenced. They were deprived of their civil rights for ten years and had to pay back what they had earned in the service. In addition to this, they suffered lifelong scorn.

TITLE ENGLISH:

THE EASTERN FRONT SISTERS TITLE NORWEGIAN:

FRONTSØSTRE FORMAT:

151x226 mm / 256 pages

In this book, Vegard Sæther tries to cast light on the sisters of the Eastern Front, where they came from, how old they were when they signed up for this service, what motivated them to serve as nurses at the front, where and how did they serve, and what awaited them when the war was over?

PHOTO: NJAAL KVÆRNES

This is an unusual story about the role of women in the Second World War. By drawing attention to the consequences of the war-time stories, and especially relating what was taboo, it can stimulate debate about a theme with which many people can identify.

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Vegard Sæther (1967–) is a historian and writer. His previous publications include En av oss (2010). He is currently writing his doctoral thesis about Norway's frontline fighters, and works as a lecturer.

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FLETTEMIA’S FAVOURITES THE FINEST PLAITS AND HAIRSTYLES FOR EVERYDAYS AND SPECIAL DAYS

Have the best hairstyle! Do you want a fashionable plait? Would you like to learn to make fine plaits and hairstyles for yourself and others? Now you can teach yourself with @Flettemia. Be inspired to create your own style, using a little patience and Flettemia's expert tips, step-by-step guidance, and masses of ideas for hair decoration and styling.

AUTHOR:

MARIA SINDRE-BJELKE TITLE ENGLISH:

FLETTEMIA’S FAVOURITES TITLE NORWEGIAN:

FLETTEMIAS FAVORITTER

Chapters in the book include: Plait your own hair; Plaits for little girls; and Make your own hair decoration. Plaits and styles for everybody, including those who don't have super-long or superthick hair. Flettemia shows you what you need to know to style hair like a professional. Learn everything from basic plaits such as Dutch plait and fishbone plait to party plaits and styles such as waterfall plait, crown plait, doughnut plait and elegant hair twists.

FORMAT:

210x277 mm / 264 pages

In addition to plaits and styles, Flettemia shows you how to make your own hair decorations, with everything you need for bows, bands and other decorations.

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Plaits and styles for all types of hair not just long and thick A chapter especially on styles for little girls with thinner hair Includes DIY hairstyles All plaits and styles are presented with step-by-step guidance.

Maria Sindre-Bjelke is mother of four children and lives in Trondheim.

She plaits and decorates her own and other people's hair, and there is much demand for the courses which she runs. Maria is an enthusiastic user of YouTube, she is popular on Instagram and Facebook @Flettemia, and she runs the website Flettemia.com.

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AMCAR A STORY OF STYLE, EMBELLISHMENT AND BURNT RUBBER

Norway's best motoring journalist gives himself a much freer rein in this book than in his previous publication, Norske bilfavoritter (Norway's favourite cars) which ran to four editions. In this book Karl Eirik Haug is more thorough, more personal and less regulated by thematic chronology. Here we experience a riotous feast of American maximalism as we savour insights into the sound of a V8 engine and plunge deeply into rich visions of iconic models, including paint, fabric and leather catalogues.

AUTHOR:

KARL EIRIK HAUG AND STÉPHANIE DUMONT TITLE ENGLISH:

AMCAR

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

AMCAR

Karl Eirik Haug's prose is always based on wide knowledge and high literary standards. The needle on the rev-counter hits red right from the first page. The book gives a full-size view of the technical, aesthetic and sociological markers of Scandinavian's interest in American cars and a comprehensive insight into the golden age of American car production, from 1950–1970.

FORMAT:

248x272 mm / 224 pages

In 2001, Karl Eirik Haug founded the magazine Carl's Cars, which won the accolade of Magazine of the Year in the USA. Since 2006 he has written about cars in the newspaper Dagens Næringsliv ('Business Today'), and his comments on cars regularly feature in other media.

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TRINE’S FOOD 2 DINNERS, MENUS AND BAKING A new book from Trine Sandberg, with Trine's best dinner recipes, her popular weekly menus and party menus. Also includes a long chapter of Trine's best baking everything from bread and buns to cakes and biscuits.

Trine Sandberg is Norway's greatest food blogger, Food Blogger of the Year 2014 and currently Cappelen Damm's best-selling writer of cookery books with almost 130,000 copies in altogether 16 editions over two years.

AUTHOR:

TRINE SANDBERG TITLE ENGLISH:

TRINE’S FOOD 2 TITLE NORWEGIAN:

Now she has collected even more recipes between the covers of her second book, serving up everything from supper, vegetable and pasta dishes to fish and seafood, chicken, meat and desserts.

The recipes are presented in chapters with clear titles such as Supper, Fish, Meat and Desserts, and the book is easy to find your way around. In six varied and tempting weekly menus, Trine has put together suggestions which suit the tastes of young and old.

Among the good things you will also find the author's suggestions for a party menu, a ladies' dinner and an Italian evening.

TRINES MAT 2 FORMAT:

210x250 mm / 392 pages

Trine's baking recipes are much sought after. In this book she has included almost 70 recipes in a wide-ranging chapter which includes unkneaded bread, chocolate whirls, cakes, biscuits and lots more.

Trine Sandberg wanted to pass on the family recipes to her daughters when they moved away from home. That was the start of her food blog Trinesmatblogg.no, which she works 50% of her time. The rest of her time is spent on her job as legal advisor to the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training.

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VEGAN FOOD AT ITS BEST 100 RECIPES FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER AND SWEETS

Vegan food for everybody!

AUTHOR:

Vegan food plant-based food is steadily becoming more popular.

People cut out meat, dairy produce and eggs. They are looking for good, tasty and easy recipes. Jane shares her skill and her enjoyment of food on her blog every day. Now we have her cookbook with over 100 vegan recipes, your inspiration to prepare new vegan dishes.

JANE H. JOHANSEN TITLE ENGLISH:

VEGAN FOOD AT ITS BEST TITLE NORWEGIAN:

VEGANMAT PÅ SITT BESTE FORMAT:

198x250 mm / 240 pages

Veganmat på sitt beste is about the joy of real, natural food, good simple tips, health, welfare and not least: good flavour.

The recipes include: wonderful spreads such as almond and walnut butter, cream cheese and aubergine pâté; breakfasts of oatmeal porridge with peanut butter and pancakes; bread and baking such as scones and flatbread; lunch and snacks including soups and quesadilla tortillas; dinners with carrotburgers, beans with chili, Thai style quinoaballs, pizza rounds with tofu-bacon; and desserts and sweets such as brownies and pancakes.

Jane H. Johansen is a well-known blogger on veganmisjonen.com and was winner of Food-blogger of the Year for Alternative Food in 2014.

She runs cookery courses and lectures.

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THE BIG MEAT COOKBOOK COOKING FROM HEAD TO TAIL This year's book from Andreas Viestad is an inspiring and comprehensive meat cookery book with 200 recipes and tips, together with background information on the animals.

AUTHOR:

This is the book to use to learn to cook perfect roast beef and the juiciest and most tender joint of lamb. It will also encourage and inspire you to use other cuts. Did you know that the most expensive cut isn't always the best? You can make the best hamburgers using brisket and the best casserole using chuck, from the upper back of the animal. If you want to slow-cook meat, there is nothing to compare with shank taken from the lowest part of the leg, which becomes amazingly juicy and tender with slow cooking.

ANDREAS VIESTAD TITLE ENGLISH:

THE BIG MEAT COOKBOOK TITLE NORWEGIAN:

DEN STORE KJØTTKOKEBOKA FORMAT:

198x250 mm / 304 pages

This book promotes a thoughtful and balanced consumption, making use of the whole animal and not just the typical beef cutlet. This involves rediscovering old food traditions and developing new ones for our time. The book focuses mainly on pig, cattle and sheep meat with some chicken and shorter sections about other animals including game.

Andreas Viestad (1973–) has a university degree and is one of Norway's most popular food and recipe book writers. He has a column in Washington Post. The TV series, New Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad, has been shown in more than 50 countries, including the USA, China, Germany and Italy. In 2002, he was awarded the Riksmålsforbund's media prize, the Golden Pen.

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PANCAKES Hurray! Today we're having pancakes.

Lise Finckenhagen's latest book is about pancakes, a favourite in many homes. Pancakes come in innumerable varieties. So why not try something new next time pancakes are on the menu?

In Lise's new book the limits of what you can serve with pancakes are set only by limits of imagination. The classics are there.

Elegant, wafer-thin crepes with vanilla custard and apple for example will be a wonderful ending to any meal, but this book will also help you to extend your repertoire.

AUTHOR:

LISE FINCKENHAGEN TITLE ENGLISH:

PANCAKES

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

Try delicious and satisfying American pancakes with runny maple syrup for Sunday breakfast, or blinis with delicious fillings, or Chinese pancakes with crispy duck for dinner. Elvis fans can make an impression with a breakfast of American pancakes with peanut butter, honey, bananas and bacon. If you want to celebrate a special day or serve something unique, conjure up a wicked and very tasty pancake layer-cake with cream and strawberries.

PANNEKAKER FORMAT:

210x277 mm / 160 pages

The book includes pancake mixes for people who have to avoid egg or milk or gluten.

Lise Finckenhagen is one of Norway's best-known chefs. She was awarded the Chef of the Year-prize in 2009. She has worked in several three-star restaurants in France and Spain and was the first Norwegian chef to have worked at El Bulli.

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THE TRUTH IN THE GLASS WHAT ARE WE DRINKING? A convincing and well-written follow-up to Truths of the table – What you are not told about your food.

Water, coffee, milk and soft drinks – we drink many litres in a year.

But what are we really drinking?

AUTHOR:

NIELS CHRISTIAN GEELMUYDEN

Niels Christian Geelmuyden is back with further revelations, this time about liquid food: water, milk, juice, soft drinks, coffee, tea, beer and wine. He has probed the producers, the distributors and not least the official departments who are supposed to ensure that we avoid what is harmful to us. We trust the distributor's labelling and hope that the authorities are looking after us.

Unfortunately, it isn't always like that. This book gives us the real truth!

TITLE ENGLISH:

THE TRUTH IN THE GLASS TITLE NORWEGIAN:

SANNHETEN I GLASSET FORMAT:

148x210 mm / 272 pages

Niels Chr. Geelmuyden (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 such as Bergens Tidende and the more local Tønsbergs Blad.

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PHOTO: ASTRID HEXEBERG

Niels Christian Geelmuyden reveals the food industry's methods and the real content of raw materials. Now he knows how to find the genuine, natural drinks without cosmetic additions, rubbish and unhealthy additives; the ones that are produced with little environmental damage and good animal welfare. He shares this knowledge with the reader of this well written, well documented and important book.

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I SHOULD HAVE SAID I LOVE YOU. 12 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LOVE, LONGING AND REGRET TOWARDS THE END OF LIFE

Are we looking out for the important moments in our lives? Are we following our dreams? When our time comes, can we manage to close life's book with the reassurance of knowing that we have lived the life we wanted to?

AUTHOR:

AUDUN MYSKJA TITLE ENGLISH:

Dr. Audun Myskja has sat by many deathbeds and had many difficult but fulfilling conversations with the dying. Here he writes about people who will soon have completed their life on Earth.

People's inmost longings and wishes come out, with remorse about what didn't happen, joy about the bright moments, and the love and sincerity which life also offered. Myskja weaves the stories together with his own reflections based on his long experience as a doctor.

I SHOULD HAVE SAID I LOVE YOU. TITLE NORWEGIAN:

JEG SKULLE HA SAGT JEG ELSKER DEG FORMAT:

148x210 mm / 180 pages

A warm book which moves the reader to reflect on his own life and what it is being used for.

PHOTO: CAROLINE ROKA

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Dr Audun Myskja is a specialist in general medicine, an author, a researcher and a departmental head at the Centre for Life Support in Ski. 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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SH! I’M COLOURING! Colouring is always fun! Set free the artist in you, take out your colour pencils and relax by creating something beautiful and inspiring.

Set your own distinctive style on Fam Irvoll's brilliant, exuberant designs and become part of the richly coloured universe of one of Norway's most significant fashion designers.

Give colour and life to summer flowers and animals, sun and butterflies, faces, cupcakes and much more.

AUTHOR:

FAM IRVOLL TITLE ENGLISH:

SH! I’M COLOURING! TITLE NORWEGIAN:

HYSJ, JEG FARGELEGGER! FORMAT:

195x260 mm / 112 pages

Fam Irvoll (1980–) is a Norwegian fashion designer who trained at Esmod in Paris and Central St. Martins in London. She has designed clothes for Beyonce, Katy Perry and others, and has been assistant to Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and others.

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THE BOOK ABOUT THE BOOK You can now learn how to make Arne & Carlos’ wonderful books that overflow with inspiration, ideas, important things to remember, colours and collages. You have seen them pictured in all of the books that they have released, usually in chapter introductions. The book is split into two parts. The first part is a basic introduction to everything from cutting paper and adjusting it to the size you want to using a sewing machine to sew the pages together, gluing, making covers, binding the book and pressing.

AUTHOR:

ARNE NERJORDET AND CARLOS ZACHRISON TITLE ENGLISH:

THE BOOK ABOUT THE BOOK

It is generously illustrated with step-by-step images of the entire process. The equipment that you need is easy to obtain. No speciality shops involved.

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

BOKA DU LAGER SELV FORMAT:

210x277 mm / 168 pages

Part two of the book contains suggestions for book themes such as planning books for your wedding and memory books for a confirmation to guest and visitor books. Creative books for your own knitting, crochet or embroidery projects to gardening books, cookbooks, activity books and family tree books. You will be given ideas for making your own wholly unique notebooks or memory books to give as gifts. This book is bulging with ideas in very best Arne & Carlos style. There are also some QR codes for those of you who prefer something made of yarn.

RIGHTS SOLD TO:

DENMARK (Koppelwrite) FINLAND (Nemo) FRANCE (Editions de Saxe) NETHERLANDS (De Fontein | Tirion) UNITED STATES (Trafalgar Square Books)

Arne Nerjordet (a Norwegian) and Carlos Zachrison (part Swede, part Spaniard) 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.

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30 SLIPPERS – ONE PATTERN This book is divided according to six themes: Hut Life; Rabbits; Skins; Moccasins; the Terrace and finally It's Christmas Again.

There is something for every taste, whether you like the traditional classic design or whether you want bright-coloured slippers decorated with pearls.

AUTHOR:

CARLOS ZACHRISSON AND ARNE NERJORDET

The main technique is knitting, but the decoration involves the use of pearls, cross-stitching, grafting stitches, etc.

TITLE ENGLISH:

30 SLIPPERS – ONE PATTERN

This is a book for both children and adults.

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

30 TØFLER FORMAT:

198x272 mm / 144 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

DENMARK (Koppelwrite) FRANCE (Editions de Saxe) GERMANY (FrechVerlag) NETHERLANDS (De Fontein | Tirion) SWEDEN (Norstedts) US (Trafalgar Square Books)

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Tilda and her friends charm everyone! The Tilda books have now taken the world by storm, being published in Brazil, Czech Republic, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Korea, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, UK and USA. Today Tilda is a familiar brand in hobby and sewing arenas, primarily in Scandinavia, although some Tilda products are also available in Germany, France and England.

Tilda is known for its naive and recognizable characters.

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SEWING FOR CHILDREN AGED 3 AND UP This is a new Tilda concept that Tone Finnanger has created with inspiration for what you can sew for children over the age of three. But that's not to say that you cannot use the same ideas for adults, and there are ideas aplenty here.

AUTHOR:

TONE FINNANGER TITLE ENGLISH:

SEWING FOR CHILDREN AGED 3 AND UP TITLE NORWEGIAN:

The book is divided into three sections: Dolls, Just Animals and Sea and Water.

SY TIL BARN FORMAT:

210x225 mm / 128 pages

In Dolls, you will find the doll itself, the doll's house, a quilt, embroidered cushions and dolls for the doll.

RIGHTS SOLD TO:

UNITED KINGDOM (D&C)

In Just Animals, you will find a room filled with strange and wonderful animals. Animals that are so rare that they still haven't been discovered. Here you will find hunched monkeys, colourful camels, strange ostriches, a jungle blanket, cushions and pyjama bags.

In Sea and Water, you will discover a completely new world with everything from mermaids, pirates, cuddly whales, snuggly fish, starfish, a fish toiletry bag to a pirate blanket made of old eye patches.

The book is illustrated throughout with photos and step-by-step drawings.

All patterns are provided in full.

Tone Finnanger (1973–) designs all of the Tilda products herself: the books and other printed works, plywood figures, stamps and stencils, paint and metal works. She is schooled in drawing, design, graphic design and traditional painting handwork techniques. She worked as an interior decorator and window dresser until she started the Tilda company in 1999.

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MORE SKAPPEL KNITTING New patterns from the famous knitter with even more Skappel knitting! The patterns in this book are more varied in both style and complexity than those in her previous book, but there are still very good easy patterns.

AUTHOR:

All the patterns can be knitted in three sizes small, medium and large with attractive pictures of the garments, user-friendly illustrations and clear marking of the level of difficulty. The book is elegantly designed and expresses the author's warm and genuine pleasure in knitting. It is full of very good pictures which photographer Agnete Brun has taken with members of the Skappel family enthusiastically doing their part as models. Several of the patterns are illustrated with watercolours painted by Dorthe herself.

DORTHE SKAPPEL TITLE ENGLISH:

MORE SKAPPEL KNITTING TITLE NORWEGIAN:

MER SKAPPELSTRIKK FORMAT:

195x250 mm / 232 pages

Dorthe Skappel is a popular TV presenter, known particularly as the lead presenter on the entertainment programme God kveld Norge (Good evening Norway) and on the TV awards presentation, Gullruten.

She is passionate about knitting and knitting design, and her own creative knitting patterns have had well-deserved commercial success.

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KNITTING WITH THE SANDVIK SISTERS This book is for those who enjoy knitting, love colours and appreciate a simple and bold look.

The authors have taken inspiration from the carefree 60s with fashion icon Twiggy and artist Mondrian, and developed models that can be used for contemporary fashion.

AUTHOR:

BIRTE SANDVIK AND MARGARETH SANDVIK

You will find patterns for everything from skirts, dresses, jumpers, ponchos and accessories such as scarves, bags and purses to cushions and blankets. If you are a beginner, this is the book for you in terms of inspiration and models. You will find small and large models, some knitted using thick wool and some with thin wool.

TITLE ENGLISH:

KNITTING WITH THE SANDVIK SISTERS TITLE NORWEGIAN:

RETT PÅ TRÅDEN FORMAT:

210 x277 mm / 160 pages

This book is interspersed with flashbacks to fashion history from the 60s.

Birte Sandvik, Torgeir Kjos and Morten Bing are social historians at the Norwegian Folk Museum.

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FESTIVE ACCESSORIES This book abounds with ideas for adding the finishing touches to accessories for any occasion, whether it be a special party or a normal day. Here you will find scarves; shawls; crocheted or knitted armbands or jewellery; pearl- or sequin-decorated handbags or wristlets.

The colours used in the book range from very sober to more flamboyant. You will be inspired to get out your knitting pins or crochet needle to create your own unique accessories.

AUTHOR:

LISE NYMARK TITLE ENGLISH:

FESTIVE ACCESSORIES TITLE NORWEGIAN:

TILBEHØR TIL FEST FORMAT:

210x277 mm / 128 pages

Lise Nymark trained as a teacher of art and handcraft. She runs courses in various handcraft techniques including local folk crafts and she is active in several creative projects for children and young people.

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THE RUN-UP TO CHRISTMAS

Tone Merete Stenkløv og Miriam Nilsen Morken

December is a month full of expectation. From the very first day of the month, there is a special atmosphere in the house. Advent calendars are ready, and families gather round the table for fun activities and to relax after an otherwise busy day.

Here comes a new book from the same authors who brought you Julegleder in 2008, a lavish Christmas book that has sold well in several print runs and editions. This is a similar type of Christmas book with all sorts of projects, liberally supplemented with numerous atmospheric photos from Oppdal, where there is snow and Christmas spirit from early autumn to late spring.

AUTHOR:

MIRIAM N. MORKEN AND TONE M. STENKLØV TITLE ENGLISH:

THE RUN-UP TO CHRISTMAS TITLE NORWEGIAN:

FØRJULSTID

There is a large variety of materials and techniques: knitting, crochet, felting, sewing, papercrafting, simple woodwork and much more. The authors are generous in their sharing of ideas and patterns for Christmas tree decorations, wreaths, table decorations, blankets and cushions, bags, gingerbread houses, gifts for her and small projects ideal for Christmas activity sessions with friends and family. Delicious Christmas baking and hot drinks are also part and parcel of this festive season.

FORMAT:

198x272 mm / 176 pages

In brief, this book contains everything great about advent and Christmas!

This is the third book from Miriam and her fellow-authors, who are active craft workers in their home town of Oppdal, where among other things they are enthusiastic contributors to Christmas services and markets with their beautiful handworks.

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SEWING MAGIC If you love sewing or think you want to try, this is the book for you.

Tine Solheim shows you five basic patterns for a tunic, an A-line dress, a statement skirt, a large shirt and a kimono with endless possibilities. Here you will come up with ideas for materials, whether it is monochrome, thick or thin, patterned or plain, or a combination of the above.

What will you choose and what look are you interested in?

How do you want it to do up? With or without zip or buttons, at the front or at the back? What will you use the garment for – everyday wear or parties? Do you want something classic or bohemian?

AUTHOR:

TINE SOLHEIM TITLE ENGLISH:

SEWING MAGIC TITLE NORWEGIAN:

SY MAGISK FORMAT:

With Tine's useful explanations and detailed pictures of the garments, you will be inspired to create your very own look.

198x272 mm / 160 pages

Five basic patterns with several variations.

Inspiration to create your very own look.

Complete patterns can be found at the back of the book.

Tine Solheim is one of Norway's most prominent clothing- and costume designer. She studied at École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, and worked as an intern with Yves St. Laurent and Per Spook in Paris. For nearly 30 years, she has designed haute couture, costumes, formalwear, wedding gowns and wardrobes for a number of actors, performers, artists and other media figures. In recent years she has also created knitted designs for Norwegian magazines.

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SEWING IS COOL This is the book for you if you are looking for basic knowledge about how to sew materials together to create pretty and useful items for your home. Most of the items described can be machine-sewn. The entry threshold for these projects is low, as the book is aimed mainly at new beginners, though it can also be a source of new inspiration for experienced sewers who might learn some clever new techniques.

The book is illustrated throughout with pictures and step-by-step drawings, and it explains clearly what materials and equipment you need to keep things simple and make learning to sew a pleasure.

AUTHOR:

GRETE GULLIKSEN MOE TITLE ENGLISH:

SEWING IS COOL TITLE NORWEGIAN:

KULT Å SY!

You will find patterns and instructions for large floor-cushions, sofa-cushions, covers for children's beds and push-chairs, big patchwork rugs, bags and handbags. Many of these things are sewn using new fabric, but old shirts can also find new life in rugs, cushions and much else.

FORMAT:

195x250 mm / 136 pages

Grete Gulliksen Moe (1951–) was the first person to write books on the subject of quilting and they have enjoyed enormous success. Grete teaches in Scandinavia, England and the USA and is known for her unique use of colour. Clear, fresh hues of red, blue, green and yellow are her trademark.

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HARVEST PUBLISHING HARVEST OUTDOOR HANDBOOK AUTHOR:

This book is about enjoying the outdoors with children and all the enjoyable, exciting and educational activities you can find there.

HARVEST PUBLISHING TITLE ENGLISH:

HARVEST PUBLISHING HARVEST OUTDOOR HANDBOOK

It comes to us from the editors who publish the magazine Harvest on the internet: Torbjørn Ekelund, Simen Tveitereid, Kjetil Østli and Anders Aakre. Like many others, they have learned by experience that it is often better to be outdoors than in.

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

HARVEST HAKKESPETTBOK FORMAT:

210x225 mm / 160 pages

All age-groups find that crossing the threshold is the longest mile, but once the bags are packed and the troops assembled and the whole family is trotting into the woods, along the shore or up into the mountains, a type of calm settles. Everybody suddenly feels content to be there, and it seems that the children have long forgotten that just a short time ago they were insisting on staying indoors. The aim of this book is to inspire families with small children to go out more or at least give it a try.

This is the new and modern handbook to the great outdoors for all parents of small children (and also grandparents, uncles and aunts).

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MULE BOY The story of Mulegutten is based on the folk tale Risen som ikke hadde noe hjerte på seg (The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body).

The king has sent six of his seven sons out into the world to find suitable princesses. They do not return, and Mule Boy insists on finding out what happened to them. He discovers that the troll has turned them and their brides into stone. He enters the mountain to find the troll and free the princess that the troll has captured.

AUTHOR:

ØYVIND TORSETER TITLE ENGLISH:

MULE BOY

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

MULEGUTTEN

This is a funny twist on an old folk tale. There is a lot of humour and funny lines in the book. It is impressive and exciting to enter the mountain together with Mule Boy, and the princess is both tough and charismatic. We also know Mule Boy from previous books.

FORMAT:

235x276 mm / 120 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

DENMARK (Rosinante&Co) GERMANY (Gerstenberg) SPAIN (Barbara Fiore) SWITZERLAND (La Joie de Lire) UNITED STATES (Enchanted Lion Books)

The illustrations are beautiful, funny and fanciful both in terms of line and use of colour.

Øyvind Torseter (1972–) has written and illustrated several books and won many awards – the most recent being the 2008 Bologna Ragazzi Award and the Award for The Year’s Most Beautiful Book for Avstikkere.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 8–12 YEARS

MORKEL’S ALPHABET In Stian Hole’s new book, Morkels alfabet, we are reunited with Anna from Annas himmel.

There is someone leaving notes on the ground. Who can it be?

Anna wonders. One evening, she sees a shadow. A boy. Is it him?

Next day, the note says «Morkel». Morkel, who is almost never at school. Morkel has a cabin in the forest, and Anna finds him. They spend a lot of time together, both of them interested in words and letters. Everyone has their own alphabet, Anna thinks, and it can take a long time to work out what letters mean. Morkel knows a lot about birds, but one day he is gone, like a migratory bird. Anna longs and hopes that he will return. Maybe he’ll be back in the spring?

AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR:

STIAN HOLE

TITLE ENGLISH:

MORKEL’S ALPHABET TITLE NORWEGIAN:

MORKELS ALFABET FORMAT:

A beautiful story about friendship and what is important in life.

The story is both intense yet moderately-paced with a lot of food for thought. The illustrations are full of wonder, nature and life. A new, fantastic picture book from one of our leading picture book authors.

210x268 mm / 48 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

Stian Hole (1969–) is a reputed illustrator and an author. He has created four picture books and a number of book covers.

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DENMARK (Rosinante&Co) GERMANY (Hanser) SWEDEN (Alfabeta)

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FOR AGES 13–18 YEARS

THOSE WHO DON'T EXIST

NOMINASJON NORDISK RÅD

Paperless people – people who don't exist – live everywhere.

21-year-old Samuel from Ghana knows what it means to sacrifice everything in the hope of a new and better life in Europe. He did it before, when he fled to Gran Canaria. A Norwegian woman called Emilie tried to help him that time. In the end he was discovered and deported anyway.

The last thing Samuel received from Emilie was a piece of paper with her address on it. He is now standing outside her house in Bærum, with experiences behind him that no one in this foreign country could start to comprehend.

AUTHOR:

SIMON STRANGER TITLE ENGLISH:

THOSE WHO DON'T EXIST TITLE NORWEGIAN:

DE SOM IKKE FINNES

‘Stranger is an author who does not mince his words when he writes. He has a definite political agenda: to highlight unfairness in the world. ... This is dark realism at its most heartbreaking.’

FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 176 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

NRK

DENMARK (Turbine) FAROE ISLANDS (Bókadeildin) JAPAN (Chobunsha)

‘For being a young adult book, this material is tremendously powerful.’

GJENGANGEREN

Like most teenagers, Emilie is concerned about her appearance. Clothes, body and calories. But Emilie takes it even further. She works out every day and eats as little as possible. Every meal is a fight.

Now Emilie and her family are going to spend the holidays on the Grand Canary.

After lunch she sets out for a jog, while only a few kilometers away a boatful of African refugees washes ashore. Soon their paths will cross.

Simon Stranger (1976–) made his literary début as a children's author with the picture book Krusedullen in 2005. In 2006, Gjengangeren was awarded Riksmålsprisen. Stranger has also written critically acclaimed novels for adults.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 1–5 YEARS

THE BILLY GOATS GRUFF GO SWIMMING A LIFT-THE-FLAP BOOK

AUTHOR:

BJØRN F. RØRVIK AND GRY MOURSUND TITLE ENGLISH:

On their way to the summer pastures the three Billy Goats Gruff notice a new sign. Water park! That sounds a lot more fun than the summer pastures! And they'll avoid that stupid troll under the bridge.

THE BILLY GOATS GRUFF GO SWIMMING A LIFT-THE-FLAP BOOK TITLE NORWEGIAN:

BUKKENE BRUSE PÅ BADELAND KLAFFEBOK

Or what do you think?

FORMAT:

335x240 mm / 18 pages

Bjørn F. Rørvik (1964–) has worked extensively with film and video projects for the business sector, and for children. He studied media in Volda, with a specialization in film and television. His first children's book was published in 1996.

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PHOTO: JAN ALSAKER/OBSERVATORIET

Modern classics in a new edition for the enjoyment of the youngest readers, and with flaps to lift up!

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 2–6 YEARS

ELIAS CLEARS UP Krana is quite perturbed because a big storm has upset everything in Lunvik. She doesn't like all this mess. Elias sets about tidying up, with good help from Duppe and the other boats.

Duppe suddenly runs into danger when she gets stuck fast on the remains of a wreck on the seabed.

AUTHOR:

The rights for Elias have been sold to Netflix USA as the first Norwegian children's television series, and will become available to all the English-speaking world. This means that children in USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia can now get to know our little rescue boat!

ALF KNUTSEN AND ANIMANDO AS TITLE ENGLISH:

ELIAS CLEARS UP TITLE NORWEGIAN:

ELIAS – OPERASJON OPPRYDDING FORMAT:

210x225 mm / 48 pages SCANDINAVIAN RIGHTS ONLY

Alf Knutsen from Herøy in Nordland trained as a church musician at the Norwegian Music College. He created the children's fictional character of Elias, the little rescue boat, for children's television. In 2007 he was awarded Herøy commune's culture prize.

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FOR AGES 3–7 YEARS

LITTLE LION AND LITTLE MISS RABBIT’S ADVENTURE IN AFRICA LØVEUNGEN OG FRØKEN KANIN PÅ EVENTYR I AFRIKA

A charming and colourful book about Little Lion and Little Miss Rabbit, Karsten and Petra's cuddly toys, who take a plane to Africa where they meet a tribe of monkeys and a lion who needs help.

AUTHOR:

TOR ÅGE BRINGSVÆRD ILLUSTRATED BY:

ANNE G. HOLT FORMAT:

210x225 mm / 40 pages

Tor Åge Bringsværd (1939–) has received many awards, as a writer and as a playwright. His works have been translated into 23 languages and his theatrical works have been staged in twelve countries. Bringsværd writes for all ages.

FOR AGES 3–7 YEARS

KARSTEN AND PETRA PLAY AT THEATRES KARSTEN OG PETRA LEKER TEATER

Duestien Children's Nursery has been to the theatre. When the children come back to the nursery, they all want to take part in a play. If everybody wants to play a chosen role and have their own script, there will be chaos. Randi teaches the children about the various jobs people do in the theatre. Karsten and Petra find the game so exciting that they continue it when they come home to Karsten's house. They put a new twist on stories they know, dress up and find various different things they can use on stage.

AUTHOR:

TOR ÅGE BRINGSVÆRD AND ANNE G. HOLT FORMAT:

205x235 mm / 64 pages

Anne G. Holt (1961–) graduated from Westerdal's Advertising School and the Oslo National Academy of Art. She has worked as an illustrator since 1986. She has illustrated the popular Karsten and Petra books since they were introduced in 1992.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 15–99 YEARS

THE HUNTER A TALE FROM THE WOODS In Jegeren, Per Dybvig describes a world where displacement of identity and absence of civilisation are obvious. The presence of nature is just as obvious. The mountains tower above people and animals, and flowers are in bloom, but the people and the animals are in a worse situation. The animals seem to have mutated, acquiring alien features of both nature and people.

Where horns once protruded, tree stems can now grow. Hares walk on two legs, chain-smoking with one paw and carrying a pistol in the other.

AUTHOR:

PER DYBVIG TITLE ENGLISH:

THE HUNTER

Jegeren draws the changes from many genres, such as the folk tale and the Western. It can perhaps be read as an absurd fable full of tripwires. Inspired by Georg Pencz' woodcut from 1535, 'The hunter caught by the hares,' Per Dybvig uses great originality and black humour, peculiar internal logic and razor-sharp felt-tip pen to combine the brutal and the beautiful, the evil and the empathetic, conjuring up a world which despite the macabre and gloom perhaps most of all shows a tender streak of hope.

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

JEGEREN FORMAT:

240x340 mm / 80 pages

Per Dybvig (1964–) is an illustrator and one of our foremost children's book artists. He has received many awards for his drawings and his work has been featured in solo exhibitions. In 2005 he and Bjørn Rørvik were co-recipients of the Ministry for Culture and Church Affairs' Literary Award for their Fox and Piglet books.

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FOR AGES 2–8 YEARS

WE’RE FLYING SOUTH The sandpiper weighs 60 gm and has a wingspan of only 43 cm, but flies more than 5,000 km at a speed of up to 177 km per hour. Every autumn it leaves a Norwegian summer to find warmer climes somewhere in Africa. Where do they go? How do they know the way?

Vi flyr sørover is an unassuming picture book with beautiful and wonderful pictures from nature. Drawn and written by Max Estes who manages to show a new and different view of nature in Norway.

AUTHOR:

MAX ESTES TITLE ENGLISH:

WE’RE FLYING SOUTH TITLE NORWEGIAN:

VI FLYR SØROVER FORMAT:

197x215 mm / 56 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

SWITZERLAND (La Joie de Lire)

Max Estes (1977–) is an American illustrator and cartoonist living in Oslo. His work has been published and exhibited in Europe, Asia, USA, Canada and Scandinavia. His first picture book Søppel (2010) was sold to France.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 3–6 YEARS

PHILIP FLIPS OUT It's Philip's birthday. Today he can get to make all the decisions.

But that turns out to be not such a good idea. Philip behaves intolerably. He misses school and an appointment at the dentist.

At his birthday party he refuses to eat dinner, and he won't let the other children come on the treasure hunt. He opts out completely and then gets bad toothache.

Fillip flipper ut is a humorous picture-book about an intolerable but likeable lad.

AUTHOR:

MARTIN ERNSTSEN TITLE ENGLISH:

PHILIP FLIPS OUT TITLE NORWEGIAN:

FILLIP FLIPPER UT FORMAT:

170x240 mm / 48 pages

Martin Ernstsen (1982–) is as a comic artist and illustrator. He has made seven comic albums and books, and is now working on his first picture book for children. His latest comic book, Eremitt, was translated into Swedish and Finnish, as well as Polish. It won the award for «The most beatiful book of the year 2012» in Norway.

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FOR AGES 5–10 YEARS

SECRET HUTS Sometimes you just want to be alone; alone with your ideas; alone with good experiences; alone among the huts you are building.

But then someone comes along who wants to be with you. A friend who isn't necessarily a best friend; someone who takes away important bits of wood; who makes strange suggestions; who even uses the floor of the finest wooden hut as a toilet.

Prize-winning author and illustrator Anna Fiske brings a lot of humour to her description of what it is like to have somebody close by you when you really don't want to have anybody close by; when somebody just worms their way in. It's about me against you, about how difficult it is to set boundaries and how difficult it is to reject somebody, in this instance when you are building huts.

AUTHOR:

ANNA FISKE TITLE ENGLISH:

SECRET HUTS

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

HEMMELIGE HYTTER FORMAT:

145x190 mm / 64 pages

Anna Fiske (1964–) studied graphic design and illustration at Konstfackskolan in Stockholm. Since 1992, she has worked as an illustrator of comic books and children's picture books.

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FOR AGES 2–5 YEARS

INVISIBLE SNEFRID AND SWEET LITTLE MOUSE Snefrid is a new, colourful and cosy children's world from the author of the books about Pulverheksa (The Powder Witch).

Ingunn Aamodt has come together with the prize-winning and well-known illustrator Anna Fiske. Snefrid becomes invisible when she chews celery. She has a big heart and lots of room in her house. You will meet the pop-star, the princess, the ghost, the pixie, the neighbour, the cook and other entertaining characters in her amazing house.

AUTHOR:

INGUNN AAMODT AND ANNA FISKE TITLE ENGLISH:

INVISIBLE SNEFRID TITLE NORWEGIAN:

USYNLIGE SNEFRID FORMAT:

170x240 mm / 40 pages

Ingunn Aamodt (1965–) has a background as an art teacher, but has worked full-time as a writer since 1998. Since her debut she has published several children's books.

Anna Fiske (1964–) studied graphic design and illustration at Konstfackskolan in Stockholm. Since 1992, she has worked as an illustrator of comic books and children's picture books.

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FOR AGES 4–8 YEARS

JIPPI Jippi and Gunnar are going for a walk and Jippi loves walks!

He loves the steps, the smells, the tastes, everything he meets along the way. Bow Wow! Bacon and mouse droppings, snuff and potato crisps! The scents and odours in the air! But not the tramcar. While Gunnar is drinking a coffee, Jippi goes off on a little walk on his own. He runs with Lope, splashes in the fountain, barks at the sparrows and gets a cuddle and a new haircut from Rita.

ELI HOVDENAK

Wuff! Wuff!

JIPPI!

In her second picture book, Eli Hovdenak takes us on a walk with Jippi the dog, and we get to experience the world as Jippi experiences it. As a walk is what Jippi likes best, we are sure of an exuberant and colourful walk through the town.

And then they go home. Food! Wuff! Wuff!

JIPPI

AUTHOR:

TITLE ENGLISH: TITLE NORWEGIAN: FORMAT:

Eli Hovdenak (1956–) studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry and the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts. She debuted in 1985 and has since held a number of solo exhibitions. Her artwork has been purchased by Arts Council Norway and the Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design as well as several municipalities. Hovednak's artwork has decorated a number of public buildings and she has also been a member of the National Museum's purchasing committee and a jury member for the Norwegian National Art Exhibition.

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PHOTO: GEIR VESTAD

230x260 mm / 64 pages

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 3–7 YEARS

IT WASN’T ME! SAID ROBINHOUND Alice Lime de Faria enjoyed great success with her illustrations for Rumpemelk fra Afrika. Det var ikke jeg! sa Robinhund is the first picture book that she has both illustrated and authored.

Robinhound has a much older brother who takes him to nursery, but Robinhound doesn't understand why he has to go to nursery every day. ‘They're all stupid,' he says. Then everything goes a bit wrong for Robinhound. He tries to pour his own milk, but spills it over the table. He kicks his ball into the air, but predictably, Petter is standing in the way when the ball comes down again. Everyone scolds him and no one understands that it wasn't his fault.

AUTHOR:

ALICE LIMA DE FARIA TITLE ENGLISH:

IT WASN’T ME! SAID ROBINHOUND TITLE NORWEGIAN:

DET VAR IKKE JEG! SA ROBINHUND FORMAT:

Robinhound decides to hide. They'll never find me, he thinks, I can stay here all night if I have to. At least he has a much older brother who understands everything.

235x295 mm / 40 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

SWEDEN (Natur & Kultur)

This is a great everyday story with both humour and gravity. The story describes Robinhound's perception of reality without any interjectory adult reason or correction. This is a book in which all children will reckognise themselves.

Alice Bjerknes Lima de Faria (1968–) is a Norwegian-Swedish scenographer and illustrator. She graduated from Gothenburg School of Design and Crafts and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and holds a Master of Fine Art degree in Scenography. She began her work as a freelance illustrator in 2005, producing book covers and work for a range of magazines and journals.

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FOR AGES 4–8 YEARS

BELLA AND BOB BAKE BUNS Bella and Bob's mum has won a baking programme on TV, and the TV team is coming to film a report. But before they can get started, Bella and Bob eat the icing on the cakes which are to be used in the filming. There's only one thing to do: run away from home. Jill Moursund has written and illustrated an amusing, fast-moving story about running away and about the long road home. A road trip on tricycles with trailers.

AUTHOR:

JILL MOURSUND TITLE ENGLISH:

BELLA AND BOB BAKE BUNS TITLE NORWEGIAN:

BELLA OG BOB LAGER BØLL FORMAT:

195x250 mm / 40 pages

Jill Moursund (1971–) is an illustrator with a graduate degree in visual communication from Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She has illustrated a lot of books.

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FOR AGES 5–9 YEARS

TINY TOT SOUP Something mysterious is going on in the little town. Children are disappearing overnight and no parent can feel secure. What's going to happen to the children? So Tiny and his sister's parents take extra care when they kiss them goodnight. But then some shadows appear in the room.

Småbarnsuppe is a modern The Witches (Roald Dahl).

Children simply disappear, kidnapped by witches and wizards planning to cook them into soup in a witches' cave deep in a volcano.

AUTHOR:

BJØRN OUSLAND TITLE ENGLISH:

TINY TOT SOUP TITLE NORWEGIAN:

Tiny realises what is going to happen when the kidnappers come during the night. He hides in a witch's pocket and they fly out into the night on her broomstick.

What does he have to do to save all the children from being cooked into soup?

SMÅBARNSUPPE ILLUSTRATED BY:

BJØRN OUSLAND

PHOTO: JUNE WITZØE

Bjørn Ousland has written a rather creepy but very exciting picture book which draws young readers into the rescue mission.

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Bjørn Ousland (1959–) is a cartoonist, illustrator and author of children's books. He has received several awards for his illustrations and cartoons, and his lines are filled with humor.

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FOR AGES 5–8 YEARS

THE CAT GIRL It's the last school day before the Christmas holidays. What are you going to do for Christmas? asks Kristin. I'll be with August, I reply. Can I come with you today? she asks. I don't answer. I don't want to be with Kristin today. I've got other plans. Come here a moment, Ruth, Dad calls from the living room. I can tell from his voice that it's something I won't like. We have a surprise for you, says Dad. He smiles. I don't like surprises, you know that, I say. I think you'll like this surprise, Dad says.

AUTHOR:

But Ruth the cat girl doesn't want to go to Lanzarote for the Christmas holidays, and she doesn't want to link up with Kristin either. Ruth and her cat, August, are going to do a secret project, and they don't want to be disturbed!

VERONIKA ERSTAD

Kattejenta is a charming debut story written by Veronika Erstad and illustrated by Bo Gaustad. A book to be read aloud, about friends, cats and wanting to choose for yourself.

BO GAUSTAD

TITLE ENGLISH:

THE CAT GIRL

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

KATTEJENTA

ILLUSTRATED BY: FORMAT:

195x250 mm / 56 pages

Veronika Erstad (1979–) has taken part in creative writing courses in Bø and in Tromsø. She made her debut in 2015 with the poetry collection Eg er så nær morgonen eg kan kome.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 6–12 YEARS

ON THE RUN IN SILLYLAND

WINNER OF CAPPELEN DAMM’S CHILDREN’S NOVEL COMPETITION

På rømmen i dusteland is the winner of Cappelen Damm's children's novel competition.

AUTHOR:

From the jury's assessment: ‘Cathrine Myhre Solbjør's manuscript is teasing, fast-paced and original. The style is loud but thoughtful, catching the intensity of children's experiences. It makes fun of the adult world and demonstrates emphatically that if there are people who do many strange and childish things, they are the grown-ups. Whether it is the main character's mother who blogs about every trivial incident, or her father who does push-ups in the yard and is so stressed-out that he puts the pizza into the dishwasher to warm.

CATHRINE MYHRE SOLBJØR TITLE ENGLISH:

ON THE RUN IN SILLYLAND TITLE NORWEGIAN:

PÅ RØMMEN I DUSTELAND ILLUSTRATED BY:

THOMAS KIRKEBERG FORMAT:

170x240 mm / 144 pages

Cathrine Myhre Solbjør emerged early in the judging and was unanimously selected as winner. She has written a story which is as fearless and frisky as its main character, Elina. It has a secure place in a Nordic tradition of vigorous and capable girl heroes, while going its own way to describe a new age.’

Cathrine Myhre Solbjør (1971–) trained as an actor at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre and as a creative writer at the Norwegian Institute for Children's Books. She has worked as an actor, dramatist, producer and course leader.

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FOR AGES 5–12 YEARS

TROLLE AND THE MAGIC FIDDLE Trolle is teased and bothered by the other trolls, but one day he comes across the King of the Fairies' violin, which is lying sparkling in a forest clearing. He realises that the instrument is magic – anyone who hears it falls into the power of the fiddler. Now Trolle is not only accepted, but worshipped! But one night the troll flock escape from his spell. Trolle is back where he started, lonelier than when he found the fiddle.

AUTHOR:

ALEXANDER RYBAK

Luckily, Alva appears. She tries to get Trolle to understand that he can never be happy as long as he has the fiddle. At the same time, they have to keep their friendship secret, because in Alva's village everybody wants to destroy the trolls. As if that were not enough: The Fairy King is out looking for his fiddle and will do anything to get it back.

TITLE ENGLISH:

TROLLE AND THE MAGIC FIDDLE TITLE NORWEGIAN:

TROLLE OG DEN MAGISKE FELA ILLUSTRATED BY:

THOMAS KIRKEBERG FORMAT:

170x240 mm / 120 pages

Trolle og den magiske fela combines Alexander Rybak's musical skills with his love of the Norwegian folk tale tradition. Associated with the book is a CD of Rybak's songs, all related to the story in the book.

Alexander Rybak (1986–) is an actor, composer and musician. He grew up in Nesodden, and has been playing violin and piano since the age of five. His international break-through came when he won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 with the song 'Fairytale' which he had composed himself. Rybak has acted in several major theatre productions and films alongside his career as a musician.

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FOR AGES 6–9 YEARS

THE WOLF BOY TAL THE WOLF BOY BOOK 1 ULVEGUTTEN

Tal from the Wolf Tribe is eight winters old. Every day, Dad and the other men go hunting. Tal is too young to go with them, but he doesn't agree with that! One day he goes out to pick berries for Mum, and meets an angry bear which licks its lips and creeps towards him. Suddenly, somebody appears on the scene at full speed. An arm stretches out, takes hold of Tal and pulls him away at the last moment!

AUTHOR:

TOR ÅGE BRINGSVÆRD ILLUSTRATED BY:

HAAKON LIE FORMAT:

160x233 mm / 56 pages

FOR AGES 6–9 YEARS

THE HUNT FOR FIRE TAL THE WOLF BOY BOOK 2 JAKTEN ETTER ILD

Old Sju fell asleep on the night watch, and now the Wolf Tribe's fire has gone out. Without fire they have to eat meat and fish raw.

That's not so good, thinks Tal. Everybody is hoping that there will soon be a lightning strike which will start a fire somewhere. At last the sky darkens and it begins to thunder. Lightning strikes in the forest, and Tal runs off to find Nea and Shita. But they are not the only ones who have noticed the smoke. ’Go away,’ yells the chief of the Wild Boar Tribe, waving his sword, ’This is our fire!’.

AUTHOR:

TOR ÅGE BRINGSVÆRD ILLUSTRATED BY:

HAAKON LIE FORMAT:

Tor Åge Bringsværd (1939–) has received many awards, as a writer and as a playwright. His works have been translated into 23 languages and his theatrical works have been staged in twelve countries. Bringsværd writes for all ages.

160x233 mm / 64 pages

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FOR AGES 6–8 YEARS

THE CHRISTMAS PUPPY JULEVALP

Christmas is coming, puppy Hjalmar's first Christmas. Bjørnar is looking foward to snow and Christmas cheer. But nothing works out as he had expected. Hjalmar the tough little puppy has become a wimpy young dog! He refuses to go out in the snow, barks at St. Lucia and is terrified of the Christmas tree.

And you can just imagine what's going to happen when Bjørnar and Mummy decorate the tree! Bjørnar fears it's going to be a dreadful Christmas. But then something happens.

AUTHOR:

ELDRID JOHANSEN ILLUSTRATED BY:

EIVIND GULLIKSEN FORMAT:

160x233 mm / 72 pages

FOR AGES 7–10 YEARS

THE SKIER SKILØPEREN

Jens doesn't like skiing, at any rate not when it is dark and cold.

Even though the lighted ski trail is right outside the house, he is not tempted. But his parents keep on at him, and eventually Jens puts on his skis. It's eerie in the woods, his ski technique is poor and he is entirely alone. He loses control on a steep slope, runs straight into a tree and loses consciousness. Fortunately, somebody comes by who rouses him and helps him home, somebody who makes skiing much more fun! But who really is this person he has met in the woods? Eldrid Johansen has a good grasp of eerie shivers suitable for the youngest readers. Skiløperen is creepily and darkly illustrated by Marie Lyshol.

AUTHOR:

ELDRID JOHANSEN ILLUSTRATED BY:

MARIE LYSHOL FORMAT:

148x210 mm / 72 pages

Eldrid Johansen (1973–) is a trained singer and actor from the Bårdar Academy of Musical Theater, and she also has a degree from the University of Oslo. She made her literary début in 2005 with Sara vil bli stjerne.

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FOR AGES 10–15 YEARS

THE ZOMBIE HUNT ZOMBIEJAKTEN

Martin and Marit love everything about zombies. So they are very glad when Zombie-land re-opens, an amusement park with zombies as its theme. The park also has a new attraction, the Zombie-hunt Maze, with the bonus of a cash prize for the winner. Martin and Marit can hardly wait. But there is also another new attraction in the park which exceeds all expectations, as they soon find themselves being hunted by real zombies.

AUTHOR:

JON EWO FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 112 pages

Jon Ewo (1957–) has worked as a consultant, editor, writer, author and publisher. His first book for young adults was published in 1992. He has also written children's books and crime fiction. All of his books are filled with a generous dose of humor.

FOR AGES 10–15 YEARS

SHORT HORRORS IV KORTE GRØSS IV

Autumn is the time for horror stories. Marg & Bein continue to appear regularly in new editions. This is the fourth collection, with nine new short stories about the worst and the best things that children know about: a room with a corpse; creepy hotels; mysterious strangers; chainsaws; a voice in the wall; a gruesome dentist; thieves and a death-list.

Jon Ewo (1957–) has worked as a consultant, editor, writer, author and publisher. His first book for young adults was published in 1992. He has also written children's books and crime fiction. All of his books are filled with a generous dose of humor.

AUTHOR:

Arne Svingen (1967–) made his debut in 1999 with the critically acclaimed novel Handlingens mann. Since then he has written a number of books for children, teens and adults, many of which have been translated.

JON EWO, ARNE SVINGEN AND INGUNN AAMODT FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 100 pages

Ingunn Aamodt (1965–) has a background as an art teacher, but has worked full-time as a writer since 1998. Since her debut she has published several children's books.

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FOR AGES 14–18 YEARS

CAMOUFLAGE A roadside bomb has exploded close to a Norwegian camp in Afghanistan. The media reports are unclear. The armed forces are playing their cards close to their chests. At home in Norway, Renate asks herself whether her father may have been killed.

Janne Aasebø Johnsen has written a strong nail-biter of a story about the war waging in the mind of soldiers' relatives. A story about a turbulent childhood and worries that a young woman would have liked to have shared with her Dad – if only he were there. A story about those who go to war and take their entire families with them.

AUTHOR:

JANNE AASEBØ JOHNSEN

Janne Aasebø Johnsen has first-hand knowledge of the situation in which she places her protagonist and writes with rare insight and authority about a little-discussed topic.

TITLE ENGLISH:

CAMOUFLAGE

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

KAMUFLASJE FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 204 pages

Janne Aasebø Johnsen (1967–) is a trained teacher. She has written six children's books.

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FOR AGES 14–18 YEARS

TOMORROW EVERYTHING WILL BE DARK: MARLEN’S STORY The parasite MTG turns people into killing machines. Now it has reached Norway. Marlen understands what lies ahead, the end of everything. But she refuses to give up, and together with her family she tries to avoid death.

AUTHOR:

SIGBJØRN MOSTUE TITLE ENGLISH:

TOMORROW EVERYTHING WILL BE DARK

Marlen will have to call up all her resources of courage and will-power to meet the challenges which await her.

This is the second book in the critically acclaimed series I morgen er alt mørkt.

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

I MORGEN ER ALT MØRKT: MARLENS HISTORIE FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 288 pages

Civilisation is falling apart, and people are fleeing throughout the town. As in all wars, it's every man for himself, with the strongest fending for themselves and the weakest, especially women and children, outwith the protections of modern civilised society. But Marlen doesn't let herself fall apart. She tries to preserve her humanity, a task which is far from easy, and she has to stretch her moral boundaries far beyond breaking-point.

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DENMARK (ABC Forlag)

Rights for books 1 and 2 have already been sold to Denmark. This is our biggest potential action story for export.

Sigbjørn Mostue (1969–) has a degree in the History of Ideas. He works full time as a writer, having issued two crime novels for adults together with Johnny Brenna. He has also written two fantasy trilogies for middle grade readers.

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FOR AGES 14–18 YEARS

TOMORROW EVERYTHING WILL BE DARK

VINNER AV U-PRISEN

Brage is a fairly normal teenager, albeit with a longing for the beautiful and unattainable Frida and a group of good friends around him.

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TOMORROW EVERYTHING WILL BE DARK

But one day, disturbing news comes from Japan: a large group of people are running wild, and apparently blinded by their rage, they wreak havoc on everything and everyone in their way. It is believed to be a form of mass psychosis. At first, the news doesn’t hit the main headlines. A few weeks later the phenomenon has spread across much of Japan. And when the same happens in China, with millions killed as a result, people begin to take notice.

The Internet crashes, TV broadcasts stop, people flee, society collapses – and then they report that the infection has reached Halden …

TITLE NORWEGIAN:

I MORGEN ER ALT MØRKT FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 240 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:

DENMARK (ABC Forlag)

Brage is soon faced with some impossible choices when his family and group of friends are torn apart and people he knows and relies on are infected and creating chaos. There’s only one option for survival – seeking refuge in the forest. He is not the only one who sees this way out, and soon there is an entire community living there while those infected lay waste to the towns. But are they safe from infection? Is the greatest threat within their own ranks?

A scary Norwegian dystopia where the wilderness and survival are central.

‘Read this book. Be afraid!’

BYAVISA FREDRIKSTAD

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 14–18 YEARS

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Fredrik has the world's biggest smile. He is worldly-wise and always knows what to say. Everyone who meets him is soon captivated. And now he's Elin's boyfriend. Imagine that! It's like landing the lead role in a romantic film. Really, it is. Right up until text messages from Bjørn start arriving. And right up until the worst thing imaginable happens.

Fordi jeg elsker deg is Elin's story. A story about love and being in love, and about manipulation, abuse and deceit. Helene Uri has written a book that is touching and shocking, but that also depicts the vulnerability and mood swings of youth. Protagonist Elin is in no way a victim. She is clearheaded and strong and knows what she wants. This only makes the age-old question for abusive relationships all the more valid: why does she stay?

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HELENE URI TITLE ENGLISH:

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU TITLE NORWEGIAN:

FORDI JEG ELSKER DEG

Fordi jeg elsker deg recognises that violence against women is not age-related, and Helene Uri's novel can be read by young adults as well as teenagers.

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130x205 mm / 152 pages

Helene Uri (1964–) debuted as a writer in 1995 with the young adult novel Anna på en fredag. Since then, she has published a number of books about language for both children and adults. She has a PhD in Linguistics. Her books have been translated into several languages.

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FOR AGES 14–18 YEARS

7 DAYS FOR US Three sixteen year old girls, three nationalities, three different temperaments and a Swedish Alsatian. Kat the Dane, Silje the Norwegian and Tessa the Swede meet at Camp Focus, a Scandinavian self-development camp for young girls. The camp takes place in Sweden the second week in July. They don’t know each other and have nothing in common, but chance circumstances lead to them ending up after just twenty-four hours in a ’borrowed’ car with a ’borrowed’ dog on the way north through Sweden and finally to Norway and Lofoten.

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The road comes into being as they drive. The have to deal with ticks, almost killing an elk, avenging a nude picture of Silje on the internet, being sympathetic to each other and the dog, putting Tessa’s mother in her place and finding Kat’s father. But their most important experience is receiving the mutual support they have lacked, to be able to express themselves clearly and freely. In the course of the trip the three girls become a welded ’us’.

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7 DØGN FOR OSS FORMAT:

130x205 mm / 224 pages

Charlotte Glaser Munch and Anja Hitz have known each other for many years, but this is the first time they have come together in a shared book project. Hitz is Danish, living in Denmark, and Glaser is a Norwegian living in Sweden. They have used all imaginable means of communication to complete the book across national boundaries. This effort has succeeded and enhanced the flavour of the book.

Charlotte Glaser Munch (1972–) studied at the Writers’ Academy in Bø and has an MA in Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, and the History of Theatre.

Anja Hitz (1969 – ) is Danish. She studied film and Danish. She made her debut in 2002 with the picture-book Min mor, mit muldyr, and has published many titles since then.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 7–10 YEARS

CHILDREN’S BOOK ABOUT ASTRID LINDGREN AUTHOR:

Barnas bok om Astrid Lindgren is an inspired illustrated biography that provides children with knowledge about the person, author, editor and dedicated contributor to the community that was Astrid Lindgren. Through stories, quotes, facts and magical illustrations, we become familiar with Astrid Lindgren – one of the world's greatest children's authors.

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ASTRID LINDGREN ILLUSTRATED BY:

LISA AISATO

The book follows a classic chronological development from Astrid's happy childhood in Vimmerby to her old age in Stockholm. Within each of these epochs, the book explores important, exciting and humorous episodes in Astrid's life and work. We hear about her love of nature, her lifelong joy of playing and climbing trees, reading and writing, and fighting for children's and animal rights. But we also hear about her life's many dark moments – her life as a young and impoverished single mother, her longing for love, and – as she so often expressed it – the experience of «how difficult it can be to be human».

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248x265 mm / 112 pages

This biography is a unique starting point for inspiring new generations to read Astrid Lindgren's books.

Agnes-Margrethe Bjorvand (1969–) is a lecturer at the University of Agder, where she teaches literature and the dissemination of literature as part of preschool teacher training as well as in further education courses for teachers and school librarians. She has written many articles about children's and young adult literature, focusing in particular on picture books and the authorship of Astrid Lindgren, and has worked as coeditor for many books.

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WHAT THE WILDERNESS TAUGHT ME Go exploring with Lars Monsen: Hva villmarka lærte meg tells how Lars Monsen became interested in hunting, fishing, open-air life and long expeditions in genuine wilderness.

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The book starts with the story of how exciting and scary it was when nine year old Lars spent the night out alone in the woods for the first time, and how this little adventure gave him a taste for more and led to many great experiences in natural wildernesses both near and far. In this book we get to know Lars well; how he thinks and why he chooses to go quite alone in unknown territory far from people. It also tells stories about good companionship and about solitude.

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WHAT THE WILDERNESS TAUGHT ME TITLE NORWEGIAN:

HVA VILLMARKA LÆRTE MEG

This is the first book about Lars Monsen's expeditions to be written specially for young readers. The stories of his first trips are exciting and will stimulate young readers to experience the great outdoors themselves. Øivind Berg and Lars Monsen have written this book together.

By conveying Lars' joy in experiencing nature and wilderness life, it reads as an invitation to join him on an expedition. Easy to read, exciting and engaging.

Lars Monsen (1963–) spent most of his childhood in the forests outside of Oslo and in the mountains of Nordland. After college, he worked for two years as a teacher before quitting to become a full-time wilderness trekker. Since then he has covered thousands of kilometers of the most desolate wilderness on the planet. He has written 15 books and has held a series of lectures for clubs and businesses.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

FOR AGES 10–16 YEARS

TERROR We hear about terrorism almost every day, and it has an impact on our lives. But what is terrorism? How dangerous is it? How does terrorism come about? And can we get rid of terrorism?

Here you can read about the history of terrorism from Guy Fawkes to Anders Breivik, from what is widely believed to be the first terrorist attack in 1605 up until today, captivatingly and insightfully told by Harald Skjønsberg, previous winner of the Ministry of Culture’s textbook prize.

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TERROR

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TERROR

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GEIR MOEN FORMAT:

195x250 mm / 140 pages

Harald Skjønsberg (1952–) has written a number of non-fiction books for children and young adults. He was awarded the Department of Education and Church Affairs’ Award for Non-Fiction in 2004.

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