Cappelen Damm Agency Spring 2019 Fiction and Non-Fiction by Cappelen Damm AS

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Lars Saabye Christensen

ECHOES OF THE CITY Ewald and Maj

A new epic story from Lars Saabye Christensen! We've all stood on a street corner and let the city's lights and sounds pass by. What do we hear when we listen to the sounds of the city? What traces do they leave in us? Who is at the other end of the line when the phone rings? What story can we deduce from the protocols from Fagerborg's branch of the Red Cross in the post-war years? How do the stories all connect? When someone loses something, someone else finds something different. The city and the streets are the same as before, but the people who emerge in Echoes of the City have never been seen before. Byens spor Ewald og Maj 130x205 mm / 448 pages

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‘Lars Saabye Christensen's writing put you in a good mood, and sometimes make you laugh out loud. But the characteristic vulnerability is strongly pre sent, both in the written sentences and between the lines. Even more so than before.’ «««««¶ ADRESSEAVISA ‘A portrait formulated with the poetic melancholy, so typical to Saabye Christensen when he is at his best.’ «««««¶ DAGBLADET Lars Saabye Christensen (1953–) has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections since his literary debut in 1976 with The Story of Gly (Historien om Gly). His breakthrough came with Beatles (1984), one of the greatest literary sales successes in Norway that, over the years, new generations continue to hold close to their hearts. The author received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother (Halvbroren) in 2001. He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics' Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the Norwegian Reader's Prize. The author has been published in 36 countries. Rights sold to: Czech Republic (Kniha Zlin) | Denmark (Grif) | Germany (btb) | Poland (Literackie) | Turkey (Cumartesi Kitapligi) | United Kingdom (MacLehose Press)

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Lars Saabye Christensen

ECHOES OF THE CITY 2 Maj

This is the second part of the Echoes of the City trilogy. In this book Maj – and not least her struggle to bring up her children, Signe and Jesper – is in focus. Jesper and his best friend, Jostein the butcher's son, grow from children into young men in each their own way. ‘In this magni NEW ficent novel BESTSELLER Lars Saabye FROM SA ABYE Christensen delivers quote CHRISTENSEN worthy and gold like sentences, vigorous word play and surprising associations.’ VG - «««««« ‘Sometimes the author's language resembles poetry. Other times it flows with cascades bringing to mind great authors like Agnar Mykle (...) top-class literature.’ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN - ««««««

Byens spor Maj 130x205 mm / 544 pages

‘It's a book filled with sorrow and wistfulness, for a time torn between faith in the future and the community's need for social control. It's Lars Saabye Christensen on his home turf, the author at his best.’ BOK365 -«««««« ‘I just have to repeat how impressed I am with Lars Saabye Christensen. It's like he's just sitting there, almost improvising on his keyboard and suddenly he's composed yet another masterpiece, in a trilogy I predict will be as successful as The Half Brother.’ DAGBLADET - «««««¶ Book 3 in the planned trilogy will be published in the fall of 2019.

Rights sold to: Denmark (Grif) | Poland (Literackie)

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Vigdis Hjorth

THE TEACHER'S SONG

NEW BOOK FROM BESTSELLER VIGDIS HJORTH

Lotte Bøk teaches at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She is passionate about Brecht, whose work she describes with great empathy to her drama students. One day senior student Tage Bast asks to film some of the teachers at work, but also outside of the academy. He wants to visit them at home to find out whether there is any correlation between their lives and their teaching. What happens when you feel terribly exposed? When you see yourself through someone else's merciless gaze? The Teacher's Song is a novel about self- understanding being challenged. Lærerinnens sang 130x205 mm / 240 pages

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Excerpt from The Teacher's Song: On 10 April 2016, Lotte Bøk left her old house by the Aker River and went to work at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, not knowing how her life would change over the next few weeks due to what others might consider chance. She walked down Blåmanngata, the sun high in the blue April sky. She was wearing overalls, a choice some people might think was (overly) brave for a woman of 57. But she bore her age well. She was light on her feet and sound of body, something she thought had to be more important than whether there were any lines on her forehead.

Vigdis Hjorth (1959–) has made an exciting literary career and has written many popular books for both children and adults. Today she is an awardwinning author and one of Norway's most interesting, contemporary writers. She has won a number of prizes and awards, amongst them: The Gyldendal Prize in 2011, the Critics Award in 2012, The Honorary Brage Award and the Amalie Skram Award in 2014, The Aschehoug Award in 2015 and the Booksellers Prize in 2016. Rights sold to: Denmark (Turbine) | Poland (Literackie) | Russia (Eksmo Publishing) | Sweden (Natur & kultur)

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Vigdis Hjorth

WILLS AND TESTAMENTS Vigdis Hjorth's new novel starts as a classic story of inheritance, centred on two summer cabins on Hvaler. Two children have been looking after the place and their parents for many years. They are due to inherit the cabins. But there are two other children, who have partly broken away from the family. How do they fit into the inheritance dispute? During the inheritance discussions another story emerges which brings violent forces into play. It's all about family history. Wills and Testament is a powerful novel, which certainly created great debate when it was first published in 2016. WINNER OF THE NORWEGIAN BOOKSELLERS AWARD AND THE NORWEGIAN CRITICS AWARD IN 2016. NOMINATED TO THE NORDIC COUNCILS LITERATURE PRIZE 2016. FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE. ‘Only Vigdis Hjorth is able to handle a serious topic in such a strong, intelligent and poetic way.’ DAGBLADET

Arv og miljø 130x205 mm / 352 pages

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Roy Jacobsen

THE UNSEEN The Unseen is a monument over human courage and life-saving practical and social knowledge.

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Jacobsen's descriptions of man and nature are breathtaking. The 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.

De usynlige 130x205 mm / 256 pages

Roy Jacobsen

WHITE OCEAN This is the stand alone sequel to the successful novel The Unseen. White Ocean is a dramatic love story from the small island Barrøy in the year 1944–45. Ingrid thinks she is alone on the island, but experiences an unusual love affair in the course of several intense winter-weeks. In this novel 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. Hvitt hav 130x205 mm / 240 pages

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Roy Jacobsen

THE EYES OF RIGEL The Eyes of Rigel is the third book in the trilogy. A strong, epic novel about a country and a people after a great war. Ingrid Barrøy ventures out on a hazardous quest to find the young Russian Alexander, a man she had a love affair with and who is the father of her child.

Rigels øyne 130x205 mm / 240 pages

Roy Jacobsen

ON THE EDGE OF VIGELAND Roy Jacobsen's celebrated essay on his many childhood visits to the Vigeland Park, the world's largest sculpture park by a single artist, and his mother's mysterious dentist appointments, is now a book of its own, accompanied by photographs. This personal essay is a must-read for all Jacobsen fans.

Roy Jacobsen (1954–) has since his literary debut in 1982 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. He was also short-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2009 for his novel Hoggerne. In 2017 he was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, and in 2018 for the Dublin International Literature Award. Both for his novel The Unseen.

På randen av Vigeland 115x180 mm / 72 pages

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Erlend Loe

BIG FIVE Five individuals – a dentist, a biologist, a film editor, an author and a police detective – feel attractions and inclinations without knowing where these come from. They undergo a process of radicalisation and eventually realise that if the world is to survive, someone needs to take a stand. Big Five is a story about powerlessness, activism, non-conformance and unbridled passion.

Dyrene i Afrika 130x205 mm / 336 pages

‘They undergo a process of radicalisa tion and eventually realise that if the world is to survive, someone needs to take a stand. Big Five is a story about powerlessness, activism, non-conform ance, and unbridled passion. E rlend Loe excels throughout the novel with his laconic and good-humored story telling. He parodies modern t herapeutic and organizational language in a superb way. ’ VG – FIVE OUT OF SIX STARS

‘A splendid satire over misguided idealism and everyday life in the society of today. Erlend Loe is something as rare as a genuine humorist. Like all comical talents of this level, he builds his slapstick on a foundation of serious engagement. In his surrealist ingenuity, he sprinkles thought provoking points all around.’ DAGBLADET – FIVE OUT OF SIX STARS ‘I have not laughed as much through three hundred pages – since the last book by Erlend Loe!’ ADRESSEAVISA – FIVE OUT OF SIX STARS

Erlend Loe (1969–) is one of Norway's bestselling authors. His work has been published in thirty-nine countries so far. He made his literary debut with Captured by the Woman in 1993. His breakthrough both in Norway and internationally came with the publication of his second novel Naiv. Super in 1996. His 2004 novel Doppler was critically acclaimed for its depiction of the modern man. Erlend Loe also writes books for children and has had great success with the Kurt series. Rights sold to: Denmark (Gyldendal DK) | Sweden (Alfabeta)

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Britt Karin Larsen

LOST TALES FROM THE WOODS Deep in the woods, a woman is sitting by herself in a cabin. She's trying to write the story of her life, but memories of her past keep pushing their way in and leaving her lost for words. Instead, the woman heads out into the forest. She takes long walks and is constantly drawn towards some burnt-out ruins on the outskirts of the little village. Who was the man who lived in this house? And what connection does his story have with hers?

Berøringen 130x205 mm / 272 pages

The woman searches for answers, and slowly uncovers secrets that have long been buried. Britt Karin Larsen returns with a strong and engaging novel about yearning for closeness and belonging, about things that are kept hidden, and about the necessity of telling one's own story.

Britt Karin Larsen (1945–) has written poetry, books for children, documentary books and novels. Her first published work was the 1978 collection of poetry 5 mg blues and other poems. She is renowned for her Gypsy trilogy, and her historic novels about the life of people in the wooded area of Finnskogen in Norway. Her books are critically acclaimed both in Norway and internationally.

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Britt Karin Larsen

FINNSKOGEN 1-3 Come back in time with us, and meet the cast out bear hunter Taneli and the survivor Lina, in a story you will never forget. In the borderlands between Norwegian Hedmark and Swedish Värmland in the 19th century, we meet the ethnic minority of the Wood-Finns. Lina is wandering the woods with a new-born baby in her arms. She meets Taneli, a loner feared by society because of a murder he supposedly has committed. Together they try to build a life. We also get to know the other Finns in the area, like the drunkard Oluf, the witch Kaisa and the beautiful Hilda. In a ravishing, raw, tender and at times deeply moving way, Britt Karin Larsen tell the tale about the fight to survive and the bonds to nature that Lina, Taneli and the others collect strength and life from.

Finnskogen 1-3 130x205 mm / 768 pages

The author gives the Forrest Finn- culture a voice, and she does it with tender intensity and great respect. This edition contains: There is a Tree Growing in Mostamägg, The Forrest of the Sky Bear and As the Stone Shines. This collected edition of the 3 first books in the series has had a print run of over 15.000 copies in Norway.

Rights sold to: Sweden (Heidruns Förlag) | Denmark (Gyldendal DK) | Finland (Minerva Kustannus)

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Edgar Burås

THE MURDER OF LEMUEL GULLIVER and the true account of his unknown journey

Everyone knows the story of Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. Or do we really? Are we so certain about what's fiction and what's fact in this story? Gulliver's Travels was published in 1726 and became an immediate success, read and discussed across the whole world. These days, however, we normally find the narrative as a rewritten or abbreviated version, reduced to a fun children's book full of entertaining notions and exciting stories. But the truth – according to Edgar Burås – is that the book is far more believable and realistic than most people know. It conceals a true story.

Mordet på Lemuel Gulliver og den sanne beretning om hans ukjente reise 130x205 mm / 144 pages

Burås knows this thanks to Robert Loxley, who traveled to Newark-on-Trent himself to seek out the real Gulliver, who had moved to the countryside with his family. Loxley was looking for the Lilliput animals that Gulliver took with him before he made his way home.

This novel is about the first inquiry and what happens afterwards, brilliantly told by Burås. The result is an enlightened story that consists of layer upon layer of text, but that is also extremely exciting, sharp and engaging. It also takes the adventure genre seriously; everything that can possibly be included has been, from lost manuscripts and dark and stormy nights to detective stories and fantastic journeys. It is strange, complex, funny and sensationally original. The Murder of Lemuel Gulliver will call forth associations with the best fairytaletellers throughout history.

Edgar Burås is a pseudonym.

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Kaja Kvernbakken

THE SCENT OF C HLORANINES The new swim coach quickly realizes that Mina is a natural talent. The Scent of Chloranines is the story about being trapped between your own dreams and a family that is about to fall apart. Kvernbakken debuts with an uncompromising novel about swimming and conquering a training regime – and having to take responsibility you don't want. A strong and gripping coming of age story.

Kaja Kvernbakken (1982–) was born in Bergen. She has worked as an editor and translator, is a former editorial board member of the magazine Utflukt, and has studied Creative Writing at Forfatterstudiet i Bø.

Lukta av klor 130x205 mm / 192 pages

Lina-Marie Ulvestad Halås

EDGE OF THE SEA As a part of her job as a nature consultant, a young woman goes back to the island and house where she grew up to evaluate the site where the municipality is planning to build a new museum. She is staying at home with her mother, where memories of her dead brother are constantly popping up: in the smell of his room, his old anorak. Edge of the Sea is a stylish and sharp novel about m issing – and remembering – whether it is in the form of rooms, clothes, cartoons, or an old Beetle that's still sitting in the garage. Halås has her own way of capturing memories and feelings.

Randhav 130x205 mm / 144 pages

Lina-Marie Ulvestad Halås (1991–) has a bachelor degree in Nordic Languages and Literature from the University of Oslo, and has studied Creative Writing at Forfatterstudiet i Bø and the University of Tromsø.

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Nora Lindblad

HOLD THE ELEVATOR She wants to be a responsible person and puts her Chanel purse for sale online for 50,000 kr. She practices driving in a red Audi with her mom in the back and her boyfriend in the passenger seat until the glass breaks. She stops taking happy pills and moves in with westside girl Mia, who teaches her that it's never not the right time to drink a little bit of wine. She's at a festival, in a tent with the wrong boy, in the wrong position, when it hits her: natural is a relative concept.

Hold heisen 130x205 mm / 144 pages

Hold the Elevator is comical, direct and true to life. The young people we meet in the novel are strong-willed, demanding, desperate, horny and persevering. Nora Lindblad (1993–) lives in Oslo. She made her literary debut with Hold the Elevator in 2019.

Sigbjørn Skåden

HOME 2048: A child is born on Home, a previously unknown planet named after the research expedition that established a colony there a few years earlier. The researchers left Earth with the goal of establishing a colony, well aware that they can never return. 2147: The descendents of the first people are living on the edge of starvation inside the dome on Home. After a storm, another dome suddenly appears on the landscape. But when the truth about the inhospitable conditions on Home sink in, another agenda gradually comes to light. Fugl

Sigbjørn Skåden (1976–) is a Sámi author who lives in Tromsø. His novel Skuovvadeddjiid gonagas, was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2004.

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Gro Dahle

DOUBLE DUVET Solar flares have caused a power outage, and a mother and her teenage son are sequestered in a flat. The son barely speakes, and the mother has something to hide. In the texts she writes she tries to get closer to her son. But what will happen when they have to wash in the same little pond every day, when they run out of food and when they freeze? Double Duvet is a loaded and exciting novel about what we keep to outselves.

Dobbel dyne 130x205 mm / 192 pages

Gro Dahle (1962–) writes for both children and adults. As a children's book writer she is known for her poetic books on themes that are often given little attention. She has also published novels and short stories.

Gine Cornelia Pedersen

SPRING AND BEYOND Spring and Beyond is a powerful novel about a young girl's awakening – to sexuality, growth and development, and sudden death. Spring is practising kissing. Experimenting with rubbing her body against the bark of a tree. She is unguarded in her experience of the world. Then death comes knocking, taking someone from her. Is it possible to make contact with the dead? Where do they go? And who is God, really? Spring looks for signs even as everything around her picks up speed, propelling her towards adulthood.

Gine Cornelia Pedersen (1986–) received the Tarjei Vesaas' debutant prize for the critically acclaimed novel Zero in 2013, which was published in English in 2018. The novel A Love Story followed in 2015. Spring and Beyond is Pedersen's third novel.

Vår i det hinsidige 130x205 mm / 160 pages

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Ingvild Schade

THE MANNEQUIN MURDER The Mannequin Murder is a dramatic account from the literary talent Ingvild Schade. Beautiful and painful, burlesque and grotesque with unexpected twists and turns. Reviewers have compared Schade with Kurt Vonnegut, Mikhail Bulgakov and John Kennedy Toole. Karsten is a meticulous and gaping young boy living in a normal Norwegian family. His father is a doctor and his mother is an English teacher, and his little sister is still in sagging diapers. All objects and events, big or small are subject to Karsten’s intense interest and exploration – whether he is holding a lengthy lecture on the history of stones or gutting a fish for his family’s Tuesday dinner. In the scree behind the stone villa where Karsten lives, seven neighbourhood boys roll loose rocks and point their fingers at him like Bergverket 130x205 mm guns. Lately they have sent him threatening letters signed the ‘The E nemy’. However, Karsten has other things on his mind: In the compost, he has discovered the bloody corpse of a mannequin, and thus he is in full swing interrogating witnesses and filming a dramatization of the murder mystery, with his mother acting in the role of the bloody murder victim. Suddenly one morning Karsten’s father asks him to say goodbye to his childhood home. An overnight bag is packed, and his father says they are leaving for a trip – and everything is set into motion. Reviews for Drammen Book of Records ‘Literary surplusage’ KLASSEKAMPEN ‘Associations to Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. [...] Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and John Kennedy Tool’s A Confederacy of Dunces.’ DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV ‘A baroque, eccentric book project’ DAG OG TID Ingvild Schade (1987–) received rave reviews for her debut novel Drammen Book of Records (2014). Schade has attended the Hordaland Art Academy of Creative Writing, and writes both novels and plays.

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Caroline Kaspara Palonen

MASCARA SLEEP In Mascara Sleep, we meet Edit, a woman in her early 30s. She is traveling north on the Hurtigruten from Harstad. She isn't traveling to seek great adventure. She says she's traveling because she's been told to leave. Her luggage contains a heart that has been broken on several levels: A difficult relationship with her sister, an elective abortion, an unexpressed oeuvre as a painter, a cohabitation with Egil that was perhaps a bit too constructed, and another married man. The stillness on board and all the hours in the cabin evoke memories from her childhood, young adult and adult life. And out on deck, Edit is greeted with raw coldness and an all-consuming darkness. The language of this novel is stark, hard and diminished. Mascara Sleep is a reluctant, painful and humorous novel.

Mascarasøvn

This is Caroline Kaspara Palonen's fourth novel. All of her books have explored various forms of exclusion and other questions connected to identity.

Caroline Kaspara Palonen (1984–) has a degree from the College of Art in Bergen, where she specialised in photography. She has also studied at the School of Creative Writing in Tromsø. She debuted in 2011 with the critically acclaimed novel Xerox Days.

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Naja Søtje

WE LIVED YESTERDAY ‘You should prepare yourself for your father to die young.’ Mom has told me that several times. She is an intern at an ad agency in Copenhagen and shares a tiny apartment with Sara, a student her age. One afternoon, her mother calls and tells her that her father is dead, and that she is his closest relative. As a young adult, she didn't have much contact with him. Now, she's traveling to Skagen to clean up after him, bury him, and look for things or signs of who he was – and who father and daughter were to one another. Vi levde i går

Sofus Greni

ALONG THE FLOWING HAIR This novel depicts the relationship between two young people in Oslo. Nora is the victim of an enamored, but also an increasingly greedy, suitor. This is an uncomfortable story about love, sorrow and abuse: Brutal, poetic and disturbingly recognizable to anyone who has lived through the pain an infatuation can entail. Along the Flowing Hair is an original and stylish debut novel about jealousy.

Langs det utslåtte håret 130x205 mm / 112 pages

Sofus Greni (1994–) grew up in Moss. He studied writing in Bø and economics at BI and has been literary editor for both Bøygen and Lasso. Greni works part time for TV2 in addition to his studies.

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Georg Johannesen

ON THE NORWEGIAN MENTALITY Articles and notes on culture and society 1954–1974

Chosen as the post-war era's most important non-fiction book! Ever since its release in 1975, this book has held an outstanding position among Norwegian writers and intellectuals. The essays in On the Norwegian Mentality were written over a span of 20 years. They show Georg Johannesen's rhetorical talent, but also his ability and willingness to analyze the literary, cultural and political issues of the time. Om den norske tenkemåten Artikler og innlegg om kultur- og samfunnsspørsmål 1954–1974 469 pages

Georg Johannesen

AUTUMN IN MARCH Johan Liman is about to lose his vision, and he only wants one thing: to get a last glimpse of his ex-girlfriend, Liv. Shortly after the reunion, he makes a fatal choice. The infatuated teenager has become an assassin for the terrorist group You First. How could it end this way? Georg Johannesen's debut novel from 1957 is a tragic love story, but also an accurate analysis of the author's era.

Georg Johannesen (1931–) represents one of the post-war period's most prominent and original authorships. He made his debut in 1957 with the novel Autumn in March. He has since written a long list of books using different genres; novels, poems, reproductions, essays, articles and textbooks. In 1999 he was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Award for Ars Vivendi.

Høst i mars 128 pages

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Heidi Furre

THE ANIMAL To become pregnant should be something of the most beautiful and meaningful a woman could experience in her life – right? This novel by Heidi Furre says: No. It tells us of the emotional hell it can be to have a new person growing inside you, and all that comes with it. It is not beautiful. It is wild and violent. My stomach aches in an area where it has not been aching before. Especially at night. The aching wakes me up and I hope for a miscarriage. It would be so easy if my body would just take care of this by itself.

Dyret 130x205 mm / 160 pages

‘Furre is undoubtedly talented, with a devious sense of humour. In a playful, beautiful and visual language she tells the story about a change, from everyday life to an increasing experience of being a part of something extraordinary.’ DAGBLADET

‘The Animal is a light, entertaining and smart novel. It is a story about so much more than motherhood: The novel is a moving tale of all of a sudden having to become stronger and tougher to be able to take care of the life that is coming. This is a book that moves and entertains the reader – and will give you a lot to think about.’ KLASSEKAMPEN ‘It is a book that can be read with a moving recognition by many, many mothers. And it should be read with a wide-eyed interest by just as many fathers.’ DAGSAVISEN

Heidi Furre (1986–) made her debut 2013 with the novel The Paris Syndrome, to critical acclaim. She has since written two more novels. In addition to her writing, Heidi spends the majority of her time working as a photographer (www.heidifurre.com).

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Heidi Furre

THE PARIS SYNDROME Have you ever heard of the Paris Syndrome? ‘A diagnosis often given to Japanese tourists who travel to Paris and find that all of their dreams and illusions about Paris being the world's most beautiful city are entirely shattered. They anticipate that the city will resemble a French musical from the 1960s, when in actual fact it is simply Paris. Raw and hard-hitting. Complete chaos,’ Heidi Furre writes in her debut novel. In The Paris Syndrome we meet a young girl who lives in at least two worlds, as most of us do – the world within her and the world around her. Or, in other words, the world she gives away and the world she gets back.

Parissyndromet 130x195 mm / 208 pages

Heidi Furre

THE HIGH SCHOOL It's the start of the summer holidays, but Maja is all alone. Her father has disappeared. Nobody knows whether he is alive or dead, just that he is probably dead. Pelle and Maria, her Best Friends Forever, have gone away. Things aren't good for Maja. But then her friends come home one after another, and school starts again. High school now, not junior school. Maja dreams of being one of the group invited to parties, getting drunk, kissing and having sex. At the same time, she needs to be the child she still is, going swimming with Pelle and Maria or just sitting in her room chatting. The High School will give you a new warmth for these unusually turbulent years of our lives.

Ungdomsskulen 130x205 mm / 160 pages

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Lotta Elstad

I REFUSE TO THINK I Refuse to Think has much of the same sharp and smart humour of her earlier books. We meet Hedda Møller after a traumatic plane landing and hazardous journey back to Oslo, through a Europe in crisis, on buses and trains, dirty hostel rooms and a one-night stand in Berlin that will not stop sending her messages in CAPS LOCK. Back home she discovers that she is unwantedly pregnant. That should be an easily solved problem. It´s not. I Refuse to Think is a dark, feministic contemporary comedy about politics, love – and an abyss that is getting dangerously closer. Jeg nekter å tenke 130x205 mm / 240 pages

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Lotta Elstad

A ROOM OF ONES OWN

Et eget rom 130x205 mm / 208 pages

Anna Louisa Millisdotter has her own room and a bank account full of money – what more could a 70-year-old want? Anna Louisa is ripped from her quiet retirement by an article in the country's second biggest newspaper. The author is the same woman who once persuaded her to go into public exile. The woman who claimed to have been lured into prostitution by her academic supervisor. Former student Catherine Wolf, now a professor in Anna Louisa's old faculty. And suddenly the game is on for Anna Louisa. She decides to show her face in public again – for the first time in 20 years. A Room of Ones Own is feminist satire, a chamber play with room for both bitcoins and saloon guns. Lotta Elstad (1982–) is a writer, journalist, historian and non-fiction editor. She has since her debut in 2008 published several acclaimed books, both narrative non-fiction and novels. Rights sold to: France (Marabout)

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Linn Strømsborg

SUBURBIA As Eva finally completes her Master's degree and sits on the roof terrace with her family and friends, champagne flowing freely, it strikes her that she can do whatever she likes – that the future really is up to her. She can find a job, but which? And where? She can find a flat. Fill her days. Live life. The world really is her oyster, as they say, but what will she do with it? ‘A moving and beautiful tale of adulthood that didn't come when it was supposed to. Every decade, every place needs its young Werther or its young Eva from Furuset.’ NRK

Furuset 140x210 mm / 224 pages

Linn Strømsborg

YOU'RE NOT DYING You're Not Dying is both a very small and an almost infinitely big novel – on how an often inexplicable and apparently needless anxiety can afflict us. It can make us avoid what we used to seek. We understand something basically horrible: Being ourselves does not happen automatically. We have to fight for it, usually while nobody is looking. But it is also a story of surviving the struggle, and of friends who don't stop calling even though you never ring back. This is the second book about Eva.

Linn Strømsborg (1986–) made her debut 2009 with the novel Roskilde. She is one of the most interesting young voices in contemporary Norwegian fiction today.

Du dør ikke 130x205 mm / 184 pages

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Gunn Marit Nisja

AFTER US The year is 1967. After an exciting – and cataclysmic – year at folk high school, four girls go their own ways. They were going to be friends for life. Forty years later, Ingrid is alone after her husband Arvid suddenly passes away. Even though many years have passed, she summons up the courage to call one of her old friends. Both love and conflict soon come back to life. Perhaps it isn't too late for them after all. After us is a tender and warm novel about friendship, love, and the meaning of life.

Etter oss 272 pages

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

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Magne Hovden

CIRCUS Funny, elegant and entertaining novel about a traveling circus and a woman's fateful choice. A cynical, self-centered businesswoman inherits a circus and sets out on a journey that introduces her to a world of traditions, dedication and camaraderie that gradually causes her to reevaluate how she'll spend the rest of her life.

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

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Gøril Emilie Hellen

THE GATEKEEPERS COTTAGE Ten year old Svanhild thinks she lives in the safest place in the world: the porter residence by the city hospital, where her father Johan has a post as a porter. She idolizes her brother Einar, almost ten years her elder, even though the adults say that his imagination has run wild. Svanhild is going to Girl Scout camp, but she misses her brother, who's been admitted to the psychiatric hospital. The day Svanhild comes home from camp, tragedy strikes. The Gatekeepers Cottage is a poignant and poetic novel about a family that falls victim to the post-war healthcare system and treatment methods of that time. Gøril Emilie Hellen (1966–) has a minor in drama, film and theater from NTNU and extensive experience as a freelance journalist. Her debut The Road Across the Cliffs was published in 2014.

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Karin Fossum

THE DARKENING A married couple check into a hotel with their 15-month-old son. The next morning, the boy falls from the sixth-floor balcony and dies instantly. His parents' explanations differ substantially. Both of them have something to hide. Who has the right to have a child? How could a child die in such a way? This time, Konrad Sejer knows it is extremely important to find out the truth. The Darkening is a masterful crime novel and a dangerous marital drama.

Formørkelsen 130x205 mm / 336 pages

Karin Fossum is a N E W CRI M E crime writer like FROM BEST no other. She takes SELLER K A RI N more interest in FOSSU M the people than the crime itself. That makes her more exciting to follow than any other Norwegian crime writer. In this book Karin Fossum once more shows us how masterful she is. «««««« STAVANGER AFTENBLAD

Karin Fossum once again shows herself a magnificent writer, with a strong ability of trying to understand life. And death. «««««¶ DAGBLADET It is word against word in this case, and very special crime novel. Really, Karin Fossum is the most foremost of Norwegian crime writers. ADRESSEAVISEN

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

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Karin Fossum

THE WHISPERER Ragna Riegel works at Europris and lives alone in her childhood home. Her parents have died and her only son has moved to Berlin, and they have no contact other than occasional Christmas and birthday cards. Ragna lives within close confines. She likes her job because it is full of routine, she likes to sit on the same seat on the bus every day and she likes to buy the same things at the local shop each day. She must have order in her life. And she does, until one day she finds a letter in her mailbox with her name on the envelope and a clear threat written in block capitals on the sheet inside. The letter reinforces a nightmare where Ragna Riegel's life is threatened by an unknown enemy and she realises that she must use all means possible to defend herself.

Hviskeren 130x205 mm / 336 pages

The novel takes the form of Konrad Sejer's interrogation of Ragna Riegel after the worst has happened; after it is too late. A powerful narrative from one of the strongest voices in Norwegian crime literature. ‘Hviskeren is a novel that measures up to any literature, crime or otherwise.’ DAGBLADET ‘It is her ability to make average, often wounded human psyches crackle and glow in all the colours of the rainbow that is Fossum's forte as a writer. She has an exceptional eye for fragility and vulnerability, and the complexity and dark humour of these states of mind.’ AFTENPOSTEN

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Sigbjørn Mostue

THE SKY SHALL WEEP BLOOD Even Stubberud has been a soldier in the Special Forces. But now he has fallen sick with cancer. Before he leaves work he takes on one last mission: a simple escort of a terrorist to Somalia. The plane from Oslo is taken over by hijackers, and the terrorist is set free. The only one who can save the 245 passengers from certain death is an unarmed, sick man with no knowledge about planes. Sigbjørn Mostue has written a fast paced story that also touches our hearts. Some times you might have to loose it all to win what is most important. Himmelen skal gråte blod

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Sigbjørn Mostue (1969–) has a degree in the History of Ideas, and has been working as an editor. He is now a full time awriter, having written a number of bestselling books for young readers. He has been both nominated to and won the UPRISEN award, won the ARK-Childrens book prize and been nominated to the BRAGE PRIZE.

“The lock opens 30 seconds after I’ve input the code,” Nina said suddenly. I could have screamed in desperation. For 30 long seconds, we would have to drown out the alarm – in what felt like a free fall into a massive dam. Would there be enough time, before we were disintegrated amid fire and molten metal and smeared across the concrete? I indicated to her that I had understood regardless. Nina bent down, tapped in the combination and gave us the thumbs-up. “Go!” Like a bobsled team, we took aim and sprinted forward. The trolley was wayward as a puppy, but the men were strong and we managed to hold it more or less on course. We struck the door with full force. My belly smashed into the trolley, making me groan out loud, but I couldn’t let myself be distracted by the pain. “Back – quickly!” I howled. “Then forward again, immediately!” Once more, the trolley smashed into the door. The pain was intense: Somebody might just as well have stood there kicking me in the midriff with all their strength, and for a brief second I pictured the cancer cells inside me exploding out of the tumour and scattering through my body. But we continued. Drinks and snacks sprayed around us and as we hauled the trolley back, Nina hammered on the door with all her might. I counted under my breath. 10 seconds. For the fourth time, we dashed forward. The trolley had become warped and the wheels moved more slowly.

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Torkil Damhaug

A FIFTH SEASON Ann, Victor, Helene and Nicolai are four young friends. They like trying things out, but their exploits don't always turn out well. One of the things they should not have done was to lock a classmate in the basement of a ruined riverside factory, where there had once been a nasty accident. Soon after, two of the four youngsters are found dead, and the third has disappeared. A Fifth Season is a psychological thriller which brings the reader close to both victims and perpetrators. It is a crime novel where the reader has the opportunity to follow the investigation of abduction and murder. What happened? Who is guilty?

En femte årstid 130x205 mm / 576 pages

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‘Torkil Damhaug is a crime writer who is unusually assured in his form; I am unaware of any other writer who can invoke the way in which desperation lies in wait in the most everyday situations in quite the way that he does.’ VG ‘The book is structured as a crime novel, but is also a masterfully constructed study of young people's environment in the most precariously emotional time of anyone's life, where anything can happen, for better or (in this case) worse. This book could be described as rural Norwegian crime writing with a high degree of literary ambition.’ DAGBLADET

Torkil Damhaug (1958–) has a degree in medicine with a specialization in psychiatry. His debut novel, Flee, Moon caused a great stir when it appeared in 1996. His Norwegian and international breakthrough came with the psychological thriller Death by Water in 2009. The novel has since been optioned for a movie. For the novel Fireraiser, Damhaug was awarded the prestigious Riverton Prize for best Norwegian crime fiction novel in 2011. He was again awarded the Riverton Prize 2016 for his crime novel A Fifth Season. Rights sold to: Denmark (Modtryk) | Germany (Droemer Knaur)

‘A thriller with an ambitious set-up, masterful in its formulation – rich in perspective, filled with consciously placed leitmotifs and with a suitably complex structure, this is an intense, exciting and psychologically detailed portrayal of the labyrinth that is the human mind.’ STAVANGER AFTENBLAD ‘Torkil Damhaug is a crime writer who is unusually assured in his form; I am unaware of any other writer who can invoke the way in which desperation lies in wait in the most everyday situations in quite the way that he does.’ VG ‘Torkil Damhaug is back among the best.’ ROMERIKES BLA ‘In terms of style, Damhaug is one of our best, with a playful approach to language – the wide-ranging narrative is characterised by outstanding descriptions of environment and natural dialogue.’ TRØNDER-AVISA ‘Extremely cleverly put-together…’ MOSS AVIS ‘Damhaug is a fantastic story-teller, who painstakingly unravels his well-composed narrative. Through dialogue, shifts in perspective and a broad spectrum of minor figures, his characters are depicted as a consequence of suppression, conflict and failure.’ DAGBLADET ‘Damhaug successfully maintains suspense for more than 600 pages.’ FRI FAGBEVEGELSE ‘A Fifth Season is a marvellous existential thriller, a nerve-wracking drama to be ranked among the best of Norwegian and international crime.’ DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV ‘Torkil Damhaug is the true magician of Norwegian crime writers. A Fifth Season shows him at his very best … A stylistically consistent, psychological crime novel, and in the genre in which Damhaug can be considered in a class of his own here in Norway.’ HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD

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Øistein Borge

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

Jeg er nummer 13 130x205 mm / 304 pages

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

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Øistein Borge

THE SEVENTH DEMON When the Norwegian realty magnate Axel Krogh is found brutaly murdered in his home in the French Riviera, investigator Bogart Bull is sent from Oslo to help with the investigation. The motive for the murder is unclear. The walls of Kroghs mansion is covered with art worth millions, but the murderer has just stolen one picture. A small, seemingly insignificant painting, signed with the number seven. ‘Intensity all the way through!’ TRØNDER-AVISA «««««¶ ‘Diverse and genuinly exciting debut.’ AFTENPOSTEN

Den syvende demonen en kriminalroman 216x146 mm / 313 pages

Rights sold to: Germany (Droemer Knaur)

Øistein Borge

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

Det som aldri dør en Bogart Bull-krim 216x143 mm / 295 pages

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Terje Bjøranger

BUSINESS Business is a riveting and realistic crime novel by Kripos police prosecutor Terje Bjøranger. A man comes into a flower shop in Aker Brygge, takes out a pistol and shoots the woman working at the register. The man deliberately leaves fingerprints and waves to the security camera. Nonetheless, the police are unable to identify the killer. For police investigator Charlie Robertsen, this becomes a journey into a dark world in which human trafficking is "big business".

Business 130x205 mm / 320 pages

Terje Bjøranger (1959–) lives in Lørenskog and works as a police prosecutor for Kripos. He debuted in 2012 with The Third Sister. In 2017, he published the critically acclaimed Barcode. Bjøranger has also worked with the Norwegian UDI for several years in areas such as forced marriages and honor crimes.

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Terje Bjøranger

BARCODE A young woman is found brutally m urdered near Sognsvann. She is dressed in police uniform and has an unmistakable tattoo on her chest. The next day, a top politician from the Labour Party jumps in front of a train at Lillestrøm station. As Police Detective Charlie Robertson dives into these cases, he sees connections no one else is willing to see. Robertson and his team get entangled in a pitch-black Oslo in which drugs, prostitution and human trafficking operate freely. ‘With his second novel, Terje Bjøranger come out as a fullblooded police novelist’ DAGBLADET ‘A solid and surprisingly good Norwegian police crime that may very well end up as one of this year´s best crime fiction novels.’ ADRESSEAVISEN

Barcode 130x205 mm / 384 pages

‘Scary, gloomy and credible.’ ROMERIKES BLAD ‘Barcode is a terrifically good crime story. Here there is no lingering or unnecessary pauses in the action. It is straight forward, and every time you turn to a new page there is action and new surprises.’ KULTURSPEILET

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Hans Olav Lahlum

THE POLAR BEAR PUZZLE On Friday 18 May 1973, 16-year-old Jørgen Magnus Kvamme disappears without a trace on his way home from school. His single mother reports him missing a few hours later, and police inspector Kolbjørn ‘K2’ Kristiansen is put straight on the case, much to his surprise. It takes on a new dimension when K2 finds out the identity of the boy's father has been kept secret. He is the powerful business man Bjørn Christopher Fabricius, a timid old giant referred to as the Polar Bear. K2 also stumbles on an unsolved 40-yearold mystery involving Fabricius' eldest son, who was kidnapped from his childhood bedroom in 1933 and never found. It soon becomes clear that the motive for the kidnapping has to be sought somewhere in the father's long and turbulent lifetime. The biggest mystery is working Isbjørngåten 130x205 mm / 352 pages out the point in the Polar Bear's life where they will find the enermy who has now, many years later, implemented an act of revenge on his child. The atmosphere has been tense between K2 and his adviser, Patricia Borchmann, in recent months. But K2 is eventually forced to seek out the sharp and sarcastic young woman again. He is getting nowhere without her in an unusually complicated investigation. And every hour Jørgen Magnus is missing, the hope of finding him alive diminishes. Hans Olav Lahlum returns with his ninth book in the historical crime series about K2 and Patricia, this time with a hair-raising and magnificent crime drama that is also a thought-provoking family history.

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 sevaral crime fiction novels and non-fiction books. His crime fiction novels have become bestsellers in Norway, and are available in English, Greek, Turkish, Bulgarian, Danish, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian and Korean.

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Marta Breen and Jenny Jordahl

WOMEN IN BATTLE 150 years ago, women and men led very different lives. BESTSELLER Women could not vote or WORLDWIDE! make their own money. They had no control over their own bodies. The father would make her decisions until she was married. Then her husband would take over. This changed when women began to organize. In this book writer Marta Breen and illustrator Jenny Jordahl tells the story about the women´s movements many dramatic battles.

Kvinner i kamp 150 års kamp for frihet, likhet, søsterskap 198 x 272 mm / 128 pages

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

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE. Women in Battle is a combination of a text book and a manifest, a book that has a mission and also underlines the will to say something with a solid presentation. SERIENETT Women in Battle - 150 years fight for freedom, equality and sisterhood presents the reader to a playful and whole picture of the cases that has defined the fight for women´s right´s through times. It manages to be a celebration of the who fought the fights, and at the same time remind us to never take these rights for granted. EMPIRIX Marta Breen (1976–) is a writer, journalist and one of Norway's most profiled feminists. Jenny Jordahl (1989–) is an illustrator, designer, blogger and cartoonist. She is well known for her collaborations with feminist writer Marta Breen on books like The F Word and 60 Women You Should've Met. The F Word was awarded the Culture Department's Textbook Award in 2015. She illustrates a regular environmental column for Aftenposten Junior and does her own cartoon series: Life among the animals. Rights sold to: Albania (Ejal Publishing) | Brazil (Companhia das Letras) | Czech Republic (Argo spol. s r.o.) | Denmark (Gyldendal DK) | Egypt (Mahrousa) | Finland (Sitruuna) | France (Larousse) | Germany (Suhrkamp) | Hungary (Cser) | Iceland (Forlagid) | Italy (TRE60 - Mauri Spagnol) | Japan (Godo-Shuppan) | Poland | Republic Of Korea (Hankyoreh) | Russia (LLC Samokat Publishing House) | Spain (RBA Llibres) | Sweden (Natur & Kultur) | Turkey (Yapi Kredi Kültür Sanat Yay. Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S.) | United Kingdom (Bonnier Zaffre) | United States (Little Bee Publishing)

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Marta Breen

OF MUSES AND MEN How eccentric can a woman be before she is considered crazy? Not very, is the conclusion of Marta Breen. The fight for Women´s Rights has largely been about breaking the way into the closed rooms of men - in professional life, politics, sports, art or just simply in your typical bar. The women who have made way and kicked in those doors have many times done so at great personal cost. Using herself as an example, in her life as a writer and debater, Marta Breen tell the story about women in the public, and about the everlasting fight for a Room of Ones Own. She tells us about eccentric "Culture Men" - of both sexes. About I ngmar Bergman, Amalie Skram and Björn Afzelius. About groupies, muses and stalkers. About the male gaze, nipples and the importance of having enough wine in the house.

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“When us women in culture talk about the privileges of "The Culture Man", it does not mean that we hate him and fantasise about exterminating him. Absolutely not. We buy his books and read what he writes. We listen when he talks. Some times we applaud him, other times we protest against what he is saying. Sometimes we laugh at him. And on occasion, after maybe having a bit too much to drink, we might even go to bed with him. The one thing that never happens though, is that we overlook him – the way he overlooks us.” ‘We need a thousand books like this one, and we need many and different versions of Marta Breen.’

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Jørgen Jelstad and Anita Kåss

THE IMMUNE MYSTERY When the Body Attacks Itself

This is the story of a young researcher who thought outside the box, and about the immune system’s unsolved conundrum autoimmunity. On the day of her mother’s funeral, 13-year-old Anita Kåss took an ency clopedia down from the bookshelf and for the first time read about arthritis. She wanted an answer to the question Did Mom get sick because I was born? and decided to find out everything about arthritis, and to find a treatment. It was the beginning of her life as a researcher.

Mamma er en gåte Når kroppen angriper seg selv 130x205 mm / 325 pages

When she was 20 years old, she began to study medicine. 15 years later, her research lead to a possible hormonal breakthrough, and pharmaceutical companies fought over the rights to this new treatment. It resulted in the biggest licensing agreement in the Norwegian medical history. Her quest towards more knowledge of autoimmune diseases forms the framework for a popular-science journey, hunting for the solution to a mystery no one has managed to solve yet: the mystery of autoimmunity.

Anita Kåss is a doctor and researcher and has researched a potential new treatment for arthritis and other autoimmune disorders for several years. She was born in the United Kingdom and now lives in Skien. Jørgen Jelstad (1979–) is a freelance journalist. He lives in Oslo. Rights sold to: Canada (Greystone Books) | Japan (SEIDO-SHA) | Poland (Muza) | Republic Of Korea (Banni) | Sweden (Norstedts)

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Hilde Østby and Ylva Østby

DIVING FOR SEAHORSES A book about Memory

Take a plunge into the science of memory, together with sisters Hilde and Ylva Østby, in Diving for Seahorses. The writers explore the many facets of memory and how it influences our lives, both from a neuroscience perspective and through conversations with some of the most influential memory researchers of our time. They meet people with a special kind of memory – at both ends of the mem ory spectrum from mnemonists, actors and taxi drivers, to amnesiacs – and discover that most memories are transformed and some are best forgotten. In the middle of winter, they send divers deep into the Oslo fjord in search of where our memories are stored. They wonder if what lies at the heart of memory is what will change our future. Diving for Seahorses explains memory through personal and vivid tale telling, combining the best of two craftsmanships: Hilde is a novelist, and Ylva is a neuropsychologist.

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

FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE. ‘… readable and interesting. … Reading this book will leave you baffled about how complex memory is.’ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN ‘Diving for seahorses is a unique book about memory … science and research presented with wit and energy.’ BOKSTAVER.NO Hilde Østby (1975–) is a historian of ideas, author, journalist and former publishing editor. She made her debut as an author in 2013 with the critically acclaimed novel Encyclopedia of Longing. Yiva Østby (1979–) has a doctorate in neuropsychology from The University in Oslo and is one of Norway's leading experts on how memory functions. Rights sold to: Australia (NewSoth) | Azerbaijan (Qanun Publishing House) | Canada (Greystone Books) | Denmark (Gyldendal DK) | Estonia (Tänapäev) | France (Marabout) | Germany (Berlin Verlag) | Italy (Ponte alle Grazie) | Netherlands (Balans Uitgeverij) | Poland | Republic Of Korea (Minumsa) | Russia (Alpina) | Spain (Editorial Ariel) | Sweden (Norstedts) | Turkey (Kaplumbaga Yayinlari) | Ukraine (Pabulum) | United States (Brilliance)

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Torbjørn Ekelund

HISTORY OF THE PATH A Journey on Foot

Torbjørn Ekelund takes the reader on a personal and fascinating journey through the history of the path, from when the first humans migrated north after the last ice age to the organised hiking trails of our time. History of the Path is a tale of movement and sense of orientation, migration and shortcuts, about the migration routes of birds and animals, about the landscape's significance to our lives, about our inherited need to move around, and about what we have lost in an age where everyone sits in an office, drives a car and navigates using GPS.

Stiens historie En reise til fots 130x205 mm

The first thing humans did when they climbed down from the trees of the African savannah, 200,000 years ago, was move about. We were nomadic, we had no concept of residence. We walked, and from that the first footpaths emerged.

Footpaths came before everything else, before tools, fire, religions and the formation of society. Footpaths appeared and vanished, and new ones came along; myriads of stories, spun around the earth like the thread in a ball of yarn. “I dream about footpaths. How many have I walked? Hundreds, maybe thousands. I remember them all, clearer than almost everything else I’ve seen or experienced, better than people I’ve ever met.”

Torbjørn Ekelund (1971–) is a writer, author and part owner of the online magazine Harvest. He has earlier published the book The Year in the Forrest – A Micro expedition and The Boy and the Mountain. Rights sold to: Canada (Greystone Books) | Germany (Piper Verlag) | Italy (Ponte alle Grazie) | Netherlands (De Geus)

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Torbjørn Ekelund

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

The Boy and the Mountain is an expedition through Norwegian nature, a conversation between father and son about nature, about traveling outdoors with a backpack and a tent, and about how small humanity is faced with nature. In the summer of 1894 a six-year-old boy is lost under the mountain Styggemann in the area of Skrim. Hundreds of people search for him, but the boy is gone without a trace. 122 years later a father and his six-year-old son go hiking in the same area. Equipped with a tent and a backpack they walk through thick forest and windy mountain planes. The goal: The top of Styggemann.

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

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

Torbjørn Ekelund

A YEAR IN THE WOODS A Microexpedition

This is Torbjørn Ekelund's account of spending one night per month alone in the woods throughout 2013. As a boy he used to dream of hazardous expeditions to unmapped regions. At the age of 41 he realised that twelve nights in the nearest wood was the best he could hope for. It wasn't much, but it was better than nothing. ‘A refreshingly modest style with liberating little observations in an appealing low tempo about occasional escape from the daily grind.’ DAGBLADET

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

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

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Bjørn Vassnes

KINGDOM OF FROST The Cryosphere and Life

The Cryosphere is the name of those parts of the earth that contain frozen water; like snow, ice, permafrost, glaciers – and something that very few has heard of: invisible glaciers. This is a part of the world that most of us only know from afar – with the exception of Norwegians and other Northerners. But we see less and less of it, as the area is shrinking. Bjørn Vassnes, Norway´s leading science journalist and native to the arctic plateau of Finnmarksvidda, take us on a fascinating journey through climate research, biology, cultural history and archaeology. Weather you live in it or not, The Kingdom of Frost effects all life on earth. Frostens rike Kryosfæren og livet 130x205 mm / 192 pages

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

Bjørn Vassnes is one of Norway's leading investigative journalists and has won several national and international awards. He took part in starting Schrodinger's Cat on NRK TV, has a syndicated science column in Klassekampen and has written several books. Currently, he is on a leave of absence from the University of Bergen, where he works as a media producer. Rights sold to: Azerbaijan (Alatoran) | Canada (Greystone Books) | Finland (Sitruuna) | Germany (DTV) | Poland (Wydawnictwo Kobiece) | Republic Of Korea (UI Books, an imprint of ILJINSA publishing Co)

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Hugo Lauritz Jenssen

A SAMI WORLD HISTORY A History of the Sami World The Sami people and what constitutes Sami identity have always been seen as functions of their geographical territory at the extreme northern edge of Europe. A History of the Sami World however does not focus on the people living in Sápmi – Samiland – but follows the Sami who travelled and discovered the rest of the world. They allowed themselves to be put on display in American and European "World Exhibitions". Entrepreneurial Zoo owners such as the German Carl Hagenbeck showed off Sami people in zoological gardens. The new style of commercial publicity reflected industrialisation and international capitalism and, for as long as the public on many continents were showing a tremendous interest, the Sami – as well as several other aboriginal peoples – became energetically exploited in advertising. The exotic was profitable.

En samisk verdenshistorie 170x240 mm / 480 pages

The Sami were active participants in the heroic era of polar exploration, when the last white regions on the world map were investigated by expeditions led by famous explorers. Quite rightly, the Sami were regarded as experts on survival in an extremely cold and inhospitable climate. Their role in charting the Arctic clearly belongs in a "world history" of this people. The Sami History of the World is a unique book – nothing like it has been written before.

Hugo Lauritz Jenssen (1962–) is a journalist and author. He writes for Dagens Næringsliv and D2, among other publications. Jenssen has written numerous books, among them the Brage Prize-nominated The High Rise – a building philosophy.

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Sun Heidi Sæbø

KIM JONG-UN

A shadow portrait of a tyrant

On February 13, 2017, a man is killed, in full view, at Kuala Lumpur airport. When the deceased turns out to be Kim Jong-nam, all suspicion points to the man's half-brother, North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-un. In this book, Kim Jong-un, Sun Heidi Sæbø follows the trail from this spectacular murder, and ends up with a portrait of a dictator with his back against the wall, and a country with little left to lose.

Kim Jong-un Et skyggeportrett av en diktator 130x205 mm / 400 pages

‘The story of Kim Jong-un is exciting enough in itself, especially when it is told by such a good writer One of the issues with Kim is that he is such a person whom most of us love to hate. Therefore, it is tempting to believe absolutely all the bizarre and brutal stories that are told about North Korea. One of Sæbø's great merits is that she presents a more nuanced picture. And she does it completely without excusing the misdeeds and crimes that have been documented. To understand what is going on in the world of international politics today, it would be smart to have read this book.’ AFTENPOSTEN

Sun Heidi Sæbø (1980–) is a journalist and former Asia correspondent for Dagbladet. This is her first book. Rights sold to: Poland (Czarne)

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Alexander Leborg

TRAVELS WITHOUT A DONKEY IN THE C EVENNES A Secular Pilgrimage

In 2017, Alexander Leborg was commissioned to translate Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. As part of his preparations, he decided to walk in the author's footsteps, and took notes along the way. Leborg is by no means an experienced wanderer, but his reflections about life on the road are wise, enthusiastic and full of admiration for the journey Stevenson took almost 140 years earlier.

På vandring uten esel i Cevennene En sekulær pilegrimsferd 135x192 mm

Alexander Leborg (1973–) is a translator. He has run Minuskel forlag since 2015. Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes is his first book.

Bernhard Mohr

WHY DO RUSSIANS VOTE FOR PUTIN? In 2006, Bernhard L. Mohr moved to Moscow – a lone Norwegian in a Russian workplace, in a time when many still considered a democratic development in Russia to be both possible and likely. Ten years later he returns to meet his old colleagues to get the answer to that major question: Why do the Russians vote for Putin? ‘Interesting and vivid introduction to Russian Society of today.’ MINERVA

Hvorfor stemmer russerne på Putin? 130x205 mm / 256 pages

Bernhard L. Mohr (1978–) has worked as a journalist and editor, as well as with business development and management in the media industry. Why Do Russians Vote for Putin? is his first book. Rights sold to: Colombia (Rey Naranjo) | Georgia (artanuji publishers)

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Simen Tveitereid

A LIFE OF FREEDOM

On Wanting Something Different in the World's Wealthiest Country

Simen Tveitereid and his family moved out of the city to a smallholding in the countryside. There they were able to work less and enjoy more freedom in their everyday lives. Was it all that they had hoped for? And what if everyone else did the same? Such a life represents a break from the norm of our time for a valuable member of society who contributes to growth by having a fulltime job and a high rate of consumption.

Et fritt liv Om å ønske seg noe annet i verdens rikeste land 130x205 mm / 296 pages

In a personal and discursive essay, Tveitereid considers the smallholding dream in one of the world's wealthiest countries. Simen Tveitereid is a freelance journalist and author, and co-owner of webzine Harvest. He is a trained historian of ideas. He has previously written the books Northug, Nansen and I and What do we want with children?

Iman Meskini

#MYSTORYMYOPINION 350 Voices on the Hijab

‘Why do female muslims wear the hijab? Why do people consider the hijab oppressive? Do those who wear it find it oppressive?’ Iman Meskini (better known as Sana in popular Norwegian TV show SKAM) asked these questions on Instagram. #minhistorieminmening 313 stemmer om hijab 150x150 mm / 112 pages

She received several hundred responses covering the entire emotional spectrum of feelings about and attitudes against the headwear. The Instagram thread also says more than all the research and TV reports in the world about the young Muslims' view of themselves and their place in modern society. Iman Meskini (1997–) is a Norwegian actress. She is known for her role as Sana Bakkoush in the drama series SKAM. Rights sold to: Denmark (People's Press)

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Tor Åge Bringsværd

GIDDY-UP The follow-up to last year's critically acclaimed anthology Woof. This time, the book focuses on the horse as it manifests in myths, legends and fairytales. The horse has been looked up to, admired and respected – as a friend and helper, as the animal of the gods, as a creator and savior, but first and foremost as our indispensable companion. Giddy-up is a fantastical journey through four thousand years and over five continents, written in quiet literary trot or tremendous canter – always spurred on by the curious and exploratory storytelling that is particular to Tor Åge Bringsværd.

HYPP 195x250 mm

Tor Åge Bringsværd (1939–) has a considerable body of work. He has received many prizes, including the Critics' Prize, the Riverton Prize, the Aschehoug Prize, the Dobloug Prize, the Riksmål Prize and the Ibsen Prize. His works have been translated into 23 languages and his theatrical pieces have been staged in twelve countries. Bringsværd writes for all ages.

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WOOF "God created all the world, heaven and water, moon and sun. He created the human beings and the birds and the animals. But he did not create the dog. He had one already." – Words of Indian wisdom Award-winning writer Tor Åge Bringsværd has written a great many novels, short stories, dramatic works and picture books. Bringsværd selects his material from religion, philosophy, myths, comics and films – and from all the corners of the world and all times. Most of all, we will learn about the mysterious interconnectedness between two animals, who have wandered on Earth side by side for as long as anyone can remember – the dog and the human being.

VOV 195x250 mm / 224 pages

Rights sold to: Hungary (Cser) | Poland (Marginesy)

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Lars Halse Kneppe

IN THE HEAD OF A TEENAGER

What do young people need from their parents?

Psychologist Lars Halse Kneppe spends time with teenagers every day and knows what they need from their parents. He writes wisely and entertainingly about today's youth, addressing themes such as mental health, worries, school, stress, partying, the internet and social media, sex, and boundary-setting. An inspirational book that explains what it's like to be young today, and how parents can understand their teenager better.

I hodet på en tenåring Hva trenger ungdom fra foreldrene? 130x205 mm / 256 pages

Lars Halse Kneppe is a trained journalist and psychologist. He works as a psychologist at Pedagogiskpsykologisk tjeneste (PPT) and with several high schools in Oslo.

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Are Brean and Geir Olve Skeie

MUSIC AND THE BRAIN About the magic power of music and its amazing effect on the brain

Creativity in music and the skills to play and appreciate music are uniquely human characteristics. All mammals seem to enjoy a tune but only human beings show true musicality and ability to communicate through music. The brain composes music to please itself: one can learn much about how the brain works by studying its responses to music and music-making. This book is written as three parts: The first part discusses what brain does with music, that is: how music is sensed and perceived, processes grouped together as the basis for "perception of music". Musikk og hjernen

Om musikkens magiske kraft og The second part describes what music fantastiske virkning på hjernen does to the brain: how it affects its func151x226 mm / 256 pages tioning and enables it to change – effects known as manifestations of neuroplasticity. The authors then go on to analyse the characteristics of "the musician's brain" – the brains of musicians have shared features that set them apart from other people's brains.

In the third part, the authors give an account of the ways in which the brain-changing effects of music can be used to aid recovery after blows to the head and to treat neurological and related disorders such as dementia, Parkinson's disease and mental illnesses.

Are Brean is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association and associate professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He has a PhD in neurology and has worked as a consultant at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and Vestfold Hospital Trust. Geir Olve Skeie is a neurology specialist and works as a consultant in the neurology department at Haukeland University Hospital. He is also a skilled pianist and music professor at the Grieg Academy.

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Erik Hexeberg and Sofie Hexeberg

A NEW LOOK AT AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

Nytt blikk på autoimmun sykdom 151x226 mm / 256 pages 30 years

Many people who have one or more autoimmune diseases are told by their doctors that diet doesn't affect the disease. However, yes, it does! these are the words by doctors Sofie and Erik Hexeberg, who specialize in treating these diseases with the help of dietary changes. You can get rid of chronic inflammation and improve your everyday life with less medication – and maybe even get completely healthy – by eating anti-inflammatory foods. The authors present a new and groundbreaking look at autoimmune diseases and their possible causes and tell the stories of patients who have improved their lives by c hanging their diets. In the back of the book, you'll find some start-up recipes that will help you change your diet. The following illnesses have their own chapters in the book: Crohn's disease, Celiac disease, Type 1 diabetes, Graves' disease, hyperthyroidism Hashimoto's disease, hypothyroidism Irritable bowel syndrome, Rheumatoid arthritis, Multiple sclerosis (MS), Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and Psoriasis Ulcerative colitis.

Sofie and Erik Hexeberg are doctors, dietary experts and authors. They run Dr. Hexeberg's Clinic in Tønsberg and Bærum and are particularly concerned with how patients can improve their health through dietary changes.

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Åse Frafjord Johnson

LIFE JUST IS Åse's bubbly spouse and best friend, Ivar, is dead. A brain tumor. Drawings and writings become – and are published as the book Life Is... and sold 3,500 copies. A lot has happened since – new texts and pictures have developed and result in the book Life Just Is. Life is... becomes Life Just Is – not as we want it to be. The choice we have is how to live it.

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Åse Frafjord Johnson is a trained teacher who works in both elementary and middle schools. She has experience as an instructor and speaker and is an active watercolor painter. She has participated in exhibitions and sells pictures.

Kristiane M. Hansson

TO MOURN

A book about loss, sorry, power and hope

Experiencing grief is a painful but natural part of being human. No grief is the same, but we have a lot in common when we mourn. Kristiane M. Hansson sheds a light on grief through various themes and meets and consults mourners, helpers and experts in the topic. She writes closely and personally about getting through loss and finding hope for the road ahead. This book makes it easier to help yourself and others who are experiencing grief.

Kristiane M. Hansson is a doctoral student in medicine at the Centre for Medical Ethics at the University of Oslo, where she is researching family relations in serious cases of mental illness. She drives awareness about mental health as a researcher and professional, as well as on a personal level.

Å sørge En bok om tap, sorg, kraft og håp 151x226 mm / 272 pages

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Kristian Hall

HAPPY AGAIN!

How to beat depression, step by step

Happy Again! is an inspiring and life-enhancing programme intended to help people who are downhearted or depressed to recover or feel a bit better. The idea is to follow a step-by step sequence that is there for you to start yourself at times when everything looks black. You will learn how different activities can lighten your mood and how to change your way of thinking, so that you experience a sense of vitality and meaningfulness, and of being in control.

Glad igjen! Hvordan bli kvitt depresjon steg for steg 130x205 mm / 208 pages

Kristian Hall (1977–) is a graduate civil engineer and has held various directorships in the business sector. He is passionate about reaching out to anyone who is struggling with depression, with a message that it is possible to become much better or completely healthy. Since recovering from after more than ten years of deep depression, Kristian is working actively with helping others who are struggeling with depression.

Torkil Færø

CAMERA THERAPY Taking Better Photographs

‘You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.’ – Marcus Aurelius.

Kamerakuren – fotografer deg bedre

Improved coping skills are fundamental for improved health. Camera Therapy is a combination of a theoretical account and a workbook, both focused on basic techniques for being in control and using photography to clarify what is meant. All in all, it is a self-help book that emphasises practical exercises in order to reach maximal learning effects – with photographic illustrations. Be present now. Grab the moment when it arrives. Play to bring back your enjoyment of life. Torkil Færø trained as a doctor at the University of Olso. He has worked for almost 20 years as a GP/emergency physician. He has arranged over 40 photography workshops in nine countries since 2009.

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Helene Flood Aakvaag

SHAME Shame might make you feel uneasy but keep in mind that shame is a universal state of mind, a natural part of being human. It is positively useful feeling – it has been evolving over thousands and tens of thousands of years in human beings, precisely because we have been able to make good use of it. Everyone has experienced it. Shame is often reviled and the public discussion tends to focus on how to get rid of shame or to overcome it. A very readable book explaining shame in terms of popular psychology: the writing is witty but founded on good research, with many examples of well-known as well as personal cases. Helene Flood Aaakvaag is a psychologist and holds a PhD on guilt and shame. She is a researcher on violence and traumatic stress at the Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress studies.

Hei, skam En bok om følelsen skam, hvorfor den oppstår og hva den gjør med oss 130x205 mm / 256 pages

Carina Poulsen

THINK SIMPLE

Get More Out of What Means the Most

Clear your head and live more! Would you like to think simple and be rid of the clutter in your head? Would you like to spend less time agonising over things and focus on what gives you energy and makes you feel positive? If so, Think Simple is the book for you. In a world full of options and endless choices, we sometimes need a psychological toolkit to help us learn to prioritize and be present in our own lives. We need help to clear our heads. Psychologist Carina Poulsen challenges you to consider how you think about what really gives your life meaning. Carina Carl (former Poulsen) trained as a clinical psychologist and is currently doing a 5 year course of further specialist training in clinical aspects of occupational psychology.

Tenk enkelt Få mer av det som betyr mest 130x205 mm / 176 pages

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Niels Christian Geelmuyden

50 BENEFITS OF MAKING IT PAST 50 Naturally, turning 50 comes with certain disadvantages. The trouble is that these issues tend to be only too familiar. It is rare for the focus to be on all that improves with increasing age. What if growing older is much nicer than people believe? If entering the 50s is much better than being young? What if the best period in your life is waiting for you? If so, it counts as an exceptionally well kept secret. Until now, that is.

50 fordeler med å passere 50 170x240 mm / 240 pages

Niels Chr. Geelmuyden, himself in his 50s, writes with humour and warmth, based on research and his own and others' experiences, about what we can look forward to once we have made it past 50.

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. With his critical books about the food industry he has reached a wide audience and really put the topic to debate.

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Birgitte Lange

A LITTLE BOOK ABOUT THE BIG THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU STICK TO THE PLAN Lasting change in one small weekly task

A simple method for those who would like to achive lasting change in their lives. Various tasks of your choosing are performed using a simple system of written notes, whether it be not eating sugar for a week, avoiding social media or perhaps saying yes to invitations and challenges. By following this method, the author has seen great changes in her life: she saved a lot of money, changed her diet and rid herself of a dependency she had put up with for 35 years. Birgitte discovered that her approach had great outcomes and brought about good changes in her life.

En liten bok om det store som skjer når du følger planen Varig endring – En oppgave hver uke – Enkel, effektiv og morsom metode 130x205 mm / 184 pages

Birgitte's method invites you to act, get a grip, bring about changes and try out something new and different.

Birgitte Lange (1966–) is a political scientist, and works as assistant director of the Directorate of Immigration. She has a varied professional background both from the public sector, non-governmental organizations and from private business.

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Bente Helene Schei

YOGA FOR JOY AND ENERGY Do you want to learn more about yoga? Would you like to know what the different exercises actually do for your body?

Yoga for glede og energi Med meditasjons- og pusteteknikker 210x225 mm / 160 pages

Yoga for joy and energy is for you who have done some yoga earlier. Here you will find programs with exercises and meditation and breathing techniques you will benefit from in everyday life. The programs can be followed in full or in part, depending on how long time you have available, how the day shape is, or how much you want to work with yourself, physically and mentally.

The author explores yoga as a lifestyle and explains the philosophy behind it. In yoga, the goal is to become conscious, so that you can be present in the choices you have to make at any given time. You get your own peace and presence. Yoga for joy and energy gives you the opportunity to work with yourself and your consciousness so you can take more control of life. With programs for mobility, stress reduction and increased concentration. Five 10 to 60 minute programs, where you can pick exercises by day and time available.

Bente Schei is a graduate from the Yoga Teacher School, teacher at and manager of the Center for Classical Yoga. She has been doing yoga for 20 years and maintains the basic idea that yoga is simple.

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Bente Helene Schei

YOGA MADE SIMPLE

Exercises and Programs for the Whole Body

In Yoga made simple, yoga teacher Bente Helene Schei focuses on the classic and simple parts of yoga and gives you specific exercises and programs you can follow at home. You can choose the programs that suit you and your level best. The shortest program is 10–20 minutes, a bit longer is 30–60 minutes, and the longest are 60–90. The book also contains programs with exercises that specifically help fight ailments connected with stomach and digestion, neck and shoulders, balance and concentration. All the poses are described clearly, step by step, and are illustrated with photos of the author.

Yoga helt enkelt! Øvelser og programmer for hele kroppen 210x225 mm / 160 pages

Rights sold to: Denmark (Legind) | Germany (Droemer Knaur) | Sweden (Legind)

Cathrine Mathiesen

YOGAMAMA

Yoga during pregnancy, birth and maternity

In a simple and inspiring way, the author shows the joys and benefits of yoga's many aspects, for pregnant women and those who have recently become a mother. This book contains step-by-step explanations and pictures of exercises specially tailored for pregnancy, suggested programs for each trimester, the role of breathing and its potential, tips and advice when giving birth and examples of how yoga philosophy can enrich motherhood.

Yogamamma Med yoga gjennom graviditet, fødsel og barseltid 195x250 mm / 256 pages

Cathrine Mathiesen is a yoga teacher with long, broad, and international experience. She is also a mother of three and has personally experienced the benefits and the joy of yoga during pregnancy, birth and motherhood.

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Silje Torp

STRONG WITH BANDS In Strong with Bands, Silje Torp shows you how to train with bands and offers tough yet simple exercises for the whole body. Using bands is a gentle way to work with resistance training, and the band allows you to work out at your own pace, on your own terms. When you train with bands, you add extra resistance or support to an exercise. You decide how hard you want it to be, and you can use more bands to train more muscle groups in one exercise. The book gives you exercises you can put together into a great workout, or you can choose one of the programs Silje has developed for you.

Sterk med strikk Enkle styrkeøvelser for råskap og glede 170x240 mm / 192 pages

The band is also Silje's best travel companion. It takes up minimal space and you can easily exercise in hotel rooms or outdoors. Or in front of the TV for that matter! In this book, Silje gives you exercises not only for the core muscles but absolutely for the whole body.

Silje Torp is an actor, personal trainer and mental trainer, known from numerous films and television series. Before participating in the television series Lilyhammer, she trained herself into the role of a strong police officer with such great zeal that it also paved the way forward for her. She is also to be seen as the character Frøya in the Netflix series Vikingane, a series that has fans all over the world. You can also follow her as #siljetorp on Instagram, where she publishes energetic training videos and shows her curious approach to both training and self-development.

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Eva Isachsen and Line Marie Skaget

KEEPING IT TIDY Have you every tidied up only to find that not long afterwards it is just as messy again? In Keeping it Tidy, tidying gurus Line Skaget and Eva Isachsen will show you how to achieve a nice, tidy home and how to keep it nice and tidy. The authors go room by room and give good, practical solutions for various homes. They also provide useful interior decoration tips, and the book is full of wonderful interior decoration pictures.

Ryddeglede 195x250 mm / 152 pages

Line Marie Skaget and Eva Isachsen have developed their own tidying concept and run the business Ryddeglede. They make use of experiences as an interior architect, feng shui consultant and pedagogical leader when giving courses and lectures, and when helping customers achieve a tidy and pleasant home.

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Marianne de Bourg

CREATIVE TABLES Creative tables is a book for anyone planning on welcoming their guests to a personal and creative table – and maybe even impress them a little. The ideas presented in the book are simple and feasible for everyone. It needn't be costly or difficult, you just need the good ideas. Everything from table-cards decorated with buttons, carton egg holders used as a serving plate or a rough woodenboard as decoration to the romantic table.

Kreative bord 210x277 mm / 208 pages

You get ideas to use things from nature or something you have in the fridge or put away in a cupboard or a drawer. You can use the ideas provided here, but set your table in just your own style by replacing the materials and colors used in the book.

The authors main tips on setting tables are; to be creative and playful, not to follow so many rules, but to plan and make what is to be done in good time and not least to set the table the day before, so that you can truly enjoy it. A table can be set in so many ways. In Creative tables you get 150 different ideas.

Marianne de Bourg is a blogger, stylist and freelance journalist. She is a trained decorator and has more than ten years of experience as a freelance journalist and stylist, where she has mainly worked with interior design, table setting and food. She runs the blog mariannedebourg.no and uses the profile @marianndebourg on Instagram. Rights sold to: Germany (FrechVerlag)

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Ellen-Marie and Margrethe Miljeteig

HIDE AND LEATHER This book will give you ideas on how to make the most attractive products out of hide and leather! The book is divided into three parts: • Part 1: History of Hide and Leather • Part 2: Tools and techniques, including various leather seams for different purposes, piercing with pliers, forks or leather punches. Attaching rivets or eyelets, embossing letters, embroidery on leather and more. • Part 3: Working with leather. You'll get ideas for big and small projects, both simple and slightly more advanced. You'll find everything from keychains to luggage tags, smart solutions for mobile phones, and wallets big and small. Useful things like covers for your notebooks, book belts, leather pencil cases, potholders in a combination of knits and leather, sitting pads, bags of various sizes, and much more.

Skinn og lær Gjenbruk, interiør og tilbehør 195x250 mm / 168 pages

Ellen Marie and Margrethe Miljeteig run the hobby blog Søstrene Miljeteig. They make jewelry, stuffed soft toys and decorations. Babydilla is their first book.

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Anna Enge, Heidi Grønvold and Dagny Thurmann-Moe

KNIT IN YOUR COLORS Knit yourself a colorful wardrobe! This is the only knitting book you need to fill your wardrobe with knitted garments. In this book, you'll quickly find your favorite garments that you'll always want to wear! You can endlessly vary the book's seven "capsule patterns" depending on the shapes and colors you wear and like. The book tells you which colors suit you best, how to combine them in one garment, and what colors go well together.

Strikk i dine farger 195x250 mm / 216 pages

Pickles-founders Heidi Grønvold and Anna Enge and color expert Dagny Thurmann-Moe, owner of Dagny Color Studio, have collaborated on this book. They've engaged 30 knitters from across Norway and adapted color palettes that suit the capsule patterns for all of them. All are presented in the book. Get inspired and get going! #knitinyourcolors

Dagny Thurmann-Moe has worked as a creative director for the chain of color shops Fargeglede, and now operates Dagny Color Studio, where she works with color and trend forecasting, lectures, and color and concept development for different brands. Anna Enge runs the yarn brand and store Pickles together with Heidi Grønvold.

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Dagny Thurmann-Moe

COLORS TO THE PEOPLE

ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND FASHION

Did you know that gray cars crash the most and that red cars crash the least? What are colors, why do we need them and what do we use them for? In this book, color expert Dagny Thurmann-Moe battles against an increasingly more colorless existence. She shows us how Norway has gone from being colorful and full of impressions to being a landscape of gray and white, even in the summer. She gives an introduction to what colors are, why people need colors, and what we use them for.

Farger til folket! Arkitektur, interiør, mote 195x250 mm / 176 pages

Dagny Thurmann-Moe has worked as a creative director for the chain of color shops Fargeglede, and now operates Dagny Color Studio, where she works with color and trend forecasting, lectures, and color and concept development for different brands. Rights sold to: Finland (Readme) | Island (Bókabeitan) | Poland (Agora SA)

Siv Dyvik

CHRISTMAS KNITWEAR FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY The trend of garish and humorous Christmas knitwear has come to stay. In this inspiring book the experienced knit designer Siv Dyvik has prepared patterns for 24 great Christmas knitwear gifts for the whole family! Here you will find patterns in various levels of difficulty and garments that are suitable for both men, women, children – and even for the dog. Siv Dyvik is an established knitting designer with a 20-year long career in the Norwegian knitting industry. She is working freelance since 2015 as a knitting and pattern designer and has taken part in several best-selling book projects. In 2016, she moved to London and is now worked from there with patterns, yarn and knitting needles.

Strikk din egen julegenser 24 flotte plagg til høytiden 268x208 mm / 135 pages

Rights sold to: Denmark (Turbine) | France (Editions de Saxe)

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Nina Granlund Sæther

SOCKS FROM NORWAY In Socks From Norway, we travel through Norway's countryside and it's different knitting traditions – this time while keeping our feet warm. In this book you'll find fascinating stories about the origins of the various socks, archive images from museums around the country, and plenty of patterns for knitting socks to the whole family. The book includes 41 sock patterns for men, women and children. Sokker fra hele Norge 210x277 mm / 200 pages

Nina Granlund Sæther is a journalist and editor. She's a graduate teacher in arts and crafts and has written several books on handicrafts. She also delivers design for the weekly press and lectures on knitting. Nina has written several books on handicrafts. Rights sold to: Russia (Content) | United States (Trafalgar Square Books)

Nina Granlund Sæther

MITTENS

KNITTING PATTERNS FROM ALL OVER NORWAY

Nordic knitting has already charmed the knitting world. Author Nina Granlund Sæther has now researched traditional mitten patterns from all over Norway and brought them together in one book. In this book you will find old-style mitten patterns from different parts of Norway, patterns adapted to today's yarn and equipment, plus exciting stories of the origin and use of the mittens. Votter Strikkemønstre fra hele Norge 210x277 mm / 192 pages

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

Rights sold to: Russia (Content) | United States (Trafalgar Square Books)

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Wenche Roald and Annichen Sibbern Bøhn

INSPIRING NORWEGIAN KNITTING PATTERNS Modern colors and cuts meet classic Norwegian knitting patterns! In this magnificent knitting book you will find patterns for beautiful and modern garments, based on the charts in Annichen Sibbern Bøhn's classic Norwegian knitting patterns from 1929. The book was the country's first collection of traditional, Norwegian knitting patterns and has since become a collector's item and an inspiration for keen knitters and designers. in domestic and abroad.

Inspirerende norske strikkemønstre 248x272 mm

Wenche Roald (1965–) is the designer of the beautiful and colorful knitwear that you can find behind the popular profiles @wroald on Instagram and @knitnetty on Ravelry and on the website Wenches hobby blog. Annichen Sibbern Bøhn (1905–1978) was a Norwegian knitting designer and author. Rights sold to: USA (Trafalgar Square books) | Denmark (Turbine)

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HISTORICAL NORWEGIAN SKI SWEATERS

SWEATERS FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1966–2019

In Historical Norwegian ski sweaters, you can knit your way through skiing history. Get excited with a stylish retro sweater from the World Championships in Oslo in 1966 or dream yourself away with colorful and largepatterned models that are still seen on the street-scene. The book presents 17 official World Championship sweaters and has patterns for men, women and children. There are also patterns for accessories to all the models. A true treasure for knitting enthusiasts!

Norske VM-gensere Våre favoritter 210x277 mm / 224 pages

Iselin Hafseld is a designer and a gradute from SHKS (Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry) in Oslo. She's best known as the founder of the clothing line TINDE, collections of exclusive knitwear with a relaxed elegance.

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Dorthe Skappel

SKAPPEL

For the Love of Knitting

Dorthe Skappel is finally back with a wealth of new knitting patterns for gorgeous garments! There are many favourites to choose from. The garments are knitted in beautiful colours and using various yarns. The patterns and descriptions are still very simple and provided in the sizes S, M and L, with inspiring pictures and user-friendly illustrations.

BESTSELLING KNIT TING SKAPPEL – med kjærlighet for strikk 210x277 mm / 224 pages

Dorthe Skappel is a popular TV presenter, known particularly as the lead presenter on the entertainment programme God kveld Norge (Good evening Norway). She is passionate about knitting and knitting design, and her own creative knitting patterns have had well-deserved commercial success. Rights sold to: Denmark (Turbine)

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Kari Hestnes and Hege Dagestad

YARN MAGIC WITH PLANT DYES Imagine knitting something using yarn you dyed yourself! Experience the colours of nature, gather plants and mushrooms, and use them to dye yarn and textiles. In this book you will find everything you need to know about dying yarn, textiles and other natural materials using easy-to-find mushrooms and plants that grow wild across most of scandinavia. Garnmagi med plantefarging 195x250 mm / 176 pages

Recreate the magical colours from nature in pots and pans at home! The book is full of information on making dyes and inspiring pictures.

Kari Hestnes (1959–) is a co-owner of the company Du Store Alpakka, one of the largest importers of alpaca yarns in Norway. She regularly provides knitting patterns for magazines. Rights sold to: Finland (Mäkelä)

Heidi Eikeland and Mette Hovden

NEEDLE DANCE

40 Beautiful Garments in Entrelac

Learn the old – and almost forgotten – entrelac technique for knitting beautiful and contemporary garments.

Pinnedans 40 fine plagg i kontstrikk 210x277 mm / 152 pages

Entrelac pieces have a lovely structure reminiscent of woven surfaces, and in Needle Dance you are given a thorough and step-by-step introduction to the technique. There are also many different patterns, and many of the garments are shown in various colour variants. There are large and small garments, garments for men and women, for adults and children – all knitted using renowned quality yarn. Heidi Eikelund and Mette Hovden are sisters, and together they run the web site pinnedans.com. They organise courses and lectures, and have their own Facebook group which provides help and inspiration for those interested in entrelac. Rights sold to: USA (Trafalgar Square books)

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Marion Louise Rindsem

SHAWLS, SCARVES AND COWLS Here you will find patterns for 40 different small garments including cute cowls for children and beautiful shawls and scarves. Many of the projects are so small you could easily carry your knitting in your bag – you'll soon be finished with them and they are perfect for giving as gifts. Others are perfect for knitting in front of the TV, whereas others require more concentration. The patterns are suitable for both beginners and more experienced knitters. Marion Rindsem started with knit design in 2012 when she made her own SoMe hat. Lua quickly took off Twitter, and since 2013 she has run www.marionr.no, where she sells her own knitting recipes and yarn packages. In addition, she holds courses in knitting socks and masking, and she keeps regular #Luetreff in Oslo. Luer is Mariom Rindsem's first knitting book.

Sjal, skjerf og halser 210x277 mm / 152 pages

Iselin Hafseld

TINDE HANDKNITS The best thing about knitting your own garments, is that you can make them just the way you want them. Iselin is the designer behind the brand Tinde and has designed her own colors by knitting with several strands at once, either in the same quality or by blending different qualities in combination with exciting knitting textures. You get everything from lovely, classic jackets and vests, hats and pullovers to ponchos and short and long sweaters. Strikk fra TINDE – jakker, gensere og tilbehør 198x272 mm / 136 pages

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Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison

ARNE & CARLOS' FAVORITES Arne and Carlos have celebrated 15 years as a designer duo, by picking their favorites from the five books they've published, in addition to adding many new designs. In this book you will find Christmas balls, Easter eggs, scarves, hats, socks, knitted dolls, sweaters and jackets – everything you ever wanted from them, collected in one book! Dive into the book and be inspired by combinations of colors and patterns. Arne & Carlos favoritter 210x277 mm / 264 pages

Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison presented their first joint fashion collection in 2002 and, in 2003, they were invited to the Paris fashion week to show their designs. The inspiration for their feminine clothes comes from many sources – from Dolly Parton to Japanese pleating techniques and Norwegian traditional dress. Rights sold to: Denmark (Koppelwrite) | France (Editions de Saxe) | Netherlands (Kosmos) | United Kingdom (Search Press) | United States (Trafalgar Square Books) | Germany (Frechverlag)

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Lise Finckenhagen

LISE'S STREET FOOD RESTAURANT

COOK TASTY STREET FOOD AT HOME IN YOUR OWN KITCHEN!

Cook tasty street food at home in your own kitchen!

Lises gatekjøkken fristende gatemat fra hele verden 268x210 mm / 243 pages

Street food is undoubtedly the world's biggest cooking trend. Even here in the frozen north you'll now find food trucks on street corners and town squares all year round. Lise Finckenhagen has visited streets and markets in three parts of the world to seek inspiration, recipes, stories and pictures. In Lise's street food restaurant she serves up some of the planet's most irresistible recipes, whether from Bangkok, Mumbai, London or Mexico.

Lise Finckenhagen has an extraordinary talent for combining and balancing flavours. Step by step, she shows you how simple tips and a few smart tricks can help you cook even the most exotic street food in your own kitchen using everyday ingredients. The book is illustrated throughout with Sara Johannesen's atmospheric photographs and tempting images of food.

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

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Jan Ivar Nykvist

HEALTY GRILLING Grilling isn't just sausages, big pieces of meat, fatty dressings and high blood pressure – at least not according to Jan Ivar Nykvist, who has been named Norwegian grilling champion four times. With this book, he wants to demonstrate that you can make healthy and green meals on the grill. He shares inspiring recipes for everything you can put on the grill, focusing on fish, shellfish and vegetables.

på Jan Ivar Nykvist Mats Dreyer

Sunt på grillen 195x250 mm / 240 pages

Jan Ivar Nykvist has been Norway's Grilling Champion four times and came in second place on the first season of "Norges Grillmester" (Norway's Grilling Master) on TV2. He runs the blog www.matenvideler.no and has previously published two books about grilling, both of which were nominated for "Best Norwegian Cookbook".

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Andreas Viestad

90 DISHES YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE

Salads Soups Pizza & Pasta Fish & Shellfish Poultry Vegetables Meat Desserts

In his many years as a food writer and cookbook author, Andreas Viestad has collected recipes for over 2000 dishes. Of these, there are some he constantly returns to, dishes he cannot live without. Those are gathered here. You will find simple dishes, but also some that are more difficult. Some dishes are classics everyone has heard of, and others have been develeloped through trial and error. These are Andreas' 90 best dishes. 90 retter du må kunne Salater Supper Pizza & Pasta Fisk & Skalldyr Fugl Grønnsaker Kjøtt Desserter 195x250 mm / 280 pages

Andreas Viestad (1973–) internationally known food and recipe book writer with a number of award-winning cookbooks. He has a column in Washington Post, and the TV series, New Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad, has been shown in more than 50 countries, including the USA, China, Germany and Italy.

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Vidar Bergum

HUMMUS AND POMEGRANATE

Hummus og granateple Mat fra Tyrkia og Midtøsten 195x250 mm / 256 pages

Hummus and Pomegranate is an inspiring and unpretentious introduction to one of the world's most traditional and renowned cuisines. Here you will be introduced to the best food from Turkey and the Middle East. Dishes and flavors that have been developed and perfected from generation to generation throughout numerous dynasties and empires. Most of the dishes included are based on traditional recipes – which is one reason why the dishes and flavors have survived for so long. And not only will you find the recipes, but also an insight into longstanding food traditions. You won't necessarily find the tastiest Turkish or Middle Eastern food at a restaurant – you'll find that in people's homes. Most of the recipes in the book are therefore classic homemade everyday dishes, prepared just as they are in the many kitchens all over Turkey and the Middle East.

Vidar Bergum lives in Istanbul and in 2016 was named Best Niche-Blogger. The jury's reason for awarding a prize to A Kitchen in Istanbul was: "Vidar Bergum's blog slightly takes your breath away. It's exotic, looks good and is also a little different. He invites us into a kitchen quite unfamiliar to us, with a naturalness and generosity that means you just want to drop what you're doing, and begin making Turkish food and trying out new spices. He writes well about his inspiration and always provides good references and tips on how to recreate what he makes at home. A fun and wonderful blog." Vidar continues with all of this in his new book. In his team is photographer Bahar Kitapci, one of Turkey's leading food-stylists and photographers.

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

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Tone Dahl and Lisa Westgaard

MEXICANA MAMA

Slow Food Served Relatively Quickly

Mexicana Mama is a beautiful book about the food culture and the irresistible flavours of Mexico. Here you can enjoy around 100 different recipes, from breakfast, snacks, soups and salads to dinner dishes and barbeque. There is also a wealth of delicious salsas, moles and pipians in addition to desserts and drinks. Anine Desire has contributed with descriptions from streets and markets. Liz Buer has written the short works of prose. Mexicana Mama Slowfood servert ganske raskt 210x277 mm / 256 pages

Tone Dahl has worked as a cook and chef, and now works primarily as a food stylist. She grew up among food-loving mariners in Tjøme, who introduced her to food and ingredients that were not everyday fare. Lisa Westgaard is a well known photographer who has illustrated several cookery books.

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Mia Frogner

GREENER!

Make, eat and share vegan food from all over the world

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

Grønnere! Lag, smak og del vegansk mat fra hele verden 210x277 mm / 204 pages

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

Mia Frogner (1985–) is qualified in literary studies and works as a contents adviser in the creative communications agency Trigger, recently selected as the world's best creative agency. She manages the blog Green Bonanza. Rights sold to: Germany (Jan Thorbecke Verlag)

Mia Frogner

GREEN BONANZA

Potato pizza, summer wraps and cauliflower "wings"

This book is full of the real joy of pure food: good r ecipes, simple new uses for the best base ingredients, tips on making use of everything and developing helpful routines to waste less. You will learn what you are eating and where it really comes from. The author offers you over 60 fine recipes for a selection of base ingredients, and seasons the book with her own sense of the pleasure of good food. Grønn bonanza Potetpizza, sommerruller og blomkålwings 210x277 mm / 208 pages

Rights sold to: Germany (Jan Thorbecke Verlag)

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Lene Engelstad and Linda Engelstad

VEGETARIAN COMFORT FOOD Vegetarian Comfort Food is a vegetarian cookbook with a difference. Concepts such as "meatfree Monday" can give the sense of vegetarian food being something we should choose because it is healthy and ethical, and not because we really want to. Through their book and blog, the authors of this book show us that vegetarian food is also something you can eat when you want a treat or when you have friends visiting. They also have suggestions for delicious sweets and homebaking.

Vegetar kosemat 195x250 mm / 216 pages

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

Adam Bjerck

COOKING FOR ONE This is the cookbook for those cooking for one! Adam Bjerck says that even if you are dining alone, you should dine healthy and well! This is a must-have cookbook for anyone living alone, with recipes for one protion of food. It focuses on fast – and not to expensive – courses that make the cookbook perfect for busy everyday life. The practical week menus make it easy to plan and shop, and make sure that you do not end up with unused ingredients in the fridge. «««««« VG

1 porsjon Middager og småretter bare til deg selv 195x250 mm / 208 pages

Adam Bjerck is one of Norway's renowned young chefs and has participated on the Kokkelandslaget team. He is one of the founders of the very successful Adam's Mealbox. Rights sold to: Belgium (ZNU)

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Elin Vatnar Nilsen

EVERYONE CAN BAKE In Everyone can Bake, confectioner and blogger Elin Vatnar Nilsen shows you how to make all the classic nordic treats – from birthday cream cake to pavlova, chocolate cake, kringle and Kvæfjord cake. The book covers the nine basic recipes that any cake baker must know. Here, you'll learn about sponge, c ustard, form cakes, profiteroles, pastries, meringue, sweet yeast dough, nut base, cheesecakes and chocolate cakes.

Alle kan bake 195x250 mm / 232 pages

Each basic recipe is assigned its own chapter, with thorough descriptions and step-by-step photos, in addition to several recipes that are based on the basic recipes and develop them further. Between the chapters you'll find fact pages with information that's useful no matter what you're baking – about eggs, sugar, yeast, flour, cream, butter, chocolate, leaveners and spices, as well as a decoration school of its own!

Everyone can Bake is unpretentious and simple enough for everyone to understand, but also sufficiently advanced and challenging for more seasoned pastry makers. ‘In my view this is one of the best books about baking that has ever been published in Norway, and it holds it´s own against many of my english languaged baking cookbooks. I suggest that the publishers contact a good translator as soon as possible, translate it to English, put a sticker on it saying "Nordic Treats" and then watch the book ride the nordic wave to the top of the charts.’ HOBBYKOKKEN.NO ««««««

Elin Vatnar Nilsen is an educated confectioner and has operated the blog krem.no since 1999.

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Marit Hovland

BAKING INSPIRED OF NATURE

THE NORWEGIAN NATURAL WORLD AT ITS SWEETEST

Beautiful nature photography and wonderful baking recipes stimulate good mood and inspire creativity. Here are 50 tempting recipes for cheesecake, macaroons, carrot cake, chocolate cake, nut cakes and meringues. Each recipe has a connection with the natural world: muffins glazed with snow crystals of icing sugar; cinnamon ring biscuits with chocolate annual growth rings; thin maple-leaf biscuits and buns with sugar glazed rose petals. Practical step by step pictures quickly demonstrate what to do and show that it is not difficult. Good recipes combined with beautiful design and useful pictures of cakes and nature make this book a treasure.

Bakeland Norsk natur på sitt søteste 195x250 mm / 200 pages

National Winner of Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2016 – PASTRY

Marit Hovland is a qualified graphic designer and is interested in baking, nature and photography. Bakeland is her first book. Follow Marit's blog for baking recipes and other hobby projects: borrowmyeyes.com And on instagram: @borrowmyeyes Rights sold to: Canada (Greystone Books) | Germany (FrechVerlag) | Sweden (Tukan)

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Jørgen Ravneberg

THE GATHERING BOOK THE 177 BEST EDIBLE CROPS

People are becoming more and more interested in edible, wild crops, and nature is chock full of them: vegetables, salads, herbs, shoots from trees, flowers, shrubs, berries, roots and even seaweed. In this book, you will learn how to identify and find plants and when you should harvest them. Each of the 185 edible crops is thoroughly described and illustrated through photographs. The Gathering Book is easy to use in the search for tasty free food.

Sankeboka Velsmakende ville vekster 160x233 mm

Jørgen Ravneberg (1992–) is a chef at the restaurant Kolonihagen Frogner in Oslo. He is originally from Alta in Finnmark. In 2017, he was named Green Chef of the Year.

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Trond Svendgård

PICK IT YOURSELF

Foraging tips and recipes – from the wayside, forest and the coast

Chef and wild plant enthusiast Trond Svendgård, takes the reader on inspirational walks at a time when these wild-growing treats are at their best. He focuses on the best flavors and shares his most tempting recipes. This book provides an easy overview of where each plant-species can be found, and the character istics of each one.

Plukk selv Sanketips og oppskrifter – fra veikant, skog og skjærgård 170x240 mm / 256 pages

Trond Svendgård is a chef and runs www.plukkselv.no, Norway's largest online community and shop for foraging. He has previously published several other books as a member of the Flying Culinary Circus.

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Kenneth Ingebretsen and Tommy Tønsberg

PERENNIALS

WHICH PLANTS AND WHERE

Do you want easy-to-care-for and beautiful perennial beds? In this book, you'll find information about groundwork, care, propagation, color choices and leaf combinations and about which plants are suitable in different environments. The book has a separate overview of 101 perennials with pictures and text. With this book, you can build easy-to-care-for perennial beds that will delight you with flowers or decorative foliage throughout the whole season, year after year.

Stauder – hvilken plante hvor 170x240 mm / 216 pages

Tommy Tønsberg's (1980–) interest in gardening was already evident at an early age: as a schoolboy he often spent his entire allowance at the nursery. Today, he tends a small but lush garden on the outskirts of Oslo, and is the editor of Norsk Hagetidend, the magazine for members of the Gardeners' Association. He is also a popular guest speaker. Kenneth Ingebretsen (1977–) is a gardener who works at the largest garden centre in Norway. He also edits the membership newsletter Blomstervenner for the Friends of Flowers Society.

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Anja Bruland

BOUQUETS Do you want to make beautiful bouquets of flowers? Anja Bruland grows flowers, holds courses and makes natural, wild and lush bouquets at her store, Blomsterhagen, in Oslo. In this book, she shares her knowledge of flowers and bouquet-making so that you can easily assemble the most beautiful bouquets! You'll also get tips on how to harvest and treat flowers and on various techniques for creating different types of bouquets.

Buketter fra Blomsterhagen 210x277 mm / 160 pages

Anja Bruland is a trained gardener and runs the business Blomsterhagen in Abildsø. She grows flowers, holds courses, runs an online shop and makes natural, lively and lush bouquets at Blomsterhagen.

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Anne Havåg Holter-Hovind

THE JOY OF BIRDS

HOW TO GET YOUR GARDENS AND BALCONIES TWITTERING

Lear how to get your gardens and balconies twittering. This book teaches you everything you need to know to ensure a happy life for the birds in your garden or on your balcony. You'll get tips about the right plants, the best bird boxes and much more besides. The book is illustrated throughout with masses of beautiful photographs of birds in Norwegian settings.

Fuglefryd hvordan skape kvitrende hager og balkonger 247x175 mm / 277 pages

This charming, instructive and beautiful book is this year's perfect gift for bird lovers.

Anne Havåg Holter-Hovind is an architect. She has been fond of flowers and gardens since she was a little girl and her passion for gardens has not diminished over the years. Now she is concerned with both flowers, garden plants and not least the animals and birds living there. She is concerned that the garden should be a place to relax and that it should not just be about gardening, but about gardening experiences! Anne also runs Norway's most read garden blog – Moseplassen.

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Randulf Valle

WHY DOES BEING WET MAKE YOU SO COLD?

– and 182 Other Questions about Outdoor Pursuits You Never Knew You Had

Different outdoor experiences can be explained by physics, chemistry and biology. However, when explained in an easy-to-read and entertaining manner it helps increase the readers knowledge of both outdoor life and science. What are the effective degrees of cold? Does it help to put on a hat when your feet are cold? Does the snow on the cabin roof get heavier when the weather gets milder? Is it warmer to lie on the side than on your back in a sleeping bag? Many people have questions about outdoor life and what sort of equipment to use. The answers are often based on both myths and personal experiences. These are examples of questions answered and explained by Randulf Valle, using both facts and science in an entertaining and humorous way. He distinguishes facts from myths and gives the reader a better understanding of both outdoor living and science.

Hvorfor er det så kaldt å være våt? – og 182 andre spørsmål om friluftsliv du ikke visste du hadde 115x185 mm / 184 pages

Randulf Valle has a Ph.D in metallurgy. He works as a writer and has to date released ten books. His numerous articles have also been published in many different journals.

Randulf Valle (1974–) has a doctorate in metallurgy, but is best known as an adventurer and photographer and as the author of eight books. He was editor of the magazine Friluftsliv (Outdoor Life) from 2004 to 2013, and is a member of the jury for the Helge Ingstad prize.