Danish literary magazine. Children and young adults, 2016

DANISH ARTS FOUNDATION

DANISH LITER ARY MAGA ZINE

DANISH LITERARY MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED BY Danish Arts Foundation’s Committee for Literary Project Funding www.danisharts.dk

TEXT Nana Baaner Klitgaard

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Annette Bach aba@slks.dk

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EDITOR Lars Sidenius lsi@slks.dk

TRANSLATION Paul Larkin

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COVER ILLUSTRATION Lea Letén

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WELCOME For the second year running, the Danish Arts

to name but two. Though softer, more personal

Foundation is very pleased to publish our Danish

issues such as having to go to sleep at night are also

Literary Magazine – Children and Young Adults (C & YA).

beautifully handled.

Danish C & YA literature fully deserves its own

Enjoy reading about early-readers, picture books,

international stage. As readers will discover, it’s just as

read-aloud books and novels; about everyday life and

rich, varied and cutting-edge as ever. No subject is too

reality through the eyes of children, about new and

‘heavy’ or complex for Danish C & YA creators. Death,

well established authors and illustrators. In short,

for example, looms large in quite a number of books,

we present here a range of brilliantly produced and

even at the younger end of the genre. And many throw

designed C & YA books that are setting the Danish

a reflective and revealing light on really big questions:

trend. A young and ”right now” Denmark opening out

where do we come from?, what was there before God?,

before your very eyes!

Annette Bach EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

AWARDS ANNE SOFIE HAMMER JOHN KENN MORTENSEN CECELIE EKEN BOOKS IN BRIEF REALITY BITES BENNI BØDKER BENT HALLER DORTE KARREBÆK RECENTLY SOLD SUPPORT SCHEMES

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Man kan vel godt sige, at jeg var sådan lidt paf.

Jeg kunne selvfølgelig fornemme, at det her var

The Ministry of Culture’s Illustrator Award

ved at blive en enormt pinlig situation, menis jeg a Anna Margrethe Kjærgaard kunne ikke finde på andet end at gå med. Først nu detDanish her. graduate busturen, of the School of Design and Akademiska Sztuk Pieknich i Kraków in Poland. As an artist she has won a range of prizes and funding awards.

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”The naïve, expressive images deserve a mention when we speak of this moving story,” – a reviewer on Anna Margrethe Kjærgaard’s illustrations for Bogbotten.dk wrote. Anna Margrethe Kjærgaard’s brushstrokes capture the ominous atmosphere of war.

The story is told from the child’s perspective. A child whose red dress is very effectively drawn as the only real colour amongst the otherwise grey-toned images.

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Mit hus – den dag freden forsvandt (My home – the day peace was shattered) Jensen & Dalgaard 2015, 44 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Jensen & Dalgaard, forlaget@jensenogdalgaard.dk

The Ministry of Culture’s Children’s Book Award ”With this book, Mette Eike Neerlin shows she’s a fine storyteller who can, with elegance and authority, tell a ‘heavy’ story in a

Mette Eike Neerlin

TIGER, TIGER

”Vi kunne ikke forstå, hvor du blev af.”

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Mit hus (My home) is a first-hand account of the bombing of Bornholm Honey er vant til at klare det subsequent meste: Lave mad, Island in 1945 and the kØbe ind, tage sig af sin sØster, og i skolen forsØger hun at vÆre venner med Russian occupation. The alle. rest of Men hun har et problem: Hun lyver. Hun kan Denmark was liberated, nÆrmest ikke kontrollere det. Ogbut en dag this kommer hun pÅ den mÅde til at tage en bus, hun slet ikke little Baltic island had to endure skulle med - en bustur som vender op og ned pÅ hendes hverdag. another year of occupation. The ”Naja? Er det her, du står og gemmer dig?” book is written

by Anna Margrethe sagde den hvidklædte mand. ”Jaeh,” sagde jeg sådan lidt spørgende.

Kjærgaard and her mother Kirsten, ”Det er det vist.” lagde en fast hånd øverst på ryggen who was aManden child growing up on af mig og begyndte at føre mig med. venter på dig,” sagde han.

Bornholm”Dinatmorfar that time.

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very accessible way,” – Berlingske.

Hest, hest, tiger, tiger (Horse, horse, tiger, tiger) is a razor-sharp story about Honey, a young girl who has a cleft lip and palate, a mother who works in a heel bar and a dad who’s a petty criminal and only wants to see her when he’s short of money.

But Honey is a survivor. Her only real problem is her inability to say no, which often leads her to lie, just out of the blue. This is how she ends up going to a Chinese class under

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Ella er mit navn vil du købe det?

(Ella’s my name - do you want to buy it?)

Jensen & Dalgaard 2014, 284 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Jensen & Dalgaard, forlaget@jensenogdalgaard.dk

Mette Eike Neerlin won the “Skriver Award” with this novel because of its brilliant language and treatment of serious issues in a humorous way.

Hest, hest, tiger, tiger (Horse, horse, tiger, tiger) Høst & Søn 2015, 128 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_ hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

Nominated for the Nordic Council’s C & YA Literature Prize Mette Hegnhøj’s poetic and style-breaking children’s novel is a book that, as Berlingske’s reviewer says. ”... sneaks like a cat right into the most vulnerable part of the reader’s heart.” Information was also thrilled with this daringly stylish work and says the author

has “... managed to depict and concretize intangible things like loss, powerlessness and grief.”

Mette Hegnhøj’s book about Ella, whose mother runs a second hand bookshop and wants to hear nothing more about cats, is a about a girl who misses her cat desperately, and maybe her dad as well. Mette Hegnhøj has won the Ministry of Culture’s Children and YA author award for this work.

Nominated for the Nordic Council’s C & YA Literature Prize ”Jesper Wung-Sung never goes for the easy option. Rather, the opposite. His language is always vibrant yet fluid. The action

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DANISH LITERARY MAGAZINE / CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS engaging. Yet the tone is more measured than emotional. A beautiful, multi-layered story,” – Politiken on Ud med Knud.(Boot Canute).

A strong, yet delicately handled novel about William, who has cancer. William both loves and hates his secret friend Knud. You see Knud is not exactly the kind of friend you dream of having, and William has tried every trick in the book to get rid of him. Funny thing is though; when Knud’s not around, William kind of misses him. A book about being young and living cheek by jowl with death.

Jesper Wung-Sung is an awardwinning author, who has written a long line of C & YA books since his debut in 1998.

Ud med Knud (Boot Canute) Høst & Søn 2014, 259 sider.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_ hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: USA, France, Holland, Germany.

Bologna Ragazzi Digitale Award ‘A digital reading experience out of the ordinary’, said Jyllands-Posten.

Wuwu & Co. is an app developed for iPads, which works as an interactive story. You can read the stories of the five peculiar creatures in the Little Red House (or have them read to you) by laying the iPad down.

Placing it upwards allows you to become part of the story and help the creatures by doing tasks, like shaking snow and spruce cones from a tree by wobbling the iPad. Thus, quiet reading is combined, in an engaging and innovative way, with physical activity.

worked on a large number of artworks and exhibitions. She won the 2013 Communication Arts award of excellence for her illustrations in Køteren (The Mongrel).

Wuwu & Co. Danish version: Touchbooks 2014. English version: Step In Books 2014. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Step In Books, Aksel Køie: aksel@stepinbooks. com. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (illustrator): Germany, Hong Kong, Sweden.

Merete Pryds Helle has apart from conventional genres like children’s books, radio plays, poems and crime series written both SMS and iPad novels. She has won various awards, both nationally and internationally.

Kamila Slocinska, born in Warsaw, but now living in Denmark, has

Chen Bochui Award At the Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair in November 2015, Hanne Bartholin won the Best Author of the Year award in the prestigious Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature category. Many of her books have had international success, particularly in China with books like Finn Herman (Finn Herman - with Mats Letén) and the elephant series Carl (Carl - with Ida Jessen).

Hanne Bartholin (born 1962) debuted as a picture book illustrator in 1995 and has produced a wide range of distinguished and award winning publications.

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ANNE SOFIE HAMMER

PHOTO: ALEXANDER BANCK-PETERSEN

A MODERN EMIL

Her debut was a long time coming, but there’s no stopping her now, and her most recent books have been made into films.

Ever since Anne Sofie Hammer was small, she dreamt of being an author, but as she grew to adulthood and took in the world around her, she realised that it wasn’t something you just suddenly ‘became’. Thus, many years would pass before she felt ready to begin writing books. After having children, she felt there was a need for a good reading-aloud book that would suit a number of age groups. This was the springboard for Villads fra Valby (Villads from Valby). Valby is a middleclass suburb of Copenhagen, but that isn’t really a factor kids like Villads are to be found anywhere and everywhere in this world. Kids that are highly curious, full of energy and imagination. Kids

”Ever heard of a kid called Villads Emilio Eskildsen? A lot of people say Villads is a right troublemaker.

But that’s not actually true. He’s just a really nice, normal kid who’s sometimes a bit unlucky when he’s playing. And who’s also very good at coming up with great ideas.”

Extract from VILLADS FRA VALBY PÅ SOMMERFERIE (VILLADS FROM VALBY ON SUMMER HOLIDAY)

that don’t mean to do wrong, but who always seem to end up in trouble anyway. A modern version of Astrid Lindgren’s Emil character, if you like.

Villads fra Valby på sommerferie (Villads from Valby on summer holiday) is the fourth Villads book. There are also six easy-reading Villads books, and the stories have also been made into films.

ANNE SOFIE HAMMER (b. 1972) worked for a number of years as a text editor, before debuting in 2009 with Villads fra Valby (Villads from Valby). Aside from the Villads series, she has also published two early-teenage books London kalder (London calling) and her most recent

‘The language was appealing and fluent for me as the “reader-aloud” and the audience (5 years old) was obviously very well entertained as the story progressed.’

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work Mig og Dylan Walker – eller historien om hvordan jeg ødelagde mit sidste skoleår (Me and Dylan Walker - or the story of how I ruined my last year at school).

Villads fra Valby på sommerferie (Villads fra Valby on summer holiday) Forlaget Høst & Søn, 104 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen. stinne_hjortlund@ gyldendalgroupagency.dk

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”Full of beautifully scary drawings.”

INFORMATION

In John Kenn Mortensen’s foreboding fairy-tale worlds, the terror and horror are leavened by moments of humour and madcap incidents.

John Kenn Mortensen has drawn since he was a boy, and he has always found a curious comfort zone in sombre tones. That said, humour and irony are always present in his work.

In Turen gennem midnatsskoven (Journey through the Midnight

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Forest), we meet Dennis, a diminutive troll, who wants the introverted, three-legged Petro to be his BFF. But Petro will only be friends if Dennis can get him the best wand in the whole forest. So Dennis sets off to the Midnight Forest, which is under a curse this last 10,000 years. Here he

meets, amongst many others, the bat-girl, Lizzy, who wants to help him, and later Charles the spider whose friend the young unicorn, Samantha, has fallen into the Bottomless Well. Cannibal Clowns and hovering witches also appear as part of an impressive cast of weirds.

Turen gennem midnatsskoven (Journey through the Midnight Forest) manages to be both creepy and funny, and the large format foldout pages are so detailed you

JOHN KENN MORTENSEN

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”My name’s Dennis. I’m a troll.

And this is Lizzy. She’s a kind of bat-girl vampire and super hero, if you must know.”

Extract from TUREN GENNEM MIDNATSSKOVEN (JOURNEY THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT FOREST)

want to hang them up on your wall.

This is a book for older children who enjoy being scared to death one minute and laughing the next. But it’s for all of us really. In fact, most of John Kenn Mortensen’s work is like that.

Now he’s working on his next book - Mareridtsfabrikken og andre rædsler (The Nightmare Factory and

Other Terrors) with 34 nightmare poems and scenarios.

John Kenn Mortensen (b. 1978) has worked as an illustrator and film director. His own comic book debut came in 2011 with Post-it Monstre (Post-it Monsters), which won an award for best comic debut. 2014 saw the publication of his first novel De utilpassede (The Deviants).

Apart from drawing and writing books, Mortensen also engages in international collaborations. He has illustrated the Danish version (Hans og Grete) of Neil Gaiman’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’ and produced conceptart for the Dreamworks studio. He has a huge international fan group, with over 80.000 followers on social media.

Turen gennem midnatsskoven (Journey through the Midnight Forest) Carlsen 2015, 32 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Carlsen, Ole Sønnichsen: oso@carlsen.dk

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A LOVE OF FAIRY-TALES & ADVENTURES Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen and the brothers Grimm. True to the fantasy genre but with succinct references to the “real” world.

Cecilie Eken is a child of the 70s, a time when literary discourse was highly political and large swathes of Scandinavian children’s literature was message based. But Eken herself has always been more animated by the realm of magic.

That’s not to say her own books don’t carry a message, but they’re always in a well-crafted context.

Eken’s latest book Natulv (Night Wolf) shows this very well. Events take place at the start of the 1900s and there’s a Gothic, Wuthering Heights feel. The 14-15 year old Nethe has lost her mother and is, 140 mm

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At night time, a wolf-like animal terrorises the area. It doesn’t just kill hens and geese, but also larger animals, even humans. And nobody can get to grips with this wolf, until Dagfred asks Nethe to go out with him at night and help hunt the wolf.

countries “Darien” and “Beleria”.

Max’s dad was a pilot, but he was shot down and his mother died of a highly contagious fever. Now Max is serving as an air-cadet and dreams of being a fighter pilot.

Even though that dream collapses, Max at least comes to realise that a lust for revenge can also have consequences.

Just like the Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, these books delight in planes, cars, and motorcycles.

They also feature rich black and white illustrations by the artist Peter Heydenreich.

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ikke hørt om Den Grå, før jeg kom til Tvedbæk, å egnen siger man, at den altid har været der; når iver kolde, viser den sig af og til, og det gælder om øde den, for det betyder ulykke og snarlig død.«

alene i verden efter sin mors død. Ved at lyve sig

un arbejde som barnepige på en fornem herregård, Klintehuus rummer dystre hemmeligheder. nye frue en heks, som hendes stedsøn påstår? em er det, der lurer i mørket og slår dyr ihjel? ndes den virkelig: Ulven, der vil dræbe dem alle.

EN FORtæLLING FRA EN tID HVOR NAttEN VAR MøRK HjæLPEN ALt FOR LANGt VæK

Natulv (Night Wolf) Høst & Søn 2015, 112 pages.

Max Vero-serien (The Max Vero series), books 1-4 Høst og Søn 2015, 72 pages (per book).

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_ hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Belgium, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands.

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thus, put in service at Klintehuus Manor. Here she has to mind “m’Lady’s” little boy, amongst other tasks. But the little boy has a halfbrother, Dagfred, who’s the same age as Nethe and son of the house’s earlier Lady. Her death is shrouded in mystery and Dagfred believes his new stepmother is a witch.

Natulv (Night Wolf) is a mixture of historical novel, thriller and horror.

The “message” that Cecilie Eken has deftly woven into the story is what can happen if we are stopped from mourning our dearly departed.

In the easy reading series, Max Vero (Max Vero) for slightly younger readers, there’s lots of tension and action, but no horror. Yes, losing one’s parents is a constant theme, but the tone in this series about Max and his friends is lighter, even though these youngsters are dragged into a war between the

Cecilie Eken was born in 1970 and debuted at 23. She has since written a wide range of C & YA books. She won the Ministry of Culture’s Children’s author award for C & YA books in both 1997 and 2008, for Sikkas fortælling (Sikka’s Tale) and her poetic picture book Mørkebarnet (The Dark Child) respectively. Eken is also very well known for the fantasy series Den Sorte Safir (The Black Sapphire).

Cecilie Eken is member of the adjudication panel for the Nordic Council’s C & YA Literature Prize.

CECELIE EKEN

PHOTO: AGNETE SCHLICHTKRULL

“Eken balances Nethe’s vulnerability, Dagfred’s unpredictability and the horror at large, both outside and inside the manor house, very well. The story twists and turns and guessing the ending is nigh impossible. The novel is part psychological thriller and part horror. A good book for our long winter evenings. Or for reading aloud at a campfire in the dead of night.”

WEEKENDAVISEN

“It’s late when I ascend the cold winding-staircase, a candlestick in my hand. All the way up to the top floor and then right down the passage with its empty rooms, then across another staircase. Just as I reach the door to the nursery, a shape emerges in front me. ”Nethe?”

My banging heart cuts my breath. ”Don’t be afraid. It’s only me.”

The young master’s hand brushed my arm. ”I’ve been waiting for you.”

The tin candleholder shakes in my hand. The pressing dark around the small circle of light seems to force us towards each other.”

Extract from Natulv (Night Wolf)

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BOOKS IN BRIEF A FRIEND IN NEED …

Felix the cat wants to play hide and seek but you can’t do that on your own. He needs friends. So he puts a sign up and gets a number of applicants; an ostrich, a lion and an elephant, but none are good enough for Felix. But when Felix gets in a fix, he’s suddenly not so choosy.

LITTLE GIRL. BIG WILLPOWER

F e l i x v i l ge r n e l e ge d å s e s kj u l s å han m å f i n d e n o ge n

Kim Fupz Aakeson og Siri Melchior

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Felix (Felix) Gyldendal 2015, 44 pages. TARGET GROUP: 3+. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_ hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

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Author Kim Fupz Aakeson (b. 1959) won the 2011 Ministry of Culture’s children’s books award and has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council C & YA award. He is one of Denmark’s most prolific C & YA authors and writes for children in all age groups, without ever writing down to them.

JULIE ØSTERGAARD

Lili går i Zoologisk Have

Lili skal med Mormor i Zoologisk Have.

Vovvov må ikke komme med. Lili ser en masse vilde dyr, men til sidst er mormor træt, og Lili må kun vælge et dyr mere, de skal se.

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Kim Fupz Aakeson og Siri Melchior

Lili goes to the zoo with her granny and sees wild animals, and to the circus where she sees an amazing performing circus dog. What luck she has her own dog BowWow waiting at home. Just waiting to be a circus dog! The contrast between - ’the tranquillity of the author’s sublime language and the illustrator’s infectious exuberance makes Lili an engaging and true to life character’, as Politiken wrote.

Illustrator Siri Melchior (b. 1971) works both as an author and illustrator. At college, she studied animation, graphic design and the history of art. She is best known as the Lili (Lili) books illustrator and also for her own series - Rita and krokodille (Rita and Crocodile).

Author and illustrator Julie Østergaard (b. 1978) first trained as an illustrator, but up until recently worked as a children’s clothing designer. She debuts here with Felix (Felix) and has several similar projects in the pipeline.

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KIM FUPZ AAKESON

Illustrations by Siri Melchior Lili laver cirkus + Lili går i Zoologisk Have (Lili makes a circus + Lili goes to the zoo) - books 12 + 13 in the Lili (Lili) series.

Gyldendal 2015, 32 pages. TARGET GROUP: 2+. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_ hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk. SOLD TO: France, Korea, Sweden, Norway. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: More than 10 countries.

Legene og samtaleemnerne er inspireret af dialogisk læsning, der er en bestemt måde at læse billedbøger på, som anvendes i mange daginstitutioner landet over.

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AN INDEPENDENT YOUNG MADAM Betty is on holiday with mum and dad. Plus her doll Violetta who’s very sensitive and hates bathing, either in water or sun. All she actually likes is soft drinks. And Betty is bored stiff until she meets Eddie – a superhero.

Book no. 8 in the Betty series, which is told in an everyday language and with a cleverly understated comic one.

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Illustrator Rasmus Bregnhøi (born 1965) won the Danish Ministry of Culture’s Illustrated Children’s Book Prize 2008 and has illustrated more than 100 children’s books. He has also exhibited in Copenhagen, Nuuk, Tokyo, Tallinn, Bratislava, Moscow, Gyldendals Bogklubber Venice, Mexico City and New York.

bygger et fyrtårn

længe over det beslutter Mimbo Jimbo at bygge et fyrtårn. Vennerne hjælper med at løse problemerne et efter et. Men hvem har egentlig glæde af et fyrtårn midt inde i landet?

Hvad sker der, når Mimbo Jimbo tænder for den kæmpestore elektriske pære?

Og hvad er det, der skjuler sig i tågen?

Author and illustrator Jakob Martin Strid (born 1972) has won many awards, including the the Danish Ministry of Culture’s Illustrated Children’s Book Prize 2009, and Gyldendal’s 2012 children’s book prize. He’s also written much-loved works like Lille frø (Little Frog) and Den utrolige historie om den kæmpestore pære (The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear).

Jakob Martin Strid

Author Alberte Winding (b. 1963) is probably best known as a singer/ songwriter, but she has written several books, both for C & YA and adults.

She has a special insight into the child/ youth/adult dynamic. fter at have tænkt

Once more Mimbo Jimbo, the little blue elephant, dons his work clothes.

This time to build a lighthouse! You see, he got a big light bulb off a friend and it has to be of some use.

His friends are a bit unsure about this but want to get involved and, as usual with J M Strid drawings, the characters light up the page: ranging as they do from wannabe BFF, the sceptic and the info-nerd.

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Illustrations by Rasmus Bregnhøi Betty møder en superhelt (Betty Meets a Superhero) Gyldendal 2015, 28 pages. TARGET GROUP: 2+. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency. dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (illustrator): Iceland, Sweden, Germany.

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JAKOB MARTIN STRID

Ina Haller

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READ, CHAT AND PLAY TOGETHER Be there when Pelle and Ronja get up, brush their teeth, eat breakfast and go to playschool. Hop on the train with them when they visit granny in the countryside. A lovely picture book that’s also a bonding, vocabulary builder. Prompted by Lea Letén’s fine drawings, child and reading adult discuss and play-act everyday situations. Dialogue reading directs subject matter, but the book can also just be read or looked at like any other picture book.

Author Ina Victoria Haller (b. 1984) is a psychologist who mainly works with children. She and Lea Letén felt there was a need for an easy access book that actively involved small children in the reading aloud experience. They have also published Den lille bog om store følelser (The Little Book of Big Feelings), that deals with a child’s emotional development.

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Bogen er lavet til børn mellem 18 måneder og 4 år, hvis sprog konstant er i udvikling, og hvis ordforråd dagligt vokser. Bogen hjælper denne udvikling på vej, da børnene aktivt får brugt og øvet sig i sproget via forslag til samtaler og leg, som den voksne læser introducerer.

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Vi møder børnene Pelle og Ronja og oplever gennem fortælling, leg og samtaler, hvordan en dag i deres liv ser ud. Vi møder deres forældre, er med dem i vuggestue og i børnehave samt på besøg hos mormor og morfar.

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BOOKS IN BRIEF / FOR TINY TOTS

Mimbo Jimbo bygger et fyrtårn (Mimbo Jimbo builds a Lighthouse) Gyldendal 2015, 72 pages. TARGET GROUP: 3+. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency. dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: More than 20 countries.

Illustrator Lea Letén (b. 1982) has a background in IT and communications and is a self-taught illustrator and author. She debuted in 2006 and has since illustrated a range of children’s books with an appealing style that’s all her own.

INA HALLER

Den store snikke-snakke-bog (The Big ChitChat Book) Carlsen 2015, 64 pages. TARGET GROUP: 1½-4.FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Carlsen, Ole Sønnichsen: oso@carlsen.dk.

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AFTER COMPLETELY NOTHING COMES EVERYTHING Historien om ALTING

SØREN LIND

Illustrations by Hanne Bartholin Historien om alting (The history of absolutely everything) ABC 2015, 28 pages. TARGET GROUP: 4+.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: ABC Forlaget, Stine Bohn Caspersen: sbc@abc-forlag.dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (illustrator): More than 15 countries.

Historien om alting (The History of Absolutely Everything) is a follow-up to Historien om absolut ingenting (The History of Absolutely Nothing) which this regular partnership published in 2012. It’s an unusually gorgeous and ingenious picture book that any curious child will just love. First there was nothing. Then came the Big Bang and all of a sudden there’s an avalanche of donkeys, earwax, jellyfish, sunsets, dirt, hairdressers, lunar eclipses, snow storms, health biscuits, sandals, galaxies, cousins,

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Author Søren Lind (b. 1970) is a philosopher and has written books on language, cognition and human consciousness. He debuted in 2007 and has since written a range of children’s books, which often have a philosophical angle.

Illustrator Hanne Bartholin (b. 1962) trained at the School of Design in Kolding and debuted as a picture book illustrator in 1995. She has a long list of fine titles under her belt and received the Ministry of Culture’s illustrator award in 2001. In 2015 she won the prestigious Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award at the Shanghai book fair.

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BOOKS IN BRIEF / PICTURE BOOKS At first, he feels awful about it. But maybe what happened wasn’t such a disaster after all. A little picture book full of tenderness and clear colours, ’which stays in your thoughts for a long time afterwards,’ as Politiken put it.

Author Tina Sakura Bestle (b. 1975) has been writing for over a decade.

She is perhaps best known for her Ærtehalm (Ærtehalm) trilogy, which she co-authored with author Anne Marie Donslund, as well as Skyggefugl (Shadow Bird - 2014), which won the hearts of both reviewers and readers alike. In 2015 she was awarded the Gyldendal children’s book award.

Illustrator Lillian Brøgger (b. 1950) has been illustrating children’s books for more than 40 years and has won a range of awards, amongst others two Ministry of Culture’s illustrator awards. Brøgger is brilliant at evincing emotions like humour and sadness. In fact, her illustrations often speak more clearly than the text being illustrated.

A CORNUCOPIA OF IMAGES On the 3rd of June 1588, Axel and his trusty sidekick Mouse set off on the sail ship Seacat in search of five legendary treasure chests. Under way they pass Flame People islands and also traverse the Xinga jungle, where they meet the Upsidedownies, a race that live in the tree tops in an upturned world. Set off on a voyage of discovery in Peter Bay Alexandersen’s nearly word free, but richly illustrated large format, foldout picture book.

Author and illustrator Peter Bay Alexandersen (b. 1955) trained as an illustrator and graphic artist at the School of Design in Kolding. He has illustrated children’s books for over 30 years.

THE MAGIC IN A POSTMAN’S BAG Carlo has two jobs; first he bikes the morning post around with his cat at the back of the bike and then he drives an adverts-van. He can discern the secrets that lie within the letters he delivers, but one day he mixes his two jobs up – mail becomes adverts.

Carlo har en kat og en kaktus. Han har også to jobs og et fast håndtryk. Og så kan han mærke menneskers hemmeligheder …

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Tina Sakura Bestle og Lilian Brøgger

Axel og mus på den store rejse (Axel and Mouse and their Great Adventure) Alvilda. 2015, 68 pages. TARGET GROUP: 4+.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Alvilda, Pernille Larsen: pl@alvilda.dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (as illustrator): Faroe Islands, Germany, Sweden, USA.

Illustrations by Lillian Brøgger Det der er så mægtigt, at det ikke kan være i noget brev (Things that are so important you won’t find them in any letter) Gyldendal 2015, 40 pages. TARGET GROUP: 4+.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_ hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (illustrator): Greenland, Faroe Islands, Sweden.

Det der er så mægtigt at det ikke kan være i noget brev

PETER BAY ALEXANDERSEN

TINA SAKURA BESTLE

Tina Sakura Bestle og Lilian Brøgger

GYLDENDAL

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NITE NITE SLEEP TITE! It’s the same bother every evening.

Lucas won’t go to sleep. Well, at least not until dad has told a story he has to make up on the spot. But then it’s too short or something and dad gets more annoyed, has to count to ten, and suddenly there’s monsters all over the place, or bad guys or robbers in the story. And then Lucas can’t sleep at all.

Author Glenn Ringtved (b. 1968) has written more than 40 books since debuting 20 years ago. He writes for children of all ages and in various

LOOKING BACKWARDS TO GO FORWARDS ’Even though the subject matter is heavy, it’s a pearl of a book,’ wrote one reviewer. A young girl loses her parents, and has to live with one of her aunties. She’s obliged to say thanks but no thanks to two of them, before finding the right place and trying to move on. A movingly beautiful picture book about grief and loss and how a bereaved girl can still say yes to life.

Author Christine Lund Jacobsen is a teacher and debuted with her first children’s book in 2015 with Hvis jeg flytter i en flaske (If I move about in a bottle). Pigen med den sorte kuffert (The Girl with the Black Suitcase) is her second book.

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Illustrator Lasse B. Weinreich (b. 1974) is a self-taught illustrator and graphic designer. He has illustrated a range of picture and C & YA books over many years.

GLENN RINGTVED CHRISTINE LUND JACOBSEN

Illustrated by Lasse B. Weinreich Pigen med den sorte kuffert (The Girl with the Black Suitcase) Turbine 2015, 36 pages. TARGET GROUP: 5+.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Turbine Forlaget, Marie Jensby: marie.jensby@turbine.dk.

Illustrations by Rasmus Bregnhøi Godnat said katten (Goodnight Said The Cat) Gyldendal 2015, 32 pages. TARGET GROUP: 3+.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (author): More than 10 countries. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (illustrator): Iceland, Sweden, Germany.

BOOKS IN BRIEF / PICTURE BOOKS genres. He’s known, amongst other things, for the Dreamteam (Dreamteam) football series, as well as the much discussed Dig og mig ved daggry (You and me at dawn), which he co-wrote with Sanne Munk Jensen. This won the 2013 Ministry of Culture’s children’s book award.

Illustrator Rasmus Bregnhøi (born 1965) won the Danish Ministry of Culture’s Illustrated Children’s Book Prize 2008 and has illustrated more than 100 children’s books. He has also exhibited in Copenhagen, Nuuk, Tokyo, Tallinn, Bratislava, Moscow, Venice, Mexico City and New York.

Godnat, sagde katten Glenn Ringtved og Rasmus Bregnhøi

Godnat, sagde katten Glenn Ringtved og Rasmus Bregnhøi

aften. Lucas vil far har fortalt im. „Godnat, klokken atten,“ ikke godt nok. old og en r det jo

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Author Lilja Scherfig (b. 1970) has worked both as a journalist, dramatist and specialist text writer.

She graduated from the School for Authors of Children’s Literature in 2003 and debuted in 2006.

Illustrator Otto Dickmeiss (b. 1969) ’Yet another low-key masterpiece’ is a graduate of the Danish School as Information described Farfar of Design, but has drawn since a (Granddad). Just as in their previous young boy. He thrives on the contrast work Rævefælden (The Fox Trap), between light and dark, good and difficult and taboo subjects such as evil. No accident then that he has also hatred and revenge are raised here. illustrated some of H.C. Andersen’s Storm’s granddad moves in, but fairy tales. Otto has won the Ministry Storm’s dad hates his own father of Culture’s illustrator award on two GY LD E ND AL because he hit him when he was a occasions. child. But must we always repeat the sins of our fathers, or is it possible LILJA SCHERFIG Illustrated by Otto Dickmeiss to be the one that breaks the vicious Farfar (Granddad) Jensen & Dalgaard 2015, circle? Otto Dickmeiss’s artwork is a 48 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Jensen & book in its own right - quite superb.

Dalgaard, forlaget@jensenogdalgaard.dk

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BOOKS IN BRIEF / READING ALOUD

THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT Lasse-Leif finds dad’s bedtime stories a bit boring. Luckily he has his doll Luske-Lise who knows loads of horrid stories about vampires and monsters.

But then Lasse-Leif can’t sleep one night and he hears a weird noise from the kitchen.

This 12th book about Lasse-Leif and his doll Luske-Lise is engagingly illustrated by Annette Carlsen.

Mette Finderup (b. 1968) is a highly productive and versatile author. She made her children’s books debut in 2005 and went on to win the 2010 Orla Award and the Danish school librarians award in 2014.

Illustrator Annette Carlsen (b. 1955) studied Applied Art at the School of Design and for nearly 30 years has drawn for newspapers, organisations and schools etc.

EVER SEE THE TOOTH FAIRY? Tiberius Tudefjæs

The fifth book in the Tiberius Tudefjæs (Tiberius Cry-Baby) series. Tiberius lives alone with his dad and Elvis the dog.

Tiberius Tudefjæs nakker tandfeen

Tiberius har en rokketand. Og det er heldigt, for så kommer tandfeen nemlig snart på besøg. Lille Jeppe siger godt nok, at tandfeen er en voksenløgn, men Tiberius VED, at hun findes, og det har han tænkt sig at bevise.

Og så går de to venner ellers i gang med at bygge verdens største tandfefælde.

Renée Toft Simonsen

Tiberius has a wonky tooth. Great!

Because that means tooth fairy and a big shiny coin under his pillow!

True, his friend Jeppe says - ”the tooth tandfeen say”, fairy’s just somethingnakker grownups but Tiberius knows better. The upshot is they build a tooth fairy trap.

Illustrator Pernille Lykkegård (b.

1973) originally trained as a teacher but made her breakthrough as a self-taught illustrator in 2006; first by illustrating educational books and then a range of children’s books.

Tiberius Tudefjæs nakker tandfeen Renée Toft Simonsen

Renée Toft Simonsen er psykolog og forfatter til blandt andet serien om pigen Karla.

Tiberius Tudefjæs nakker tandfeen er ISBN 978-87-400-2386-2 femte bog i serien om Tiberius.

Renee Toft Simonsen (b. 1965) is an author and trained psychologist. She has been writing children’s books since 2003. Renee is well known for her engagement in C & YA lives and problems. Her books about ‘divorce child’ Karla signalled a new Zeitgeist.

Starting with Karlas kabale (Karla plays Patience). Several of her books have been made into films.

POLITIKENS FORLAG

METTE FINDERUP

Illustrated by Annette Carlsen Lasse-Leif og ostemadsmonstret (Lasse-Leif and the Cheese Sandwich Monster) Alvilda 2015, 32 pages. TARGET GROUP: 3+.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Alvilda, Pernille Larsen: pl@alvilda.dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO (author): Finland, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey.

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Illustreret af Pernille Lykkegård

RENEE TOFT SIMONSEN

Illustrated by Pernille Lykkegård Tiberius Tudefjæs nakker tandfeen (Tiberius Cry-Baby nabs the Tooth Fairy) Politikens Forlag 2015, 32 pages.

TARGET GROUP: 4+. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Politiken Literary Agency, Rudi Urban Rasmussen: rudi.u.rasmussen@jppol.dk.

BOOKS IN BRIEF / NOVELS

RETURN TO HELL

THE MISFIT ZOMBIE ’Quite simply a book with a bite,’ Berlingske. An alternative Zombie tale about Zam the Zombie who just wants to be a normal person, make friends and be one of the crowd. But then he bites a classmate and is thrown out of school. Back home in the Zombie ghetto, his loser family just mope around all day. Only thing on their mind being biting and ravaging things. And when Zam hits the streets, he has to watch he’s not caught by the “Blue Skies” Anti Zombie League.

A highly topical story about being different and xenophobia.

Jesper Wung-Sung (b. 1971) debuted in 1998 with the short story collection To ryk og en aflevering (Kick ‘n Rush) for which he won the BogForum debutant award. He has since written a range of critically acclaimed C & YA books. In 2010 he won the Ministry of Culture’s children’s books award for Kopierne (The Copies), and in 2015 was nominated for the Nordic Council’s C & YA literature award for Ud med Knud (Boot Canute).

JESPER WUNG-SUNG

Zam (Zam) Høst & Søn 2015, 176 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_ hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: France, Holland, Germany, USA. 15,5 mm

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da han lægger ger efter ham. nevogn, som assere Zam. er der en, som s de med at glo. op, begraver ntrerer sig om gtig dreng.

eller rettere: delige børn. m er zombie. en en af slagsen. er sine lektier r pænt og går mennesker. n aldrig ...

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COMING THROUGH TORNADOES ’A fascinating universe, a strong central theme and a brilliant main character – right from the moment she does her first set of press-ups in frustration that she can’t get the words out,’ - Berlingske. Louis Strongarm is of course a play on “Louis Armstrong”, but the book’s hero is actually called Louise Møller. Her dad is a jazz musician who’s disappeared in New Orleans, but Louise doesn’t think so.

So it’s off on an amazing odyssey to find her dad.

Author Camilla Hübbe (b. 1963) debuted in 2007 and has since written a broad range of children’s books. She is a trained dramatist and has worked in both theatre, film and TV. She and Rasmus Meisler have previously worked together on the highly praised illustrated novel Tavs (Silent).

The ever popular Kenneth Bøgh Andersen is back with his eagerly awaited follow-up to Den store Djævlekrig (The Great Devil War).

Filip finally got out of Hell over a year ago and returned to earthly human life. But he’s a changed man.

He feels angry and lonely. And then the thing happens that’s not supposed to be possible. Filip is fetched back to Hell. Fantastically well written and possibly even better than the previous book in the series, as one reviewer wrote.

Kenneth Bøgh Andersen (b. 1976) has published a range of titles in the horror/fable genres. For ex. Den store Djævlekrig (The Great Devil War) and the Antboy (Antboy) series. He has won several awards and his books have also become films; e.g. Antboy (Antboy). Den faldne engel (The Fallen Angel) marks Kenneth Bøgh’s 15th year as an author.

KENNETH BØGH ANDERSEN

Den faldne engel – bind 5 (The Fallen Angel) part 5 Høst & Søn 2015, 295 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@ gyldendalgroupagency.dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: More than 10 countries.

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Illustrator Rasmus Meisler (b. 1973) works as an illustrator and graphic designer. He has since graduation from the Danish School of Design in 1998 worked in illustration and on title animation sequences for Danish films and TV.

CAMILLA HÜBBE

Illustrated by Rasmus Meisler Louis Armstærk (Louis Strongarm) Høst & Søn 2015, 184 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk

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Lasse loves marionette puppets.

His greatest wish is to complete the collection of dolls he and his father had begun. But Lasse’s father died five years before and his mother has a new partner. Not a favourite of Lasse’s. And then there’s Lasse’s new job with the renowned doll maker Mr. Kragh, who’s involved in an incredible project and has asked Lasse to help him. A book about sorrow, loss, revenge and being way out of one’s depth.

De laver et firma.

De læser om boaslanger og hårløse hunde.

Der sker noget med en hamster.

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Det hele bliver meget dramatisk.

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Han orker ikke flere nye venner eller papsøskende. Han ønsker sig bare en hunde­ hvalp at klappe og trøste. Men hans mor er allergisk over for pels. Heldigvis møder han Eskild som har en dyreklub.

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ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST A few days before Emilys 18th birthday, a lethal, raging epidemic breaks out laying waste to young and old alike. But Emily survives and eventually finds other youths who also seem to be immune. But what do you do when the world around you collapses? And even worse – when the corpses rise up with an insatiable need for flesh! Hvidt støv (White Dust) is the first in the De døde vågner (When the dead awake) horror series.

Author Line Kyed Knudsen (b. 1971) debuted in 2003 with the fable-novel Pigerne fra Nordsletten (The Girls from the Northern Plains) and has since published a series of C & YA books in a range of genres. In 2007 she won Gyldendal’s Pippi Award.

LINE KYED KNUDSEN

Hvidt støv (White Dust) - Part 1 of the De døde vågner (When the dead awake) series.

Gyldendal 2015, 236 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Faroe Islands.

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Ellen Holmboe (b. 1965) had a literature/IT background before attending the School for Authors of Children’s Literature. She debuted in 2007 and has become highly productive since. Today she is a full time writer, with a particular penchant for comedy and horror.

ELLEN HOLMBOE

Marionetdukken (The Marionette) Alvilda. 2015, 160 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Alvilda, Pernille Larsen: pl@alvilda.dk.

PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: China, Norway, Sweden.

LITTLE BIG HERO It’s happened to Freddy before - mum throwing her partner’s things out the window. It means they have to move again, which is a pity, because he’d just started to settle in. Freddy’s big dream is to get a dog, but his mum is allergic to them. Freddy’s dad lives in a camper van. It’s a refuge for Freddy when things get too hectic with mum. And one day he gets offered a hamster. ’When grotesque becomes the new normal and the normal grotesque. A bittersweet, humorous tale,‘ – Politiken.

Hanne Kvist (b. 1961) has been writing C & YA books since 1995.

For ex. Drengen med sølvhjelmen (The Boy with the Silver Helmet); now a film and also a stage production in a number of languages. In 2014, her To af alting (Two of Everything) was nominated for the Nordic Council’s C & YA literature award. Hanne also writes theatre pieces for children, is a public speaker and tutor at the Danish Academy of Creative Writing for children’s literature.

HANNE KVIST

Dyr med pels – og uden (Animals with fur – and without) Gyldendal 2016, 240 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@ gyldendalgroupagency.dk PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Iceland and Korea.

REALITY BITES

REALITY

THE TRANSITION FROM CHILD TO ADULT STAGE IS SELDOM EASY OR STRAIGHTFORWARD AND, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, MOST BOOKS FOR TEENS ARE ABOUT THIS TRANSITION. OLDER CHILDREN’S LITERATURE SOMETIMES DEALS WITH THIS TRANSITION VIA SUBJECTS LIKE DEATH, AS A STARK SYMBOL OF THE LOSS OF CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE.

The child/adult transition is also sometimes explored by describing life after a close relative, or friend, has died or suffered a terrible accident.

The world is changed forever and nothing will ever be the same again.

This situation can be portrayed in many ways. At present in Denmark there are many young and promising authors who choose to describe this transition with an intriguing mix of deep empathy and a very direct style.

The language is often sparse and unsentimental. At its best, it’s a very effective form of realism. A smack in the face for false sentiment.

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FRIDAY SATURDAY Vi er out in the open: Nynne siger, at jeg fandme var en lort i går, jeg siger, hvad fuck hun mener med det. Jeg har fundet en pose salt ’n’ vinegar-chips, de knaser af uforsonlighed, og jeg fylder min mund med dem igen og igen. Hun kalder mig de grimmeste ord, hun kan, hun er en drage, og jeg er en hundehvalp, men til sidst, efter jeg har sagt; jeg ved fandme ikke, hvad det er, jeg har gjort, kommer hun med det. Hans navn står i verdens mindste taleboble, jeg nærmer mig hende for at være sikker på, at jeg har set rigtigt, jo, hendes kinder er varme, hans navn har fået det frem i hende. Tobias. Tobias, som i går pressede sig vej ind i mig bagfra på hendes gulvtæppe.

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Det er så status; jeg er Master of Disasters på vej ud af ugen, jeg er værstevennen, sidsteelskeren, første side i et røvsygt blad. Jeg er dyret, helt alene på vejen, græssende her i stenskoven, og hvis du ser mig, så skyd og begrav mig på Twitter og Tumblr.

Bevæbnet med sin smartphone sejler Kat ud af ugen og ind i en hjemløs weekend, der er et virvar af druk, sex og skyld, tab og forsoning.

SUNDAY

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Forfatterens Top 5 1: Tekster med vinger 2: En helt tom by tidligt om morgenen 3: Farven turkis 4: At opdage nye mennesker, bøger, mu 5: Kyoto (en drink) fredag lørdag søndag er Christine Lind Ditlevsens debut.

omslag: alette Bertelsen, aletteB.dk

Of course, realism is a Broad Church. A graphically real depiction of a young woman’s life in the Big City right here right now is what we get with Christine Lind Ditlevsen’s strong debut novel about the rootless Kat who traverses a weekend full of misunderstandings, sex and stress. Stress that is assuaged with alcohol, drugs and selfrepressions.

Fredag, lørdag, søndag (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) is a crash-zoom

into a young person’s aimless life.

Kat has no hold-points and thus has no choice but go with the flow.

Christine Lind Ditlevsen writes at a breakneck tempo and in a kind of stream of consciousness that has earned great praise for its linguistic innovation, combining as it does eruptions of feeling with an abrupt social media style. It`s hard boiled and in-your-face authentic.

The novel was nominated for the Danish Bookfair`s (BogForum) debut author prize.

”A needle sharp and harrowing portrait of a young woman’s anesthetised reality and her febrile search for some sort of validity.”

LITTERATURSIDEN.DK

Christine Lind Ditlevsen / Fredag, lørdag, søndag (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) Høst & Søn 2015, 144 sider. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_ hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

RIGHT NOW IS

ALREADY

TOMORROW 20

”A little miracle of a book.”

BERLINGSKE

REALITY BITES

MONA MORGENGLAD Mona lives in Copenhagen like Kat (see p. 20) and could almost be her little sister. The same sense of loneliness is certainly there. Mona lives alone with her dad after her mum was knocked down whilst cycling just before Christmas Eve three years previously. A darkness has entered their lives and Mona’s dad finds it impossible to move on.

He has still not even opened the

Christmas present his wife got him just before she died. But then he has a poetry collection published and decides they’re going to move.

Life suddenly changes. There’s no denying the book’s sad tone, but there’s a surprising warmth and joie de vivre here as well. The novel is illustrated by the Belgian/Danish illustrator Els Cools.

Marianne Verge / Illustrated by Els Cools. Mona Morgenglad (Mona Morgenglad) Gyldendal 2015, 120 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

”A fine little book that suits reading aloud very well. But it can also be read privately by children … The disaster isn’t portrayed in a raw and brutal fashion but, rather, very sensitively and movingly.”

BØGER TIL BØRN

Author Ida-Marie Rendtorff is better known for sci-fi and fantasy works, but this short novel contains no submerged cities or despotic rulers. Instead, we simply have a young girl who feels as though she’s had an arm and leg cut off because she can’t be with her mother and sister. Felicia is a bit like Mona above - alone

with her father and using every chance to sneak off. In her case to her mother and sister who are elsewhere. She shuts herself off from the rest of the world. This includes a really annoying boy who’s just moved into the area and does what he can to break through her protective bubble.

This is a novel about great loss

and big choices at a very young age. As so often with Rendtorff, this heralds a transition to a new life.

Thus, even though the book is full of grief and melancholy, hope is also present. The book is illustrated, in a fine and understated way, with black and white collages by Leo Scherfig.

Ida-Marie Rendtorff / Illustrated by Leo Scherfig. Lige nu er allerede i morgen (Right now is already tomorrow) Gyldendal 2015, 56 sider.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Brazil, Norway, Sweden and Russia.

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”Caroline Ørsum takes her time. The tempo is restrained and her prose is sensuous, compressed and highly detailed.

The dialogue is natural and even occasionally humorous.”

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HHHHH »En sproglig

konsekvent og fremragende fortælling.« – B e r l i n g s k e

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»Caroline Ørsum skaber gådefuld og medrivende sammenhæng mellem virkelighed og fantasi i utraditionel ungdomsroman.«

– Fo l k e s ko l e n . d k

HHHHHHHHH »Helt klart anbefalelsesværdig!«

– Boggnasker . dk

»Caroline Ørsum er kun 27 år, men har en evne til at fange læseren via et råt, ungt, ukunstlet og moderne sprog.« – W e e k e n dav i s e n

HHHH

»Super bog om kærlighed, drømme – og hvor ufedt det er at flytte til Jylland!« – Pa l l e s g av e B o d

»Hvem var hun?« siger jeg.

Han drejer hovedet og ser på mig.

En sur smag i min mund. Den får spyttet til at klæbe til tungen, tungen til ganen. Jeg hader fornemmelsen af at kaste op. Det er det klammeste, den ynkeligste kulmination på en aften, der i forvejen var begyndt at gå i krampe. »Hvem?« siger han.

Selma er levende.

Hun har forbrændinger i ansigtet og en fod, der gør ondt.

Hun ved, hvad det var, hun var i gang med at sige til Vik, da bilen kørte galt.

For at få sit liv tilbage har hun brug for at finde ud af, hvem hende pigen var, som Vik mødtes med, lige inden alt blev slået i stykker.

Hun længes efter tiden før ulykken og en verden i alfabetisk orden.

Men der mangler et V, et I og et K.

omslag: Caroline Ørsum, Tine flyvholm og aleTTe berTelsen, aleTTeb.dk

© rasmus Palle JePsen

»En roman som med hård, direkte ærlighed portrætterer en dreng, der ønsker at være alt det, han ikke er. Sproget og fortælleteknikken rammer med velvalgt billedsprog og knivskarp sarkasme plet hos læseren i beskrivelsen af det følelseshav, Neil væltes rundt i.« – F y e n s st i F ts t i d e n d e

VIK

DEAR STUPI

(f. 1985) Debuterede med Hovedet i skyerne i 2009. Sammen med Ina Bruhn og David Meinke står hun bag ungdomskrimiserien Genstart (2009-10) og den gotiske gyser Ordenen (2011). Er også forfatter til trilogien Kys, sved og rock’n’roll (Zoom On 2012-13) og ungdomsromanerne Siden for evigt (2011) og Den første freak på månen (2013).

INFORMATION

XY

This novel, too, deals with loss, but here the loss is one’s self and one’s own identity. One day, the 15 year old Asta is taking a shower, she feels a wrench in her groin area and it transpires that she is actually, in genetic terms, a boy. She is left completely devastated and feels so estranged from her own self that she contemplates suicide. But then she meets Christoffer who has also attempted suicide. Asta falls in love with him, but is it possible to

love without sex coming into the equation?

Few young people will ever experience exactly what Asta does in this novel, but the debate about gender and sexual identity has been a hot topic in recent years and has blossomed within YA literature. The work of American author David Levithan and other international authors is further evidence of this.

Nicole Boyle Rødtnes. XY (XY) Alvilda 2015, 208 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Alvilda, Pernille Larsen:pl@alvilda.dk PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Germany.

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A standalone part of a trilogy about love and identity.

REALITY BITES

IK

ID DEAD

“In the odd weeks my mum can do exactly what she likes. She can lie on the sofa and read books, she can go the cinema at midnight, and she can eat a TV dinner. Whatever. Order a pizza maybe. Not exactly allowed in the even weeks ...

In the even weeks, she has to peel potatoes, read homework, follow the news, go to parent teacher stuff and eat broccoli salad with skimmed milk. It’s actually not so weird that my mum prefers being divorced.”

(QUOTE FROM THE BOOK)

Grief and death and losing someone one holds dear become concrete in Caroline Ørsum’s very well written youth novel Kære dumme døde Vik (Dear Stupid Dead Vik). Selma and her boyfriend Vik are in a car accident.

She survives. He doesn’t. But just before the accident, something happened. Maybe Vik and another girl? Selma isn’t sure, and the doubt eats away at her. As this

goes on, she has to start a new life with facial burn marks, a smashed foot and carrying a lost love. Sure it’s harsh and wretched, but the author is never mawkish and has pitch perfect control of the narrative. This lends a real sense of authenticity and engagement to the novel - you can’t rush healing and you can only talk about painful things when you’re ready.

Caroline Ørsum. Kære dumme døde Vik (Dear Stupid Dead Vik) Høst & Søn 2015, 224 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

ODD WEEKS

TIME

AND OTHER TALES ABOUT THE REST OF THE

Ulige uger (Odd weeks) deals with a quite different but equally contemporary, serious and troubling issue for many children and youths, namely divorce. The book is a collection of shorter texts from the child’s point of view, either just before the parents announce they’re to separate, or just after this has taken place. The child’s life becomes split into even

and odd weeks – one week with mum, one with dad.

The author has also created a special divorced-child glossary with new terms like those used when kids want to get their little brother or sister to refuse to go to sleep, so that parents don’t get a chance to quarrel in the evening.

Inge Duelund Nielsen. Ulige uger – og andre historier om resten af tiden (Odd weeks – and other tales of in-between times) Jensen & Dalgaard 2015, 112 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Jensen & Dalgaard, forlaget@jensenogdalgaard.dk

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NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED

Benni Bødker is not only one of Denmark’s most prolific authors of children’s books, he has also built up a huge following amongst younger readers.

Benni Bødker primarily writes easy-reading books that usually features horror, historical fiction, crime and science-fiction. Boys, especially, seem to be fond of his diverse territories. His stories are full of tension, mystery and ancient legends. But even though his books overflow with zombies, vampires and blood, there’s still lots of room for humour.

Jeg venter i mørket (I wait in the dark) is part of the 666 horror series but, as it’s also Benni Bødker’s 100 th book, he decided to make it a bit different to the others. It comprises of four short stories that, over just a few pages, really get under the skin of its readers. Take the toy shop for example that snatches the souls of children; a grave robber who meets the Grim Reaper himself, and a diver that decides to rob an old slave ship and gets more than he bargained for down below - arrogance and what happens if you don’t give Death its due respects.

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PHOTO: BJARKE AHLSTRAND / ONE OF MANY

BENNI BØDKER was born in 1975 and studied Danish and philosophy at university. He debuted in 2004 and is best known for the De 7 nøgler (The 7 Keys) and Zombie City (Zombie City) series. In 2013 he was awarded the school librarians author prize and has been nominated for the Orla children’s books award several times. He has also written crime novels for adults, working with his wife Karen Vad Bruun.

Jeg venter i mørket (I wait in the dark) Illustrated by: Simon Bukhave Forlaget Corto 2015, 86 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Forlaget Corto, Karen Vad Bruun: karen_bruun@yahoo.dk. PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Germany, Greece, Japan, Norway and Sweden.

BENNI BØDKER

“He’s done it again! Four well written, hair raising thrillers, which will no doubt rapidly vanish from the shelves.”

BØRN OG BØGER

”Till death us do part,” she says.

Her voice is weird. A horrible, forced rasping noise. ”That was what the priest said,” the corpse continues. ”Till death us do part.”

Arvid rushes back to the grated door. He shakes the bars.

She must think he’s her husband.

Upon whom she seeks revenge.

He kicks at the door. Still it doesn’t budge.

Extract from JEG VENTER I MØRKET (I WAIT IN THE DARK)

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”Once again, Bent Haller demonstrates his virtuosity in creating atmospheres and intimations – laying bare the peculiar way adults interact with children.”

POLITIKEN

A MAG STORYT

Author Bent Haller feels like a deep well; one that can never dry up.

His font of new stories is eternal.

Bent Haller is 70 in 2016, and it’s been 40 years since his social realist debut novel Katamaranen (The Catamaran), which portrays the soul destroying life of a group of youths in a concrete jungle. The book unleashed a huge debate about what was ‘suitable’ literature for children and for a time many libraries refused to stock it.

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Bent Haller’s works still pose questions for society, but he has moved away from social realism. He writes for both children and adults, but is mainly known as an author of children’s books. Haller doesn’t stick to one particular genre; he moves between magic realism, legends, stories and fairy-tales; between present and past, sea and land, the world or the heavens. His best known works are: Kaskelotterne sang (The Song of the Sperm Whales) and Fredsaberne (The Peace Apes). Several of his books have been made into films.

In Bent Haller’s latest book Magnolia af Skagerrak (Magnolia

of Skagerrak), magic emerges in an ostensibly run of the mill story about kids on a summer holiday with their grandparents.

The youngest, Magnolia, catches a strange, sort of stony fish that suddenly begins to talk to her. Thus a modern fable unfolds. The book is simply beautiful and illustrated wonderfully by Lea Letén.

BENT HALLER (b. 1946) has won a range of prizes; amongst others the 1978 Ministry of Culture’s C & YA Author Award and the Nordic school librarians’ award in 2000.

BENT HALLER

GICAL TELLER PHOTO: JENS KR. ANDERSEN

Magnolia af Skagerrak er en højtlæsningsbog, der dufter af sol og sommer, klitroser og saltvand. Bent Haller fortæller her en magisk realistisk fortælling om en børneflok, der tilbringer et par ferieuger sammen med deres bedsteforældre i sommerhus ved havet.

Bogen er gennemillustreret med farve-akvareller af Lea Letén.

She approached the strange fish again and sat on her hunkers. Still a careful distance from it. She could see that its wriggly nose was moving just like its mouth. ”Are you going to throw me back into the sea?” ”What?” ”I said: Are you going to throw me back into the sea?” ”Is it you that’s talking!?” Magnolia asked, as she inched a few steps further forward then hunkered down again. ”Yes it’s me talking and you’re certainly doing the same, so snap!” the sculpin said.

Bent Haller

Magnolia af Skagerrak

Magnolia af Skagerrak

Magnolia er den yngste, og en dag fanger hun en besynderlig fisk i vandkanten. Fisken fortæller sin underfundige historie, der vidner om, at der er mere mellem himmel og hav, end de fleste går rundt og tror.

BentHaller Haller Bent

– Pas på hugormene, råbte storebror efter Magnolia, da hun med fiskestangen i hånden vandrede ned mod bækken.

– Og skovflåterne, råbte Regina.

– Og hestebremserne, råbte Zille.

– Skal jeg gå med dig, liten Maggenolia? spurgte morfar.

– Så lille er jeg altså heller ikke, sagde Magnolia.

Illustreret af Lea Letén

Høst & Søn

Høst & Søn

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Magnolia af Skagerrak (Magnolia of Skagerrak) Forlaget Høst & Søn 2015, 104 pages.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_ hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Faroe Islands.

07/04/15 12:53

Extract from MAGNOLIA AF SKAGERRAK (MAGNOLIA OF SKAGERRAK)

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WHAT DOES LOOK LIKE? A FEELING

”Authors whose texts are illustrated

by Dorte Karrebæk should thank their God and Maker; and of course Madam Karrebæk herself, as she dubs herself on this occasion. Amen!”

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DORTE KARREBÆK

Children should not simply be fobbed off when it comes to portrayals of the complex world in which we live, says author and illustrator Dorte Karrebæk.

Her drawings and illustrations engage the reader just as much as her prose. And she’s not afraid of pushing at the boundaries of drawing for children. In truth, she can never stop.

2016 is Dorte Karrebæk 70 th year and she has spent all her life drawing. As a dyslexic, she has often used drawings as her own way of expressing feelings, moods and atmospheres. However, she doesn’t just illustrate books for others; she also writes and illustrates her own books. In the last 13 years, she has also published books with her husband Ole Dalgaard, a.k.a.

Oscar K. This artist pair has aroused controversy on several occasions

was all alone and had no one to play with. He was bored and afraid and shouted for help. Suddenly light came and he began creating the whole shebang – everything from dandelions to big sisters, and Christmas. In the first part of the book, scary and dark feelings of loneliness and fear are evocatively illustrated. But just at the moment when it’s all too much, light comes (a dazzling eggshell yellow) and good things start to happen.

DORTE KARREBÆK (b. 1946) studied at Copenhagen’s School of Design 1964 - 68. She’s been illustrating children’s books since the 80s. Dorte made her children’s book prose debut in 1982 and has

When God was a boy, there were no grumpy adults, and no one who said, ”Don’t!”

When God was a boy, there was no school and you could just do what you wanted. No homework. No mealtimes. No cross words.

You could get up any time you liked in the morning, but there was no morning!

God could stay in bed as long as he wanted. But he didn’t want to.

So God got up.

Extract from Da Gud var dreng (When God was a boy)

within the children’s literature scene by touching on taboos and stretching the boundaries of expression in the genre.

Dorte Karrebæk illustrated author Sankt Nielsen’s (a.k.a. Claus BeckNielsen) book Da Gud var dreng (When God was a boy). Children often ask their parents what was there before God created the world.

This book gives an answer. It can be seen as a kind of prequel to the Genesis or Creation legend. Q: What was there before God created light? Night and day? A: There was nothing, except darkness, and God

since won a wide range of awards, including the Ministry of Culture illustrator award and its author award for C & YA books. She has also been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award several times, as well as the 2013 Nordic Council C & YA literature award.

Most recently she was awarded the 2015 Danish Academy “Silas Award” along with Oscar K. Da Gud var dreng (When God was a boy) Høst & Søn 2015, 64 pages. FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@ gyldendalgroupagency.dk PREVIOUS TITLES SOLD TO: Belgium, Germany, South Korea, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden.

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Kaffe i kommoden (Coffee in the Dresser)

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It has won several awards, both in Denmark and abroad, has been translated into more than 25 languages and has been adapted into several plays and a film.

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Copenhagen Literary Agency, Esthi Kunz,esthi@chpla.dk.

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SCHIBSTED JAKOB MARTIN STRID MIMBO JIMBO OG DE STORE ELEFANTER

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Just before it was published, the book sparked widespread excitement at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Quite exceptionally, it was bought by publishers in eight countries before the illustrations were even finished.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: Gyldendal Group Agency, Stinne Hjortlund Kristoffersen: stinne_hjortlund@gyldendalgroupagency.dk.

SOLD TO: more than 15 countries.

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