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Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction

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Tina Frennstedt

Taken 
  Book #1 in the Cold Case Sweden series

Cold Case Sweden brings together the best of Scandinavian

TV produc ons The Bridge and The Killing in a crime series
wri en by cold case expert Tina Frennstedt
Sixteen years ago, a 19‐year old disappears in the middle of summer in
southern Sweden. The case is never solved, and the girl remains missing.
Now, a killer a acking women in their own homes is terrorising Malmö,
and evidence points the inves ga on to a long sought‐a er Danish mur‐
derer and rapist, the Valby Killer. Celebrated Danish criminal profiler and
expert on the Valby Killer, Carsten Morris, becomes part of the Swedish
inves ga on. In a wholly unexpected turn of events, another link is
made: fingerprints from the Malmö crime scene trace back to the cold
case of the missing teenager from 2002. Can the two be linked?

Detec ve Inspector and Head of Sweden’s Cold Case Group, Tess

Hjalmarsson, is now in charge of the inves ga on. She’s driven,
bordering on obsessive, to solve cases long a er the original inves ga‐
on has ended. With her hot‐headed and feisty partner Marie Erling, she
is determined to solve both cases, before the killer strikes again.

Using her experience from more than 25 years as a crime reporter, Tina
Frennstedt draws inspira on from criminal cases she has reported on,
bringing a rare and refreshing authen city to her wri ng.

Introducing the Cold Case Sweden series, TAKEN takes place in southern
Sweden, in and around Malmö, the se ng of some of the most Rights sold
celebrated Swedish book and TV series. Czech: Jota (1+2)
Danish: Gyldendal (1+2)
Perfect for fans of Tana French, Jussi Adler‐Olsen and Stefan Ahnhem. Dutch: HarperCollins Holland (1+2)
Estonian: Ees Raamat (1+2)
Finnish: Like (1)
German: Bastei Lübbe (1‐3)
‘TAKEN is a page‐turner that grabs you on the first page and never lets Greek: Livanis (1)
go un l the end.’ Polish: Literackie (1)
Slovak: Albatros (1)
— Akademibokhandeln Publica on
Bokförlaget Forum
‘Presence, excitement, empathy, engagement and a sharp intrigue—it January 2019
420 pages
has everything and promises to deliver even more.’
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Tina Frennstedt (b.1969) is one of Sweden’s most acclaimed and tenacious crime Series Presenta on
reporters. She was a news editor at newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, crime reporter at Film & TV Rights
Expressen, and today as the broadcas ng manager for Crime Central, an Expressen Rights Available
TV produc on, focusing on current crimes. She lives in Södermalm, Stockholm. Cold
Contact
Case Sweden: TAKEN is the 2019 super lead tle for the Bonnier Publishing Group in
Elisabet Brännström
Sweden and will be published with a major campaign. [email protected]
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Non-Fiction

Patrik Svensson

The Gospel of Eels:

Sons, fathers, and the world’s most
mysterious fish
Part H is for Hawk, part The Secret Life of Cows, THE GOSPEL
OF EELS is a reflection on the human condition; a medita-
tion on the relationship between a father and son in their
shared passion for eel fishing, and the elusive fish itself.

‘I can’t recall us ever talking about anything other than eels and how to
best catch them, down there by the stream. Actually, I can’t remember us
speaking at all. Maybe because we never did.’

Thus begins Patrik Svensson’s THE GOSPEL OF EELS, a book about fishing
for eels, about his relationship with his father, as well as a fascinating
account of the cultural, mythological and scientific life of eels, the world’s
most mysterious fish.
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In a perfectly balanced and evocative narrative, written in alternating Arabic: Under offer
Bulgarian: Prozoretz
chapters, we get to know the complex father and son relationship Chinese (simpl): Booky
Chinese (compl): Chi Ming
through scenes of their eel catching adventures on idyllic Swedish rivers Croatian: Stilus knjiga
and lakes, and in every other chapter we learn of the collective Czech: Albatros
Danish: Gads förlag
knowledge about the fish itself, from Aristotle to the present day. Dutch: Thomas Rap
English (UK Com) : Picador
Remarkably little is known about the eel, Anguilla anguilla, even today English (N Am): Ecco
Estonian: Tänapäev
and in this age of advanced science and knowledge, that sense of mystery Finnish: Tammi
French: Seuil
captivates us. We don’t even know how they navigate to the Sargasso Sea German: Hanser
where they supposedly breed, and no-one has ever seen eels mating. Greek: Metaixmo
Hebrew: Modan
Hungarian: Athenaeum
Through the exploration of eels in literature , in the history of science Icelandic: Benedikt Utgafa
(both Aristotle and Sigmund Freud had very complex relationships with Italian: Guanda
Japanese: Schinchosha
eels) as well as modern marine biology, we get to see this peculiar animal Latvian: Zvaigzne
Lithuanian: Baltos Lankos
from different angles. In this exploration, we also learn about the human Korean: Tornado Media
condition, our origins, fate, life and death, through memoir and nature Norwegian: Gyldendal Norsk
Polish: Otwarte
writing at its best. Patrik Svensson concludes “through writing a book Portuguese (BZ): Intrinseca
Portuguese (EU): Objectiva
about eels, I have, in a way, also returned home.” Romanian: Cartea Romaneasca
Russian: Mann, Ivanov & Ferber
Serbian: Vulkan
Slovak: Albatros
Spanish: Libros del Asteroide
Turkish: Domingo

Publication
Albert Bonniers Förlag
August 2019
276 pages

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Patrik Svensson (b. 1972) is an arts and culture journalist at Sydsvenskan Letter from the Author
newspaper. Patrik lives with his family in Malmö, Sweden. THE GOSPEL OF Film & TV Rights
EELS is his first book. Rights Available

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Maria Adolfsson

Doggerland: Storm Warning

Book 2 in the Doggerland series

Karen Eiken Hornby returns!

Decep on, Doggerland 1, sold over 55 000 copies

It’s Christmas me, and Karen is s ll off work following the injuries she
sustained in Doggerland: Decep on. Now, a man is found dead in a
disused quarry, and it looks to be no accident.

A bad bout of flu hits the police force, and Karen is called back to work
early. Relieved to be able to avoid the family Christmas fes vi es,
Karen makes her way to Noorö, where her team appear to be made up
by some less than coopera ve colleagues from the local police district.

On New Year’s Eve another murder occurs, and the inves ga on un‐
earths links to the local whiskey dis llery. Clues suggest that the thou‐
sands of years old stone‐ship monument, located on the northernmost
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p of Noorö, might also play a role. Czech: Argo Publishing (1‐3)
Croa an: Leo Commerce (1‐2)
In all of this, Karen is also concerned about her rela ves on Noorö, who Danish: People’s Press (1‐3)
Dutch: Lui ngh‐Sijthoff (1‐3)
have a somewhat lax approach to the le er of the law, and may even English (World): Bonnier Zaffre (1‐3)
Estonian: Ühinenud Ajakirjad (1‐3)
have something to do with the murders. Finnish: Tammi (1‐3)
French: Denoel (1‐2)
DOGGERLAND: STORM WARNING is the second book in the interna‐ German: Ullstein Buchverlage (1‐3)
Hungarian: Gabo (1‐3)
onally bestselling series with Detec ve Karen Eiken Hornby in the Italian: Societá Editrice Milanese (1‐4)
lead. The Doggerland se ng is a crea on of the author’s imagina on. Polish: Foksal (1‐3)
Portuguese (BR): Faro (1‐2)
The island na on Doggerland’s culture and language have roots in Brit‐ Russian: Corpus (1‐2)
ain and Scandinavia, making the ideal spot to set a Nordic Noir series Op ons
with a twist. Hebrew: Keter
Icelandic: Forlagid
Spanish: Salamandra
Turkish: Cinar Publishing
‘The first DOGGERLAND book, Decep on, came out last year and was
my absolute favourite crime novel in the year 2018.’ Publica on
Wahlström & Widstrand
—Lo a Olsson, Dagens Nyheter January 2019
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GERLAND and criminal inspector Karen Eiken Hornby are certainly no Film & TV Rights
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mayflies.’
—BTJ

Maria Adolfsson (b. 1958) lives in Stockholm where she, un l recently, worked
as a communica ons director and now writes full‐ me. The Doggerland series
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Linnea Axelsson

Ædnan    
 

August Prize winner 2018

Winner of the August Prize for Fic on 2018. Sold over

12,000 hardback copies
In this powerful verse novel, Linnea Axelsson narrates the story of
three genera ons of two indigenous Sámi families in northern Sweden,
whose fate mirrors Sámi history from the beginning of the twen eth
century to the present day.

We join the struggling family as they herd their reindeer towards sum-
mer pasture on an island in northern Norway. None of them can imag-
ine that soon enough the Norwegian border will be closed to them,
that they will be forced from their home, and future genera ons will
encounter altogether different challenges. Piece by piece, an emo onal
landscape emerges as the families lives are impacted by Sweden’s colo-
nial policy.

The Sámi people are the indigenous pastoral people of the north, their
lands spanning the far northern ps of Norway, Sweden, Finland and
parts of Russia, and who tradi onally make their living from herding
reindeer.

ÆDNAN is the tradi onal northern Sámi word for ’land’, ’ground’, or
’earth’.

Awards and Nomina ons

— August Prize for Fic on — Rights sold

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— Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan’s Fic on Award —
— Ordfront Award for Democracy — Publica on
Albert Bonniers Förlag
— Svenska Dagbladet Prize for Literature — February 2018
768 pages, 21,475 words
— Nominated for Swedish Radio’s Poetry Prize —
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‘Linnea Axelsson has wri en a remarkable and imposing epos that I am
placing next to Harry Mar nson’s Aniara, which has sat alone in its Film & TV Rights
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place in the bookshelf for too long’
— Kris an Lundberg, Norrtelje Tidning

‘It is incredibly beau ful and impressive... ÆDNAN has enriched

Swedish literature with a magnificent epic poem’
— Åsa Beckman, Dagens Nyheter

Linnea Axelsson (b. 1980) in Porjus, northern Sweden, but now lives in Stock-
holm. She studied humani es at Umeå University and received her PhD in Histo- Contact
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Marie Bengts

Death in Disguise
Book 2 in the ’Seamstress
Investigates’ series

Seamstress Hannah Lönn returns, now in the gli ering 
world of haute couture. 
It is autumn 1957 as Hannah returns to work a er the summer holi-
days. Her new employer is the famous designer Gustav Leijon, who is
pu ng on a fashion show at the Royal Opera, dedicated to the recently
departed Chris an Dior. Hannah’s joy is short-lived, however, as her
assignment is to sew thirty capes that won’t even feature in the event.

Then, the Opera House receives a death threat targe ng Gustav Leijon.
Hannah is intrigued, but the threat is quickly dismissed as a publicity
stunt a er the informa on is leaked to the press.

The big day arrives and all the great and the good arrive for the show.
Suddenly, a masked man wearing one of Hannah’s capes bursts in and
fires at a man in the audience. When the police arrive on the scene,
Hannah is reunited with an old police acquaintance, Johan Holm, and is
asked to assist in the inves ga on. Who be er than Hannah with her
knowledge of behind-the-scenes to help solve the case?

DEATH IN DISGUISE is the second stand-alone instalment in Marie

Bengts’ praised Seamstress Inves gates series. Her delectable trade-
mark style of classic mystery will immerse readers in the 1950s, emu-
la ng her own favourite authors, Agatha Chris e and Maria Lang, with
her social commentary on women’s sta on, both in the then and to-
Op ons 
day. The first book, DEATH BY SCISSORS (2017), sold more than 17,000 Finnish: Bazar Kustannus
copies. The books can be read completely independently.  
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June 2019
Praise for Death by Scissors (Book 1): 300 pages

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‘This summer’s best read…a feel‐good detec ve novel that is a mix Swedish Edi on
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— Läns dningen Södertälje 
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‘A whodunit with real heart and finesse…Marie Bengts has wri en a
zesty and entertaining detec ve novel, a period piece set in the 50s.’
— Norrköpings Tidningar 

Marie Bengts (b. 1968) hails from southern Sweden but now lives in Stockholm,
where she works as a journalist. Her debut, DEATH BY SCISSORS, was published Contact 
in 2017 to both great sales and cri cal acclaim. Eleonoora Kirk
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Lars Berge

Project Wolf
A Reportage and an Investigation

10,000 copies sold in Sweden

 

This is not a book about wolves. Neither is it a natural science  tle. It’s 
a narra ve about mankind; human obsession, greed and ambi on. And 
the underlying mechanisms that led to the en rely avoidable a ack in 
which a woman was mauled and killed by wolves, in modern day Swe-
den. 

One June morning in 2012, a young woman was found dead inside the 
wolf enclosure at Kolmården Wildlife Park in southern Sweden. As part 
of her rou ne, the 30-year-old licensed wolf guide had entered the pen 
alone, when the wolves suddenly a acked and killed her. She then lay, 
undiscovered, among the wolves for several hours before the alarm 
was raised. The ques on of what really happened inside the enclosure 
on the fateful day has gone unanswered.  

So, too, has the mystery of how the near-ex nct Swedish wolf could 
suddenly make a come-back in large numbers in the Swedish forests in 
the mid-1980s. PROJECT WOLF is also a book about individuals who 
wanted to do good; who wanted to save the world, but got side-
tracked on the way. 

With the fervour of Michelle McNamara in I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,

journalist Lars Berge tells the story of how nature and apex predators 
became an entertainment industry through humanity’s desire to con-
trol and commodi se wildlife, and our o en warped rela onships to  Rights sold
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nature and the animals around us.   Polish: Czarne 

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‘An extremely well‐wri en book, both eerie and wi y, about the quest June 2018 
to tame the wild. Superficially, the narra ve is about wolves but deep 350 pages 
 
down, it’s about human hierarchies.’ Material
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 — Fredrik Sjöberg, author of The Fly Trap and The Art of Flight English Sample Transla on 50 pp   
Chapter Outline
 
‘A page‐turner that shakes the ground under your feet.’ Film & TV Rights
— Expressen Reserved 

‘A relentlessly thrilling reportage of a horrifying and breathtaking

event.’
— Svenska Dagbladet 

Lars Berge (b. 1974) is a writer, journalist and documentary film maker. His debut  Contact

novel, Office Ninja was translated into five languages. PROJECT WOLF is his first non- Eleonoora Kirk 
fic on work, and an instant na onal bestseller.   [email protected] 

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Daniel Birnbaum

Dr. B.
Based on a true story 

DR.  B.  is  a  work  of  fiction  based  on  a  larger‐than‐life  true 
story  of  World  War  II  drama,  played  out  in  the  world  of 
book  publishing,  émigrés,  spies,  and  diplomats  in  1940s 
Stockholm, drawing comparison to Lara Prescott’s We Were
Never Here.

The true story behind the novel DR. B. is completely unique. It all starts
with a mysterious cardboard box found in an a c by Daniel Birnbaum:
within the box lies a whole life‐story filled with unexpected World War
drama and intrigue in the world of book publishing and international es‐
pionage, hitherto unknown to the surviving Birnbaum family. This ex‐
traordinary story is the basis for Daniel Birnbaum’s debut novel, and the
starting point for this literary gem.

In DR. B. you will meet a host of legendary characters, all very real,
among them the exiled German publisher Go ried Bermann Fischer,
owner of the world‐renowned S. Fischer Verlag. You will also meet Daniel
Birnbaum’s grandfather, Immanuel Birnbaum, who arrives in Stockholm
as a refugee to start work at the Bermann Fischer’s exiled publishing
house, using the pen‐name Dr. B. While there, he aids British spies to
spread propaganda in Germany. But in a letter written in invisible ink ‐
something taken straight out of a spy novel ‐ he also exposes plans of a  
local dissident group to sabotage a strategic sea port. Rights sold 
Dutch: Querido
All the above compelled Daniel Birnbaum to pen a novel of rare style, English (NA): HarperCollins US
English (UK): 4th Estate
panache and aplomb. DR. B. is that book. Estonian: Rahva  
French: Gallimard 
German: Piper Verlag
Italian: La Nave di Teseo
‘If you’re looking for a ridiculously brilliant story, you can stop look- Portuguese (EU): Porto Editora
 
ing...He’s got the world’s best story—he’s got DR B.’ Publica on 
— Svenska Dagbladet  Albert Bonniers Förlag
October 2018
370 pages

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intellectual, yet fairly grounded wonderboy. DR B is an astonishing thriller Synopsis
-novel...reminiscent of both Hjalmar Söderberg’s Doctor Glass as well as Le er from the author  

the dreamy melancholy in The Rings of Saturn by W.G Sebald.’ Film & TV Rights 

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Daniel Birnbaum  (b. 1963) is as of January 2019 the director of Acute Art in Lon‐

don, and previously worked as the Director of the Moderna Museet in Stock‐
holm. He has managed both museums and art schools in Germany and Italy, and
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Caroline Cederquist
 
 
 

I Breathe, Therefore I Am   
 

A memoir about surviving your family

‘I have risen above the misery from which I came. I’ve been in therapy
for many years and created a good life for myself with a wonderful
daughter, fantas c friends, and a career in journalism. And I have put
the past and the dark behind me; I do not want to remember. I’ve was-
hed away my past but, suddenly, everything is rushing back.’

Caroline Cederquist’s I BREATHE THEREFORE I AM is the story of a child

whose father chose alcohol over his family, and whose mother put her
own needs in front of anyone else. The result is chaos, social services
and many homes along the way. Throughout her childhood, Caroline
Cederquist endured neglect from those who should have provided
care, safety and love.

Her teenage years were volatile, and as an adult, Caroline would follow
in her mothers footsteps, entering a string of meaningless relationships
and emotional instability left her feeling vulnerable and powerless.
Deciding to put an end to the vicious cycle, she sets about undoing the
damage done by her parents by taking care of herself and those
around her. And in that decision, she also decides to break up with her
mother for good.

Discovering the power of the written word at a young age that lead to
a very successful career in journalism and communication, Caroline
Cederquist packs a literary punch in her raw and unflinching account of
the reverberations of a toxic mother‐daughter relationship, and the Rights sold
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Caroline Cederquist (b. 1977) is a journalist and communica ons director. As a

journalist, she worked for Sweden’s largest morning papers, Dagens Nyheter and
Svenska Dagbladet. Today Caroline is a press secretary for the Swedish Na onal
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her first book. [email protected]
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Christina Erikson

The Rising Dark

Book #1 in the Forseti series

Introducing author Chris na Erikson’s Forse series.

The first book has sold over 17,000 copies

DI Elias Svensson and his team of special inves gators in the Na onal
Opera ons Department of the Swedish police are faced with a highly
complex case where the perpetrator of several brutal murders leaves
no tangible evidence. The inves gators are convinced they know who
the killer is, but gathering hard evidence to secure a convic on seems
impossible. The suspect is highly intelligent, manipula ve, cold and
lacks remorse ‐ in short, he has all the markings of a psychopath. What
could be more dangerous?

No stone is le unturned in the hunt for the killer, and Elias goes as far
as bringing in a resource from the outside to shed light on the suspect’s
unique psychological profile and MO; author Cornelia Lind. Cornelia
has had personal experience of people with an social behaviour and
psychopathic tendencies, and a er wri ng the defini ve text on the
subject, she’s the perfect resource for the police. But at what cost to
herself and her safety?

At the same me, something else is shi ing in the shadows, a darkness
is gathering. Someone who purports to be a friend, but might be any‐
thing but…

THE RISING DARK is the first book in the Forse series with DI Elias
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Akademibokhandel’s Pick of the Month, May 2019 September 2018
350 pages

‘Sharp, well‐wri en and totally addic ve!’ Material

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— Nina De Geer, author English Sample Transla on 75pp
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‘A great plot, fascina ng characters and a perfect basis for a new Author Q&A
series’ Film & TV Rights
— Kers n Bergman, Borås Tidning Rights Available

Chris na Erikson (b. 1973) was raised in Småland, southern Sweden, and now
lives in Stockholm. Her first crime novel, Morsarvet, was published in 2014 and
since then she has wri en books together with Thomas Erikson using a differ‐
ent name. THE RISING DARK is her break‐through tle and marks a new begin‐
ning for the author, and is the first in the series about DI Elias Svensson. THE Contact
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Klara Grede
 

Reinventing Ella   
 

A heart‐warming feel‐good debut, in the vein of interna‐

onally bestselling Katarina Bivald, about daring to let go
and finding love for a second me in life.
It’s autumn in Stockholm and newly‐divorced Ella’s life is falling to piec‐
es around her. Johan, her ex‐husband, is taking their two daughters
and his new wife abroad for three months, leaving Ella to fend for her‐
self in her empty family home. Caring for her daughters has been the
focal point in Ella’s life since the divorce, so finding herself at a loose
end leading up to Christmas proves to be harder than she imagined.

She moves in with her elderly grandmother to heal, and quickly slips
into the same habits as the 95‐year old. She spends her days mostly
sleeping in Johan’s old t‐shirt, un l she is suddenly awoken from her
daze by a brilliant idea. She will win Johan back, using the me he’s
away to reinvent herself and become the old Ella that Johan had al‐
ways wanted her to be; fun‐loving, carefree and sporty, with a fabulous
haircut!

On her mission of reinven on she meets Niklas, who fits perfectly in to

the role of making Johan jealous ‐ but that’s all it is, right? Her grand‐
mother’s handsome new neighbour, Mar n, complicates things fur‐
ther, and she can’t quite shake the feeling that things are perhaps not
panning out the way she had planned. Being the new Ella is proving to
be rather exhaus ng a er all.

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all. It turns out that she might be closer to having it all than she ever
imagined… Publica on
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January 2019
REINVENTING ELLA is a warm and humorous feel‐good debut novel 367 pages
about listening to that li le voice inside, about upli ing shoes, the im‐
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portance of family and daring to let go to find the authen c you! And Swedish Edi on
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the importance of warm mi ens in winter. The perfect read for fans of Synopsis
Jenny Colgan and Cecilia Ahern. Author Le er

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‘This winter’s funniest feel‐good novel.’ Rights Available
— M‐Magasin

‘[A] charming and entertaining story, with its claws out against easy to
come by self‐help ps.’
— Sala Allehanda

Klara Grede (b. 1974) lives in Stockholm and works as a teacher. REINVENTING Contact
ELLA is her debut. Eleonoora Kirk
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Clara Henry

Towards the Future

A Simple Guide to Smashing the
Patriarchy

A 12,000 copy selling lifehack for feminism from the spir-

ited and inspira onal author of the bestselling I’ve Got
My Period. So What?
So what is feminism and why is it necessary? Some people s ll find it
difficult to understand what all the fuss is about. Some even say that
feminism has gone too far. “Nope”, asserts YouTube sensa on and
broadcaster Clara Henry in this smart, funny and concise new book
about feminism.

Looking at the history of feminism and interna onal icons of the

movement, Henry debunks myths and dissects the terminology with
useful guides, e.g. on the difference between catcalls and compliments
and ps on opening up conversa ons on feminism. She illustrates the
argument for equality, the unhelpfulness of mansplaining and gen-
dered privilege, and issues a rallying cry for healthy a tudes towards
our emo ons, bodies and sex.

With the rise of the #metoo movement, Clara Henry has wri en an
indispensable, radical manifesto for feminism today that should be
read by anyone and everyone of any age, female, male and non-binary
alike. A survival guide for anyone who has ever been exposed to – or
thought about — everyday sexism in society, with humorous, in-
sigh ul anecdotes drawing on the author’s own experiences, and akin
to Emer O’Toole’s Girls Will be Girls and Laura Bates’ Girl Up.
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Clara Henry (b. 1994) is the most famous Scandinavian-language YouTuber.

Aged twelve, she launched her first blog. Today she has hundreds of thousands
of followers on her YouTube channel, Instagram, and Twi er, thanks to her
cheerful and confident style. Her book, I’ve Got My Period. So What? received Contact
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Petra Holst
 
 

Never Let You Go 
 

No. 1 audio bestseller

Some betrayals are unforgiveable... 
Isabel and Anna have been best friends forever. But when Isabel
meets David, Anna’s husband, she can’t help but be drawn to his char-
isma c personality. Though she hadn’t set out to betray Anna, denying
her growing feelings is becoming impossible.

As summer draws to an end, Isabel has to decide if she should pursue

David. But what does he want? Would he really leave Anna, or is he
going behind both their backs?

Anna, on the other hand, begins seeing a therapist to deal with her
jealousy and mistrust; she has long suspected David of seeing other
women, but he has always vehemently denied her accusa ons and
grown red of her suspicions. Can Anna trust her husband implicitly?
She has been so confused and muddled lately, she hardly recognizes
herself. But she loves David and is commi ed to a future with him. Or
is she? And what lengths is she willing to go to keep her husband?
And David, what are his real mo ves and feelings? Does anyone
know?

Scandinavian, dark women’s fic on, perfect for fans of Shari Lapena

and B.A. Paris.

 
   
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Petra Holst (b. 1969) teaches English and Swedish at a high school. She has pre-
viously published three novels, Jag brukade drömma om dig, Så länge jag minns
and Trapped. She lives in Skåne, southern Sweden, with her partner and two Contact 
children. Eleonoora Kirk
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Mari Jungstedt

I See You
#15 in the bestselling Gotland series

5 million copies sold across series. Op oned for film & tv!
With tourist season finally over on Lilla Karlsö, the pleasant September
sun and warm sea en ce a group of students to spend the weekend on
the barren and remote island. Frida dozes off in the hot sun, but when
she wakes up, she makes the horrifying discovery that her boyfriend
and all her friends lie dead around her.

News of the murders spreads like a shock‐wave across the country and
each day the murderer remains at large, worry and panic course
through the university. Is someone a er the students, or were they
just in the wrong place at the wrong me?

The series is set on the picturesque island of Gotland in the Bal c Sea,
south of Stockholm, with a landscape renowned for its spectacular Previous‐ & *Op on publishers
scenery and unpredictable weather. The isola on of the island pro‐ Catalan: Columna Edicions (1‐5)
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vides the perfect se ng for a crime series that plays on the hair‐raising Dutch: Signatuur (1‐8)
English (NA): St Mar n’s Press (1‐3)
feeling that even when you’re alone, someone is watching you. English (UK): Transworld (1‐9)
Estonian: Tänäpäev (1‐3)
The series follows Inspector Anders Knutas, who works for the Visby Finnish: Otava (1‐14)
French: du Rocher (1‐3)
police, where he has been in service for thirty years. He has an ailing German: Heyne (1‐5)
Hungarian: (1)
marriage, and harbours secret feelings for his colleague, Karin Jacob‐ Italian: Piemme (5‐6)
sson, a bundle of energy who is strangely secre ve about her private Latvian: Media Incognito (1‐3)
*Polish: Bellona (1‐13)
life.  Portuguese: Bertrand (1)
*Spanish: Maeva (1‐12)
Turkish: Beyaz Baykus (1)
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‐One of Sweden’s biggest names in crime fic on‐

Mari Jungstedt (b. 1962) worked as a news anchor at Sweden’s largest TV Contact
broadcaster for many years before she started wri ng. Since the 2003 publica‐ Elisabet Brännström
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Johanna Mo
 

Black Widow  
 

A stand‐alone thriller set in Stockholm, by the author of

the Helena Mobacke series, a 50,000 copy bestseller in
audio.
Set against the backdrop of present‐day Stockholm, BLACK WIDOW is
a dark thriller that takes place in a city where no‐one can be trusted.

Ever since a witness to a crime commi ed suicide right in front of

him, Jakob Khalil has been wracked with guilt. His colleagues at the
City Police seem reluctant to trust him fully a er the incident.

Taking on a new case, the murder of a premier league professional

footballer, the solu on seems obvious at first: the only two people
present during the murder were the vic m and his pregnant wife.
Soon she’s making the headlines and the court of public opinion, as
well as Jakob’s colleagues, are all sure of the verdict. Guilty. But
Jakob isn’t convinced. When other murders occur, Jakob is alone in
suspec ng a serial killer is roaming Stockholm. But what could be the
mo ve?

Time is running out as Jakob fran cally tries to follow the conflic ng
leads, and s ll nobody but him believes the serial killer theory. In his
pursuit for evidence, he sets events in mo on that might cost him
everything—a dangerous gamble where lives are at stake.

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‘A well‐wri en crime novel ... It stands out.’  Polish: Helion
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January 2019
‘Death As It Is le me wan ng more, and [the second book] is just 372 pages
what I hoped. It's even be er, more assured and answers several of Material
the ques ons posed in the first book. But not all. If my expecta ons Swedish Edi on
Synopsis (Swedish)
for this second novel were high, it's nothing compared to what my
hopes are for the third and final part!’ Film & TV Rights
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Johanna Mo (b. 1976) grew up in Kalmar, southeast Sweden, but has lived in
Stockholm for the past fi een years. Her crime fic on trilogy featuring Helena
Mobacke, Döden tänkte jag mig så, Vänd om och var s lla and Allt trasigt ska 
bli helt were met with excellent reviews, and have sold over 45,000 copies in Contact
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Elisabet Nemert

Blue Longing
Author sold over 260,000 copies nationally

Sweden’s most beloved author of historical women’s fict-
ion returns with an epic, moving story of an unlikely and 
enduring friendship between two survivors brought to-
gether by fate.  
Two girls, Naomi and Pia, are born on the same day in February 1950:
Naomi in Kano, Nigeria, and Pia in Stockholm, Sweden. Naomi is aban-
doned by her family and taken in by Jorinda, who knows everything
about healing herbs and gives Naomi a childhood on the savannah,
where the wild beasts become her best friends. Pia is born in to the
wealthy, Swedish social-welfare state, but a childhood in an abusive
home leaves her deeply scarred.

When Jorinda is murdered, Naomi’s life is upturned and she is placed

into an orphanage. A visiting Swedish surgeon, Birgitta Kronwall, notic-
es how Naomi is ostracized for her cleft lip – regarded as a mark of the
devil – and adopts Naomi to bring her back to Sweden with her - a
Sweden where people of colour were rarely seen at the time. It is at a
very white, suburban school in Stockholm where Naomi and Pia meet
and from that moment on, they become inseparable.

With the horrors of the Second World War still fresh on the mind but
the Sixties counter-culture rapidly sweeping in with a new kind of free-
dom, Naomi and Pia find their unpredictable lives filled with grief and
joy, drama and love…all bound up in their enduring friendship. BLUE  
LONGING is a spellbinding story about the equal rights of men and Op ons 
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women, of all colours and stations in life in a rapidly changing world.
A story with emo onal depth that unfolds across the drama c post- Publica on 
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echoes of Half of a Yellow Sun.
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‘Elisabet Nemert is an author that manages to blend drama c in‐

trigues with history and life wisdom.’
— Kulturladies

Elisabet Nemert (b. 1950) writes bestselling, award-winning historical women’s

fic on in the tradi on of Marianne Fredriksson. Her previous novel, The Time of
the Wolf won third prize in the Book of the Year Award 2017 in Sweden and sold Contact 
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Håkan Nesser

The Left‐Handed League

#1 bestseller, 60,000 copies sold

The long‐awaited mee ng of legendary detec ves Van

Veeteren and Barbaro is finally here!
When Marten Winckelstroop and Rejmus Fiste were s ll students at 
Ooesterby School, they formed The Le ‐Handed League. Several deca‐
des later, an old boarding house burns to the ground. The two story‐
lines are connected, somehow, but there’s no one le  alive to tell the 
tale. Almost no one, that is… 
It’s been fi een years since the final instalment of the Van Veeteren 
series was published, and six years since we last read about Inspector 
Gunnar Barbaro . In THE LEFT‐HANDED LEAGUE the two crime‐
solving legends meet for the first (and only?)  me to disentangle yet 
another difficult case, de ly wri en by the master of Swedish literary 
crime fic on, Håkan Nesser.  Rights sold
Danish: Modtryk 
The Van Veeteren series consists of 10 instalments centering on the   Dutch: De Geus
beloved character, Van Veeteren. Published between 1993 and 2003,  German: btb 
the series has sold over 4 million copies in Germany alone, and more  Italian: Guanda  
Norwegian: Gyldendal Norsk 
than 10 million worldwide.  Polish: Czarna Owca  

The Barbaro series follows Detec ve Inspector Gunnar Barbaro ,  Firm Op ons 

and consists of five instalments published between 2006 and 2012.  English (UK & COM): Mantle/Macmillan 
Finnish: Tammi 
The series has sold over 2 million copies in Sweden. Combined, the 
series have been published in 28 countries and have delighted tens of  Publishers of Van Veeteren and Barbarotti
Bulgarian: EMAS 
millions of readers everywhere.   Czech: MOBA 
English (NA): Pantheon 
Estonian: Pegasus
French: du Seuil 
‘Nesser is such a clear stylist, be er than most, with just enough of a Greek: Metaixmio 
Hebrew: Armchair Publishing 
quirky undertone that makes you laugh me and me again..’ 
Hungarian: Animus
— Dagens Nyheter  Japanese: Tokyo Sogensha 
Korean: Dong Hyun Publishing 
‘...one of Håkan Nesser’s all‐ me best crime novels… THE LEFT‐ Latvian: Zvaigzne ABC 
HANDED LEAGUE is the only book I read cover to cover this summer. Lithuanian: Media Incognito 
Macedonian: Antalog 
Sadly, it was over all too fast.’ Portuguese (EU): 2020 Editora
— Östra Småland Portuguese (BR): Verus  
Romanian: Trei 
‘What struck me most in reading is how immensely entertaining Håkan Russian: Ripol 
Nesser’s wri ng is...it is pure page‐turning pleasure. Håkan Nesser is Slovak: Ikar 
back and at his best.’ Slovenian: Presernova 
Turkish: Epsilon  
— Norrbo en‐Kuriren
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Håkan Nesser (b. 1950) is one of Sweden's most beloved and renowned au‐  
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books have sold over 15 million copies in more than 30 languages, and has pub‐ English Sample Transla on 35pp 
lished 39 novels to date.  Contact
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Ulrica Norberg

Breathe
A Nordic approach to breathing and
finding the balance within
A revolutionary, new practical approach to health and 
wellbeing combining ancient yogic wisdom and cutting‐
edge neurological research in this new book by Swedish 
expert and yoga master, Ulrica Norberg. 
The breath: our most vital bodily function is so often overlooked and 
neglected. In our hectic modern lives, our breathing has become rag-
ged, shallow and fast, and has been linked to a host of ailments and 
deficiencies and impaired cognitive function. Using findings from the 
latest, cutting-edge research on the brain to demonstrate how the 
chemical balance in the body is shaped by the breath, leading yoga 
master Ulrica Norberg travels back in time to the ancient yogic precept 
of prana (Sanskrit for breathing), describing the four stages of the 
breath and how these impact the mind and body. 
 
Tapping into medical research and the demands of the work-life bal-
ance, Norberg brings us a revolutionary and practical approach to fully 
activating and utilising the breath as a tool to improving all aspects of 
our health and wellbeing in our busy, modern lifestyles. BREATHE is a 
practical and highly accessible book underpinned by scientific research 
and decades-long experience for anyone and everyone. 
 
Live your best life by discovering the transformative power of the 
breath on your wellbeing by one of Sweden’s leading intersectional 
experts on yoga and meditation and neurological research. 

Excerpt: 
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vation to work out and take care of myself.” Bokförlaget Forum 
(Ulrica Norberg)  August 2018 
200 pages 
 
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‘That breathing is necessary for life, we can all agree on, but the quality of the English Sample Transla on 40 pp 
breath also ma ers. Ulrica Norberg...teaches us to breathe the right way’ English Outline & Chapter Headings 
 
— Sveriges Radio P4   

Ulrica Norberg is a renowned yoga instructor, breath coach, writer and jour-
nalist.  She  has  published  a  number  of  books,  both  in  Swedish  and  English, 
including Hatha Yoga, Power Yoga, Yin Yoga, and a new book on restora ve 
yoga. One of only nine western yoga prac oners to be awarded the the itle 
of Yogiraj, Ulrica also lectures on yoga, leadership, personal growth and crea-
vity  and  travels  around  the  world  giving  workshops,  retreats  and  training.  Contact 
Eleonoora Kirk 
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Eva Nour
 

The Stray Cats of Homs 
 

Based on a true story 

A haun ng narra ve from the heart of the Syrian  

conflict.   

‘In Arabic, a cat has seven souls, and in English they are meant to have
nine lives. You must have had both nine lives and seven souls, or else I
just don’t know how you’ve survived.’

Growing up in Homs, Syria in the 1980s, Sami’s childhood is like that

of any ordinary child’s. In 2000, when Bashar al‐Assad comes to pow‐
er, things change, and not for the be er. Sami is conscripted into the
military and trains as a cartographer, sparing him from the worst hor‐
rors being commi ed by the army. As the seeds of the Arab Spring are
sown in 2011, Sami’s military service ends and he hears of the wave
of demonstra ons around the country, spreading into Egypt, Tunisia,
and Libya. Then, he receives a text message from his girlfriend, Sarah,
who is par cipa ng in the demonstra ons: ‘They are firing on us!’
 
The full horror hits: Syria is heading into open civil war, with govern‐ Rights sold 
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ment troops killing its own ci zens. What Sami decides to do next will English (World): Doubleday UK 
echo down the years, and shape his en re future. And he does not Italian: Piemme 
 
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300 pages
based on real life events, about the impossible choices we make, the
hope of revolu on and enduring love amidst the death and despair of Material 
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war. Influenced by Imre Kertész’s witness literature and Samar English Full Transla on
Yazbek’s Syrian reportage, it is also reminiscent of Khaled Hosseini’s Synopsis
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The Kite Runner and Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin, and for fans
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‘It’s been a long me since a book kept me up all night, but...THE

STRAY CATS OF HOMS did. A tender, yet wild and tangible tes mony
bearing witness to the tragedy in Syria.”
— Theodor Kallifa des, award‐winning author and Professor of Lit‐
erature 

‘The book is a reportage of war, but above all it’s an ar s cally flaw-
less novel, wri en as an act of protest, but also as a poe c declara on
of love for Sami.’
—Svenska Dagbladet 

Eva Nour is a pseudonym. THE STRAY CATS OF HOMS is Eva’s debut novel,

and is wri en for and with the real‐life Sami, a Syrian photojournalist. Contact 
Today, Eva and Sami share a life together in Paris. Elisabet Brännström
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Jenny Rogneby

LEONA: Into the Fire

Book #4 in the bestselling Leona series

Over 150,000 copies sold across the series

Six teenagers are tragically found dead a er a raging fire in Stock-

holm. Leona Lindberg, the unconven onal and obsessive inves ga-
tor at the City Police, handles the case. When yet another fire
breaks out at Stockholm Central Sta on at rush hour, Leona soon
realises that the incidents are not coincidences, they follow a terri-
ble pa ern.

The na onally-bestselling and cri cally-acclaimed ‘Leona’ series

takes place against the backdrop of Swedish society, always with a
socially-engaged issue at its heart. With INTO THE FIRE, Rogneby
focuses on social aliena on among young people growing up in
today’s media landscape, and the detrimental effect of nega ve
peer pressure on teenagers.

INTO THE FIRE is the fourth book about Leona Lindberg, the inves -
gator who has never conformed to the norms of how a woman,
mother and police officer should be.

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‘Jenny Rogneby is the new queen of Nordic Noir. Her heroine is like
no‐one else. ... you just can't stop reading.’ Op ons
Dutch: Prometheus
—David Lagercrantz, interna onally bestselling author of I Am  English (NA): Other Press
Zlatan and The Girl in the Spider’s Web   English (AUS/NZ): Echo Press
Finnish: Bazar
Norwegian: Gyldendal Norsk
Polish: Marginesy
‘Leona Lindberg returns to wreak her peculiar havoc...She differs
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plo ed and more involving...Leona’s back! Lock the henhouse!’ January 2019
350 pages
—Kirkus Reviews on Any Means Necessary (Book 2) 
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‘Jenny Rogneby is one of the biggest stars in crime right now.’ Synopsis

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Jenny Rogneby (b. 1974) was born in Ethiopia and brough up in northern Swe-
den by her adop ve Swedish parents. Jenny is a trained criminologist and has
worked as a criminal inves gator at the Stockholm Police Department. Today,
she divides her me between Barcelona and Malta and writes full- me.
Contact
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Johanna Schreiber

The Best Thing That

Ever Happened to Me

Children—the meaning of life, right?

For real estate agent Ermina, social media influencer Freddie and high‐
school teacher Sigrid, their respec ve paths leading up to the happy
posi ve sign on the pregnancy test have been very different. But now,
here they are. Each one with a screaming baby, aching all over, and
with a fumbling partner. All asking themselves the same ques on: Is it
supposed to feel like this? Is this it?

Their mother’s support groups can’t seem to deliver anything other

than smug ps about full‐night sleeping pa erns, how grateful they
should all be, and cute baby ou its. So when Ermina, quite by accident,
runs into Freddie and Sigrid outside of the group, she sees her chance,
and decides to form her own support group for the more likeminded
mums.

Despite, or perhaps because of, their differences, they soon become

firm friends, helping each other through post‐natal depression, the
harrowing fight against the lingering pregnancy weight, and equality‐
fixated‐yet‐strangely‐absent partners.

Together they realize that nothing ever is what is seems, and that even
newly created mothers some mes need to switch their espresso shots
for a glass of bubbly, and their baggy clothes for a glitzy dress.

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also just be.’
— Världarna jag lever i (blog) Material
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‘A wonderful summer book...a mix between chic‐lit and feelgood.’ Le er from the Author
— Bokugglan (blog) Synopsis

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Johanna Schreiber (b. 1986) works in social media and public rela ons at Sven‐
ska Postkodlo eriet, and as a YA author. Previously, Johanna worked as a press
secretary and digital strategist for the poli cal party Moderaterna, and a report‐
er at Dagens Industri and Expressen. THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO Contact
Elisabet Brännström
ME is Johanna’s debut adult fic on tle. [email protected]
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Ingrid & Joachim Wall

Kim Wall
A Voice Silenced

Na onal bestseller — 14,000 copies sold 
‘I wake up in the middle of the night. Two different ideas have taken
root in my consciousness during my half‐slumber, ideas refusing to be
silenced un l I’ve acted on them. The first is that Kim needs to live on
through a memorial fund, she will not be forgo en. The second is this
book; the truth must be told, and we will write it. Kim will be depicted as
the engaging and strong woman she was, as the human and journalist
Kim—not as the vic m. The decision gives me some respite—a luta con-
nua—the struggle con nues.’ — Ingrid Wall
 

10 August 2017. Kim Wall leaves the home she shares with her partner, 
Ole, to research a story about a submarine and its builder in Copenha-
gen. Several witnesses watch them cast off from the harbour. Just an-
other day at work for a freelance journalist who loves wri ng about 
subcultures and underground fac ons. Soon, she is meant to be moving 
to Beijing with Ole, a new life wai ng for her. But Kim never comes 
back. Instead of wri ng the headlines, she becomes the headlines. 

The book is centered on two main themes: the journey her parents un-
dertook a er being awoken by a phone call in the middle of the night to 
hear Kim was missing. Their story is one of grief, joy, love, and the 
yawning, great void le  in their lives by her death. It’s about ques ons 
that never get answered. And it’s about what lies ahead in their  reless 
efforts to keep Kim’s memory alive. The second theme concentrates on 
Kim and her life: her story of growing up an inquisi ve girl in southern 
Sweden, to the driven, talented foreign correspondent and journalist   
she became—without ever losing her curiosity. This book is a celebra- Rights sold 
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on of Kim Wall’s extraordinary life, and became an instant bestseller  English (World): Amazon Crossing 
upon publica on with over 14,000 copies sold to date.  Finnish: WSOY 
German: btb  
   
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Marcus Wallén

Nazi Gold and the Field

Marshal’s Secret

A roller‐coaster page‐turner which takes the reader on a

treasure hunt across Europe, from the 1930s to the pre‐
sent day on the trail of the missing Nazi treasures.

‘Polish “Gold Train” Hunters Start Searching for Nazi Underground Fac-
tory’, claims the 2016 newspaper headline, quo ng Marcus Wallén. 
What is it about the lure of Nazi gold that keeps us in its thrall more 
than seventy years a er the end of World War II? Many books have 
been published on the subject, but none from the northern European 
angle Marcus Wallén takes in his NAZI GOLD AND THE FIELD MAR-
SHAL’S SECRET, and none with the latest developments in the hunt for 
the missing gold. 

Where did it all begin? Between 1935-45, the Nazis systema cally 
robbed the Jewish popula on of Germany and the occupied territories 
of their gold, art and cash. Once the bombing of Germany started, they 
felt the need to move their ill-go en gains, the German Federal reserve 
and the museums' invaluable art into salt mines in the German regions 
of Thüringia and Merkers. A er the war, much of the stolen loot re-
mained unaccounted for. Rumour has it that the Nazis hid it; some say, 
stashed away on freight trains in tunnels leading to long-forgo en 
mines in the former German territory of Silesia, now in modern-day 
Poland. Clues also point to secre ve Swiss bank accounts, caches in the 
German Alps, and in forgo en le ers between the son of a prominent 
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Nazi diplomat and the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, even hints of a  Estonian: Varrak 
treasure buried in a tomato patch.  Finnish: Bazar 
Lithuanian: Allo Paris Allo Tokyo 
In this engaging and fascina ng account that not only covers the pur-
Publica on
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history Europe from a financial perspec ve, Swedish journalist Wallén  350 pp 
paints a picture of the key players and the theories as to the wherea-  
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it.   Outline
 
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Contact
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Elisabet Brännström 
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Annika Widholm

Vertigo

Perfect for fans of Sarah Pinborough’s Behind Her Eyes,

VERTIGO is an atmospheric psychological suspense de-
but about the boundaries of consciousness, a mysteri-
ous locked room and a missing ex-wife. 

Clara has just moved in with her partner Markus and his daughters
when she starts experiencing bouts of faints and blacking out. She
regains consciousness in unexpected places without knowing how
she got there, while experiencing an uncanny feeling of being fol-
lowed.

Her despera on grows as she tries to find out who is poten ally spy-
ing on her and what is causing her black outs. Could it have anything
to do with the tragic accident that befell the family the previous
year? Even though she knows Markus’ ex-wife and the children's
mother, Sara, is gone, she can’t shake the feeling that she’s some-
how present in their lives.

Ques ons haunt her at night. How is Clara supposed to befriend

Markus’ teenage daughters who s ll mourn the loss of their mother?
What lies hidden in the locked room that she’s never been allowed
to enter? And what is causing Clara’s fain ng spells, which are grow-
ing worse by the day?

In an a empt to shut out her worries, she throws all her efforts into
her degree in psychology. That is, un l her thesis on the boundaries
 
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unexpected. Where will the next twist take you? 330 pages

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Annika Widholm (b. 1975) lives in Stockholm. Now a full- me writer, she

previously worked in marke ng in the publishing industry. The author of seve-
ral children’s and YA tles in the past, VERTIGO is Annika’s first adult fic on
novel and she is currently at work on a second. Contact 
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Emmy Abrahamson 
HOW  TO GRADUATE FROM THE LAUGHING ACADEMY 
 
The bestselling author of How to Fall in Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush returns!

Maya’s career as a stand‐up comedian isn’t going that great. Thinking about it, life outside of work
isn’t exactly stellar either, so when she finds herself locked up on a psychiatric ward, she has some
hard truths to face up to before she can find the road to recovery.

Following her huge debut success, Emmy Abrahamson returns with her trademark wit in this quirky,
funny and hear elt story about daring to go your own way, even when the going gets tough.

Swedish  tle: HUR MAN GÖR SUCCÉ PÅ DÅRHUS

Published by: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2018

Op ons: French: Fleuve, German: DTV, Greek: Psichogios, Italian: HarperCollins Italia, Polish: Rebis,

Serbian: Samizdat, Spanish: HarperCollins Iberica, Russian: Arcadia

Film and TV Rights: Available

Katarina Bivald 
CHECK IN AT THE PINE AWAY MOTEL 
 
New York Times bestselling author of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend returns!  

CHECK IN AT THE PINE AWAY MOTEL is a heart‐warming, charming tale of love, friendship, community
and the art of living, even when it’s already too late. This is Katarina Bivald’s third book. Her debut
sold to 27 countries and was a major bestseller in France and the US.

Swedish  tle: EN DAG SKA JAG LÄMNA ALLT DET HÄR

Published by: Bokförlaget Forum, 2018

Rights Sold: English (NA): Sourcebooks, French: Denoël 

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Magnus Dahlström 
HOMESTEAD 
 
From the winner of The Nine Society’s Prize and Swedish Radio Fiction Prize comes a taut, polyphonic
masterpiece of rural horror by one of Sweden’s most acclaimed contemporary writers. With the style
and moods reminiscent of Poe and Kafka, this is a must‐read for fans of Let the Right One In, The
Loney and Under the Skin.

Swedish  tle: HEMMAN
Published by: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2018

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Gertrud Hellbrand
SATYRICON  
 
The Secret History meets Cruel Inten ons in a dark, suspenseful novel about friendship, jealousy 
and obsession.  

A violent death. Two charasma c siblings. A young, naive woman, inexplicably drawn to the brother
and sister pair. Fi een years later, a reunion with life‐changing consequenses. SATYRICON is a whip‐
smart, pacy and darkly suspenseful novel about human nature’s deepest driving forces and the etern‐
al quest for love, sensuality and acceptance.

Swedish  tle: SATYRICON
Published by: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2018

Rights Sold: Polish: Marginesy

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Åsa Hellberg
AN UNEXPECTED VISIT  
 
New feelgood novel, sold in over 30 000 copies, by the author of the successful Sonja series 

Nikki is happy with her life: she lives in her father's old farm house in the Swedish countryside, has a
good friend living next door and spends the day taking care of her horses. Everything is going well
un l, one day, her father passes away and everything is turned upside down: she is cast into an inhe‐
ritance fight with rela ves she didn't know existed. Amidst all of this, she falls madly in love and ini a‐
tes a complicated rela onship. She is now confronted with a difficult choice: keeping the farm or
persuing her love.

Swedish  tle: ETT OVÄNTAT BESÖK

Published by: Bokförlaget Forum, 2018

Rights Sold: German: Ullstein

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Lin Jansson 
HER PERFECT FIT  
 
Lovisa is stuck in a rut and desperate for a change. But when you’re nearing thirty and suspect you
have even less talent than Kim Kardashian, it’s easier said than done.

HER PERFECT FIT is a laugh‐out‐loud‐funny novel and a pitch‐perfect take on life for the urban twenty‐
something woman today. And then there’s the love story: a happy ending to rival the well‐loved rom‐
coms of our age, drawing comparisons to Nora Ephron and Dolly Alderton.

Swedish  tle: RAGGA SOM DU SHOPPAR

Published by: Bokförlaget Forum, 2018

Rights Sold: Icelandic: Bjartur & Veröld

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Mari Jungstedt 
THE GRAN  CANARIA SERIES  
 

The new series from the mul ‐million copy bestselling author Mari Jungstedt, set on the idyllic Canary Is‐
lands in the Atlan c off the African coast. The series follows Swedish journalist Sara Moberg and the
handsome former police detec ve Kris an Wede.

Swedish  tle: EN MÖRKARE HIMMEL, DET FÖRLOVADE LANDET

Published by: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2015, 2017

Rights Sold: Danish: People’s Press (1‐3), English (World): Amazon Crossing (1), Finnish: Otava Publishing (1‐

2), German: btb Verlag (1‐2), Norwegian: Juritzen Förlag (1), Polish: Bellona (1‐2), Spanish: Maeva (1)

Film and TV Rights: Pathfinder Media, US

Viktoria Jäderling 
OH LUNAR STREET  
 
Viktoria Jäderling does her literary debut with fi een short stories that deal with quests and
execu ons, enormous fires and extreme sex appeal, mothers, both fake and childless ones, as well as
magnificent failures and the end of pop. Together the short stories form a distressful ensamble that
evolves towards the primi ve and the mysterious.

Swedish  tle: ÅH LUNARGATAN

Published by: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2017

Rights Sold: Danish: Silkefyr

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Bo Svernström 
VICTIMS 
 
Karin Slaughter meets Stefan Ahnhem in a dark page‐turner where nothing and no‐one is at it se‐
ems…

Chief Inspector Carl Edson and his team are prepared for what first seems like a rou ne murder inve‐
s ga on, but when a second body is found, completely unrelated to the first vic m, the signs point
toward the a acks having a wholly different link the police have yet to find; a link that echoes dark
and violent events from the past. In this case, the ques on is: who is the vic m, and who is the per‐
petrator? Na onal paperback bestseller with over 19 000 copies sold.

Swedish  tle: OFFRENS OFFER

Published by: Albert Bonniers förlag, 2018

Rights Sold: Danish: Rosinante (1+2), Dutch: HarperCollins Holland (1+2), Finnish: WSOY (1+2),

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(1), Lithuanian: Balto (1), Norwegian: Cappelen Damm (1+2), Polish: Foksal (1+2)

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Liselott Willén 
THERE ARE NO MONSTERS  
 
Nominated for the 2019 Nordic Council Literature Prize  

What happens when a young woman revisits the past, only to discover that her life has been built on
a lie? THERE ARE NO MONSTERS is a literary novel with a suspenseful undertone, about what happens
to a child’s psyche when pushed to extremes, and equally, an adult’s need to some mes rewrite our
own history to be able to understand ourselves as we are today.

Swedish  tle: DET FINNS INGA MONSTER

Published by: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2017

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Fatima Bremmer 
THE LONE WOMAN 
 
Winner of the August Prize for Non‐Fic on 2017, over 100 000 copies sold!  

The extraordinary life of Ester Blenda Nordström, 20th Century maverick reporter, adventurer and
women’s rights ac vist. In this first‐ever biography of Ester Blenda Nordström, journalist and author
Fa ma Bremmer tells the story of Sweden’s most courageous journalist. With the help of previously
unseen le er collec ons and diaries, we get under the skin of one of the 20th century’s most fasci‐
na ng women.

Swedish  tle: ETT JÄVLA SOLSKEN

Published by: Bokförlaget Forum, 2018

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Martina Johansson and Fanny Lindkvist 

SCANDINAVIAN CLEAN LIVING 
 
Detox your lifestyle the Swedish way!  
Drawing on their extensive research adn personal tried & tested methods, civil engineer and biohack‐
er Johansson and nutri onist and photographer Lindkvist offer up their invaluable informa on and
prac cal, accessible ps on removing harmful materials and substances from your lifestyle. The book
takes you on a journey through the mul tude of domes c areas: the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen,
garden, food, household waste, haircare, beauty, natural helath, clothing, travel, pet care.

Swedish  tle: GIFTFRI—ETT RENT LIV UTAN TILLSATSER

Published by: Bokförlaget Forum, 2017

Rights Sold: Croa an: Profil Knjiga, Italian: Newton Compton, Slovak: Ikar

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Miki Liukkonen
 
 

The Master of Silence  
 

The Finlandia‐ and Runeberg Prize‐nominated author of O re‐

turns with a dazzling, genre‐defying novel that captures the zeit‐
geist of our me.
Following his meteoric magnum opus, O, Finland’s rockstar literary sa‐
vant is back with comparable brevity, with an astonishing new work
about people, the difficul es in communica on, and the interest in
things, outside of their ontological being.
At midday, a twenty‐something man is found dead in his office chair.
Meanwhile, Herman Leorne is interviewing people for his Youtube chan‐
nel, discussing the interes ngness of things. Elsewhere, a mother with
an ea ng disorder considers ending her life with an overdose of Botox.
But how does all this e in to the significance of Sinatra’s My Way in
karaoke history, stringent Subway™ staff training days, and iced coffee?
In its tular homage to Rimbaud, Liukkonen proves himself to be a seer
of the big ques ons of our me, with influences of Foster Wallace and
Mishima in evidence in this brilliant, new novel.

"There is no direct communica on. There is always a filter in between. In

this instance, it’s you."

Praise for O:

'O manages to pique the curiosity of the reader on each of its pa-
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– Finlandia Prize Jury
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‘Miki Liukkonen has wri en one of the most important Finnish April 2018
359 pages
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Miki Liukkonen (b. 1989) made his literary breakthrough with the astonishingly
accomplished novel O (WSOY, 2017) – an encyclopaedic narra ve of ordinary
people and extraordinary events, neuroses, stubborn fixed ideas, and irra onal
things that become the most‐talked‐about literary tour de force in recent years.
A mul ‐talented and gi ed ar st, who feels equally at home in music and poetry
as he does in literature, Liukkonen likens his work to that of David Lynch’s in Contact
succeeding in commercialising the uncommercial. He lives in Helsinki. Eleonoora Kirk
eleonoora.kirk@bonnierrights.fi
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Katja Kettu

Rose is Gone
Shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize for Fiction 2018
Winner of the Readers’ Vote Finlandia Prize for Fiction 2018

A wild and lyrical epistolary novel about love, unfulfilled

dreams and finding your roots by bestselling Finnish au-
thor, Katja Ke u. 
 
Set in 2018 and the 1970s, ROSE IS GONE is an epistolary novel with a 
dus ng of magical realism told across seven chapters denoted as life 
paths (in line with Objibwe beliefs, a human soul has seven paths in 
their life me) narrated by Lempi, the middle‐aged daughter of a Fin‐
nish father, E u, and Na ve American mother, Rose. Forty‐five year‐
old Lempi returns to the Minnesota reserva on of her childhood a er 
her aging father begins to remember what happened to his long‐lost 
wife all those years ago. Solving the mystery behind her mother’s 
disappearance, Lempi must also face up to her true iden fy, her re‐
la ons with the rest of the reserva on’s inhabitants – including an old 
flame – and what was the fate of the girls who went missing all those 
years ago? 
The novel deals with themes of iden ty, belonging, turbulent love, vi‐
olent struggle, folklore and supers on with echoes of Karen Blixen’s 
storytelling of fate and des ny, and the magical realism of Gabriel Gar‐
cia Marquez. It may also appeal to those who liked Tommy Orange’s 
debut.  
HISTORICAL NOTE: When a copper mining company recruited Finnish 
workers from Norwegian mines for their reputa on as hard workers, it 
sparked a mass migra on of Finns to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula a er 
the end of the Civil War to the early 20th century. Finding similari es in 
their respec ve beliefs and mannerisms, the Anishinabe and Finns be‐
gan to intermarry, producing a new genera on of ‘Finndians’, with  Rights sold
whom Katja Ke u has a longstanding friendship, as documented in her  Czech: Argo
Estonian: Koolibri 
book, In the Land of the Finndians. Hungarian: Gondolat 
   
Op ons
'If you read just one Finnish novel this year, read Rose is Gone, Bulgarian: ICU 
Katja Ke u’s magnificent, Twin Peaks‐like mystery. […] Brilliant.' Croa an: Hena 
Danish: People’s Press 
– Aamuleh , five stars French: Actes Sud 
German: Ullstein 
‘A visionary novel.' Norwegian: Pax 
– Helsingin Sanomat  Swedish: Albert Bonniers   
 
'A full‐blooded story of love and violence.’ Publica on
WSOY, Finland 
– Turun Sanomat October 2018 
284 pages 
 
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Katja Kettu (b. 1978) is renowned for the powerful and unique linguistic style in  Finnish Edi on 
her work. Her breakthrough novel, The Midwife (Kätilö, 2011) won the Runeberg  English Sample Transla on 100 pp  
and Kalevi Jäntti prizes, was translated into over 20 languages and adapted into a  Synopsis 
Le er from the Author
feature film. Kettu’s recent works include Hawk Moth (Yöperhonen, 2015), which   
has sold 40,000 copies in Finland alone, and an illustrated non‐fiction collaborat‐ Film & TV Rights
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ans (Fintiaanien mailla, 2016). She lives in Helsinki.  Contact
bonnierrights.fi | [email protected] Eleonoora Kirk 
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Tommi Kinnunen

The Glass River

An instant bestseller — 20,000 copies sold

Acclaimed Finlandia Prize‐nominee Tommi Kinnunen re‐

turns with a three‐day novel about a community of glass
workers picking up the pieces in the a ermath of the war.  

The Tyynelä family has grown up in the shadows of the glassworks. 
Jussi, the eldest of the three siblings, is moved from pillar to post 
around different menial jobs at the factory as others work their way up 
in the ranks. But he sees the world around him differently, its detail 
and sharpness more acutely than those around him. 

Jussi’s sisters are consumed by their own lives and worries. Helmi 
works at the factory and is filled with nostalgia for the past. Irascible 
Raili remembers her former life in Helsinki, living in the belief that to 
get ahead in life, one must simply set one’s mind to it. But the war has 
changed everything. 

With his unmistakable style and lyrical prose, Kinnunen portrays the 
microcosm of the glassworks, the des nies of its people and the shape 
of their emo ons and rela onships with one another in the a ermath 
of the war.  A beau fully‐drawn portrayal of forgo en women and 
men with stylis c and thema c echoes of John Steinbeck and John Wil‐
liams. 

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Tommi Kinnunen’s (b. 1973) first two novels, Where Four Roads Meet (WSOY, 

2014) and The Light Behind the Eyes (WSOY, 2016) were published in Finland to 
cri cal and commercial success. Both  tles were shortlisted for the pres gious 
Finlandia Prize for Fic on and received prizes and nomina ons for mul ple li‐
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Camilla Tuominen

Lead Your Emotions

Tools and Wisdom for a Successful Working Life 

Understand and lead your emo ons – the meta‐skill of the

future!

How to lead yourself and your business wisely in the era of ar ficial intelli-
gence? Tools for success in the workplace of the future are undoubtedly
emo onal intelligence, crea vity, innova on, linking informa on, and rea-
ding weak signals while machines do the basic work needing linear intelli-
gence.

Drawing on extensive experience and research, science and anecdote,

former management consultant and leading emo on coach Camilla Tuo-
minen dis lls her approach to share in short, engaging lessons on how we
can discover our hidden abili es and flourish in the workplace in the infor-
ma on age and avoid burnout.

Learn to lead your emo ons to succeed at work with these indispensable
prac cal tools and wisdom from the leading Nordic expert on harnessing
the power of emo ons. This visual and engaging non-fic on work will pro-
vide the readers a deeper understanding of an essen al meta-skill for the
workplace, for now and into the future. A must-read for fans of Brené
Brown and Simon Sinek’s work.

Tuominen’s clients include top Finnish companies and ins tu ons, such as
Kone, Nordea, F-Secure, Sanoma and Aalto University. She has also given
talks abroad and was interviewed at the Nordic Business Forum live stage
in 2018. She will be giving a talk at TEDx Tampere in early 2019.

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Ina Westman

Archipelago

A stirring eco-novel about a relationship on the rocks, set against the

idyllic backdrop of a Nordic summer.

‘One day we, too, will disappear from here. The island will remain.’
Emma, Joel and their young daughter, Fanni, spend the summer at
their island hideaway in the Finnish archipelago. Despite the lack
of running water and electricity, they enjoy the simple pleasures
of fishing, foraging seaweed and gazing out to sea from between
the boulders and pine trees on their little island sanctuary. But
Emma suffers headaches and hallucinations caused by the livid
scar on her head. Struggling to remember how it got there and
what happened before the summer, she begins to drift away from
Joel, as she and he, in turn, tell their points-of-view with inter-
jecting conversations between Fanni and her grandfather.

Evincing the atmosphere and intergenerational dialogue of Tove

Jansson's The Summer Book, Ina Westman skilfully navigates the
faultlines of Emma and Joel’s relationship, peeling away the layers
of themselves as their future hangs in the balance. Emma must
learn that in order to save others, she must first save herself. Will
she remember what happened to her before her nightmares sub-
sume her entirely? And can she find a way back to Joel and Fanni?

An often haunting, beautiful, and layered narrative of a couple at

sea with each other, and the uncomfortable truths of climate All rights available
change, racism and migration. An homage to Tove Jansson’s wri- Publication
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son to Philip Teir’s novel, The Summer House and Elina Hirvonen’s 234 pages
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sustainably-built summerhouse on an island in the archipelago, Westman
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 Classic Fic on (Finland) 

Arto Paasilinna
Modern Classics from Finland

The hare, the bear, and the solitary hero... 
Arto Paasilinna’s earthy depic ons of the endless escapades of Finns 
and their irrepressible a tude towards life have claimed a permanent 
place in the na onal canon. His wry language and exuberant op mism 
have garnered praise and recogni on worldwide.  
 
In Europe, Paasilinna is considered a prominent eco‐philosopher, who‐
se works are simultaneously  meless yet  mely; their themes, dark 
humour and delving into the heart of humanity con nue to touch new 
readers around the world.  
 
Paasilinna is a natural storyteller and blue‐blooded humourist, who 
imbues his picaresque novels with a bi ng take on contemporary life 
and sa re. At the core of his wild adventures, rife with surprising turns 
of events, is a philosophical view of people as prisoners of modern mo‐
res and conven ons. 
 
Almost all of Paasilinna’s novels are founded on a wildly comical no‐
on, implemented throughout his works without fear of consequences. 
One of his main themes is freedom – or the illusion thereof. His protag‐
onists have li le considera on for social standing, regula ons or socie‐
tal demands.  
 
Paasilinna’s protagonists pig‐headedly fight conven on, mediocrity and 
the other scourges of modern life. They are driven by a burning desire 
to return to nature, where human existence would prove simpler. Paa‐
silinna finds material for his humour from the most unlikely of subjects, 
such as suicide and unemployment, but always handles them with   
Highlighted, bestselling works  
compassion and understanding.  Clumsy Guardian Angel (2004) 
  The Reverend’s Beastly Valet (1995) 
‘Paasilinna’s style is all Finn ‐ a sly sense of humor, a simplicity, a The Best Village in the World (1992) 
The Charming Mass Suicide (1990) 
moral compass that points firmly north and out of doors, away The Sweet Poison Cook (1988) 
from ci es… Readers root for Vatanen as he leaps off the mad The Forest of the Hanged Foxes (1987) 
The Son of the Thunder God (1984) 
merry‐go‐round.' The Howling Miller (1981) 
– Los Angeles Times, on The Year of the Hare  The Year of the Hare (1975) 
 
  Filmography 
‘The Year of the Hare reminds us that what seems so important The Year of the Hare (1997, France 2006) 
The Howling Miller (1982, France 2017) 
in our daily lives may not be all that permanent or sustaining.’  
 – Wall Street Journal Awards & Prizes 
Furet du Nord (France, 2004) 
Prix Lecture Jeunesse (France, 1995) 
Premio Giuseppe Acerbi (Italy, 1994)  
Arto Paasilinna (1942‐2018) was born in Ki lä, in Finnish Lapland. He worked by  Pro Finlandia (Finland, 1993 
Prix Air Inter (France, 1989)  
turns as a woodcu er, agricultural labourer and a journalist before his interna‐  
onal breakthrough with The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi, 1975), classified 
as a masterpiece of world literature in the UNESCO Collec on of Representa ve 
Works and featured in ’10 Foreign Books We Should All Read’ (The Independent,  Contact 
2015).  The oeuvre of Finland’s best‐known author has been translated into over  Marja Tuloisela 
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Mika Waltari
Modern Classics from Finland

Humanity, tolerance, and the beau ful vani es 

Mika Waltari made a las ng mark in Finnish literary history. His prodi-
gious output spanned over five decades and the number of his enduring 
works remains notably large.  He was widely renowned for his love of, as 
he called them “the beau ful vani es” of life, such as art, amongst other 
things. 
 
Waltari’s best-known work, The Egyp an (Sinuhe egyp läinen, WSOY 
1945), an immediate, interna onal bestseller on publica on has been 
translated into over 35 languages to date. A stunning work of historical 
fic on, it tells the even ul life story of Pharaoh Akhenaten’s personal 
physician, Sinuhe, while reflec ng on the contradic on between idealism 
and realism in a  meless manner.  
 
The mul faceted work has also been interpreted as a portrayal of 
the spiritual crisis caused by the Second World War in Europe. The Egyp-
an was turned into a lavish Hollywood film in the 1950s, and it became 
the most-sold historical novel in the USA, preceding Umberto Eco’s The
Name of the Rose. The Egyp an was voted the most-loved book of Finnish 
readers in 2017 and re-issued that same year in a special edi on to mark 
the centenary of Finland’s independence. 
 
Waltari wrote seven other historical novels set in various epochs. His wri-
ng masterfully captures human emo ons in  mes of great upheaval 
when the tradi on and value of humanism are most at risk. Waltari was 
adept at the forms of adventure and picaresque novels and he received a 
great deal of praise for his vivid narra on and thought-provoking depic -  
Historical novels  
on of the past.  
The Egyp an (1945) 
  The Dark Angel (1952) 
Waltari’s literary work also includes much-loved detec ve novels, and  The Adventurer (1948) 
literary novellas that draw likeness to those of de Maupassant.   The Wanderer (1949)  
The Secret of the Kingdom  (1959) 
The Roman (1964) 
‘A Game of Thrones and its sequels were also influenced by the  
works of great historical novelists like Thomas B. Costain, Mika Crime fic on 
Who Murdered Mrs. Skrof? (1939) 
Waltari, and Howard Pyle.’ Inspector Palmu’s Mistake (1949) 
It’s Wri en in the Stars,  
– George R.R. Mar n, The Huffington Post Inspector Palmu! (1962) 
 
Novellas 
‘Waltari successfully combine[s] research, imagina on, and the A Stranger Come to the Farm (1937) 
cunning of a good tale-teller in bringing the genera on of Akhna- This Kind of Thing Never Happens 
(1939/1961) 
ton to life.’  A Nail Merchant at Nigh all (1949) 
– New York Herald Tribune  Moonscape and Other Stories (1953) 
 

Mika Waltari (1908-1979) was born in Helsinki. His debut novel The Grand Illu-

sion (Suuri illusioni, 1928) became a literary sensa on in Finland and a racted 
interest also abroad.  Waltari was elected to the Academy of Finland in 1957,  Contact 
and he was awarded the State Prize for Literature in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1949 &  Marja Tuloisela 
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