Åsa Foster is shortlisted for Borås Tidning’s Debutant Prize with story collection MAN MÅSTE INTE ALLTID TALA OM DET (YOU DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT). The jury’s comment: “For short stories that through precision and dramaturgical skill explore human turmoil.”
http://www.bt.se/kultur-noje/jag-skulle-skapa-en-fantastisk-plats/
Our reigning queen of romance, Simon Ahrnstedt, is shortlisted for the Book Bloggers Literature Award 2014 (www.facebook.com/bokbloggarnaslitteraturpris). Her latest novel ONLY ONE NIGHT was picked as one of the top eleven candidates from a selection of 99 other titles. The voting will continue for another week and a half. Best of luck Simona, you are always our pick.
TJOCKARE ÄN VATTEN (THICKER THAN WATER) by Carin Gerhardsen was nominated for the Grand Audio Prize in 2014. Congratulations, Carin!
http://www.storaljudbokspriset.se/
Therese Bohman’s DEN ANDRA KVINNAN (THE OTHER WOMAN) is one of six novels nominated for the Swedish Radio’s Literary Prize. Each book will be read, discussed and assessed by a jury consisting of avid readers and listeners. You can follow their discussions on SR P1, starting 2 March 2015.
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=499&artikel=6036927
Congratulations Dan Josefsson – winner of the Grand Prize for Journalism! Last night his book and TV documentary MANNEN SOM SLUTADE LJUGA (THE MAN WHO STOPPED LYING) as named “Scoop of the Year” at the annual awards ceremony.
OPERATION – SELVMORDSBOMBE OPERATION – BLOOD DIAMOND by Benni Bødker was nominated for the Orla Prize again this year!
The Orla Prize is a literary prize named after Orla Frøsnapper (Orla frog-eater)–the protagonist in Ole Lund Kirkegaard’s children’s book with the same name.
It’s a prize for and by children–children nominate, vote and select the winner every year.
The winner will be announced on the 30th May in 2015.
Congratulations, Benni and good luck!!
Our Norwegian authors, Unni Lindell and Jan-Erik Fjell have been nominated for this year’s Booksellers’ Award!!Unni Lindell BURDEKISTEN (THE ANGEL IS A DEVIL)
http://www.nordinagency.se/portfolio-item/brudekisten-the-angel-is-a-devil-by-unni-lindell/
Jan-Erik Fjell ROVDYRET (THE PREDATOR)
http://www.nordinagency.se/portfolio-item/rovdyret-the-predator/
The winner will be announced on the 25th November. Congratulations, Unni and Jan-Erik!
The Boys is an account of the coming of age years like no other. It combines the painfully everyday with the beautifully magical and tells a dark intense tale of love, death and sisterhood.
The Boys (Pojkarna) was awarded The August Prize in 2011 for best young adult fiction.
The boy kingdom is introduced with the acuteness and assertiveness of the girlhood eye. A coming-of-age novel that endeavours to dissolve the borders of language, maturing and reality. About the body as a battlefield and masculinity as a drug.
The novel was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize 2013, a play based on novel is touring in Sweden and a movie is in the making.
Found in Translation, a new prize for translated children’s fiction, to find fresh, unique and fantastic stories for children and to make those accessible to all editors and publishers interested in the best books for children. A professional literary translation samples of the winning titles will be included in the FOUND IN TRANSLATION anthology.
The winners will be announced at the Bologna Book Fair 2015.
International thriller The Conductor from S:t Petersburg (Dirigenten från S:t Petersburg) by authors Camilla Grebe and Paul Leander-Engström was awarded the prestigious prize for Best Crime and Thriller Audio Book 2013. The suspenseful novel has already sold to 5 territories around the world and is the first installation in the Moscow Noir trilogy.
The Jury’s motivation :
Author’s Camilla Grebe and Paul Leander-Engström have created an insightful and satisfyingly unpredictable thriller that feels realistic and extremely topical. Reader Shanti Roney’s smooth and suggestive way of telling the story really captures its audience. With a warm and compassionate voice he paints a picture of life’s cold and hard reality.
Congratulations to Caroline Jensen – Winner of Landskrona City’s Culture Award 2013!
The jury’s motivation is: “Through her writing Caroline has contributed to the growing awareness of crossover literature and she is inspiring young people to discover the fantastic world of reading. With her short stories she reaches readers both in Sweden and beyond our borders.”
Caroline Jensen debuted in 2008 with the autobiographical book The Champagne Girl. Since then she has written numerous short horror stories, each more scary than the other. Next year her first young adult novel, Demonology for Beginners will be published by MIX Forlag, Sweden.