The One Needful Thing is among the best novels of the year!

December 7 2020

The One Needful Thing is among the best novels of the year!

“A painful and witty portrait of a family at their breaking-point, after years of caring for a demanding autistic boy. The frank, funny prose, warmth and potpourri of contradicting emotions bubbling under the surface, makes the novel a moving light read about being exhausted” says Maya Troberg Djuve in Dagbladet.

This much praised novel is also nominated to the P2 Audience Novel Award and The Young Readers Critic’s Prize.
The winner of both prizes will be selected in 2021.

Other entries

September 10 2025

Jon Fosse’s "Vaim" receives widespread acclaim

Jon Fosse’s Vaim was released in Norway last week – the first novel since his 2023 Nobel Prize and the opening volume of a trilogy set in the fictional town of Vaim. Early reviews are brimming with praise!

August 22 2025

Ida Frisch joins Winje Agency

We are thrilled to welcome Ida Frisch as a new author at Winje Agency!

August 18 2025

Danish author Amalie Trudsø joins Winje Agency

We are delighted to welcome Danish author Amalie Laulund Trudsø to Winje Agency!

June 10 2025

Eva Fretheim awarded the prestigious Glass Key award for best Nordic crime novel!

For the first time in 11 years, the prestigious Glass Key has been awarded to a Norwegian author—our very own Eva Fretheim for The Bird King!

June 5 2025

Jon Fosse published in The New Yorker!

Jon Fosse’s new novel, “Vaim” will be published in Norwegian and many more languages this coming autumn. Last Sunday, The New Yorker presented an excerpt in Damion Searls’ translation, along with an interview with the author.