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

November 19 2024

Pedro Carmona-Alvarez to Germany and UK

Chiquitita is heading to Germany, where it will be published by the prestigious Luchterhand Literaturverlag, and the UK, where it will be one of the first books the brand-new Akoya Publishing will be launching with.

October 14 2024

Ruth Lillegraven’s "Blood Ties" enjoying success in Germany

The second book in Ruth Lillegraven’s thrilling “Clara”-series, “Blood Ties” (“Dunkler Abgrund”, Ullstein Verlag, tr. Günther Frauenlob) is hitting it out of the park in Germany since launching a couple of months ago!

October 13 2024

New series from Jon Fosse: "Vaim"

New series alert from Jon Fosse! You’ll have to wait until next year to read the first book, but for now, we’re happy to share the first lines with you.

October 9 2024

New Helle Helle, plus 3-book deal in the UK

In April 2025, Gutkind Forlag will be publishing a new novel, Hey Hafni. We are also thrilled that the brand-new Akoya Publishing has acquired three of Helle’s books for UK English publication: they, Hafni Says, and Hey Hafni.

August 23 2024

Olaug Nilssen awarded the 2024 Amalie Skram Prize

The 2024 Amalie Skram Prize has been awarded to Olaug Nilssen. The award ceremony took place on August 22, during the annual celebration of Amalie Skram’s birthday at the Literature House in Bergen.