A New Name longlisted for 2022 National Book Award

September 16 2022

We’re delighted to share that A New Name by Jon Fosse, translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls, has been longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. The ten books being considered for the award were originally published in nine different languages. The shortlist will be announced on October 4.

A New Name, which was also a finalist for the 2022 International Booker Prize, is the final installment in Fosse’s three-volume Septology, receiving reviews in The New York Times, Harper’s, The New York Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and elsewhere.

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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.

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May 14 2025

Eva Fretheim’s books have now been sold to four markets!

Eva Fretheim’s books have now been sold to FOUR countries! The latest publishers to acquire this crime series are Bokförlaget Forum in Sweden and A.W. Bruna Uitgevers in the Netherlands, following earlier deals with Gyldendal (Denmark) and Rowohlt (Germany).

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