Mette Karlsvik’s novella, Surtsey is a tale about the Midsummer’s Night, when everything is possible, on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.
Surtsey creates a condensed tale, about shifts in the natural world and in human beings. A beautiful, highly original tale by one of our most interesting authors.
Strengthening its Scandinavian presence, Winje Agency welcomes Swedish agent Sofia Odsberg to the team. Odsberg brings with her award-winning authors Lina Wolff and Mirja Unge.
German translator Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel has been awarded the inaugural Fosse Prize for Translators. ’Hinrich has been instrumental in bringing not only the work of Jon Fosse, but of many outstanding Norwegian authors, to German readers—and for that, we are eternally grateful,’ says Gina Winje.
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.
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!
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.