The Art of Swimming by Inger Bråtveit is sold to Arabic, the prestigious Sefsafa Publishing House will publish this strong novel in Soha El-Sibaia and Sherin Awahab’s translation. A wonderful start on the New Year – a lot’s of books in translations there will be in this National Bookyear in Norway: Happy New Literary Year!
The Heirs of the Arctic was published in France by Le bruit du monde last week (Les héritiers de l’Arctique, tr. Loup-Maëlle Besançon), and the first reviews are outstanding.
We’re excited to be attending the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April to discuss our children’s authors, which include Jon Fosse, Ruth Lillegraven, and Ole Kristian Løyning.
The good news continues to roll in for Helle Helle: a nomination for the Nordic Council Literature Prize last week and now a sale to one of the US’ most prestigious publishers.
World-renowned filmmaker Erik Poppe will direct Bad Moon Rising, a feature film by Jon Fosse, with a script written 26 years ago.