The One Needful Thing (Yt etter evne, få etter behov) is about a family struggling to cope with the fact that they no longer have what can be called a normal life. Olaug Nilssen is back with a breathtaking, strong novel asking: Who will shoulder a responsibility that nobody can really manage? To be published in October, sample in English available.
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.
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.
