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Enger wins booksellers’ prize

Journalist and author Cecilie Enger has won this year's Bokhandlerprisen (Booksellers' Prize) for her gripping novel about her mother's dementia, death "and much more,"...

New printing, mixed reviews for latest Breivik book

Celebrity author Åsne Seierstad has just released her own book about convicted Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik that also covers his troubled childhood and...

Nesbø becoming a book billionaire

Multi-talented Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø’s star continues to rise as sales of his gritty crime novels boom worldwide. Global sales are soon expected...

Sales brisk for new book about terrorist’s mother

Sales of a new and much-debated book about the mother of convicted terrorist Anders Behring Brevik are exceeding all expectations, according to publishing firm...

New Breivik book stirs up a storm

Author Marit Christensen and Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug were being both praised and harshly criticized on Thursday for not only going ahead with the...

Nesbø and NRK end collaboration

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) has canned production of a four-year, multi-million dollar television series created by the multi-talented Norwegian author Jo Nesbø. With a budget...

Knausgård cancels all appearances

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård, who became a major celebrity after his publication of an unusually revealing series of books about his own life,...

Nesbø’s latest sells out in two days

The first print run of Jo Nesbø's new crime novel Politi sold out in just two days, reports news bureau NTB. The much-anticipated initial run...

Author Nesbø may lose Scorsese

Norwegian author Jo Nesbø has dreamed of working with famed film director Martin Scorsese and it seemed it would come true with his crime...

Filmmaker celebrates right to use ‘Beatles’ music

The Norwegian producers behind a film version of a highly acclaimed Norwegian novel "Beatles" were both relieved and jubilant, after their project was granted rights...
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