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Fiction Crime Fiction Short-stories, Poetry, Essays Series Narrative Non-Fiction Illustrated Non-Fiction Nature and Outdoors Fitness and Health Food & Gardening Design and Crafts

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CAPPELEN DAMM AGENCY Cappelen Damm is Norway’s largest publishing house, publishing approximately 1100 titles a year, within the genres of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. Cappelen Damm’s list of authors includes Lars Saabye Christensen, Åsne Seierstad, Karin Fossum, Erlend Loe, Erik Fosnes Hansen and Roy Jacobsen. We also have a strong list of fiction and non-fiction in translation, which includes J.M. Coetzee, Antony Beevor, Lars Kepler, JK Rowling, José Saramago and Jonathan Franzen. Cappelen Damm is owned jointly by Bonnier and Egmont, each of which owns 50 %. Cappelen Damm Agency represents the rights of all of the authors in this catalogue. The Agency is responsible for all foreign book rights, as well as rights for TV, film, radio, anthologies, electronic media, etc. We are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the authors and the sales of foreign rights. We look forward to speaking to you.

Fiction

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Ingvar Ambjørnsen

The Elling Series Elling-serien Ingvar Ambjørnsen’s most successful novels is the quartet about the odd-ball Elling: Utsikt til Paradiset, Fugledansen, Brødre i blodet and Elsk meg i morgen. These novels are critically acclaimed and have sold very well to Ambjørnsen’s wide audience. Ambjørnsen introduced something entirely new with his books about Elling. His stories contain crazy inventiveness and absurd, gentle humour. He describes the loneliness – and the dream of friendship. It is an entertaining read, and the protagonist Elling is called by some reviewers “the Norwegian Forest Gump”.

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The movie Elling was nominated for an Oscar in 2001, and the stage play was very well received at London’s West End.

Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956–) made his literary début in 1981, and has since published novels, crime fiction, short story collections, children’s and young adults books, as well as essay collections.

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A Vision of Paradise (Utsikt til paradiset), 1993.

Rights sold to: Denmark, GERMANY, ICELAND, KOREA, LITHUANIA, RUSSIA and TURKEY.

The Chicken Dance (Fugledansen), 1995.

Rights sold to: BULGARIA, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, ICELAND, KOREA, LITHUANIA, The Netherlands, POLAND, SWEDEN and TURKEY.

Beyond the Great Indoors (Brødre i blodet), 1996.

Rights sold to: BULGARIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, Egypt, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ISRAEL, ITALY, KOREA, LITHUANIA,THE The Netherlands, POLAND, SPAIN, SWEDEN, TURKEY and UK.

Love Me Tomorrow (Elsk meg i morgen), 1999.

Rights sold to: GERMANY, KOREA, LITHUANIA, POLAND and TURKEY.

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Sunniva Lye Axelsen

The Jerusalem Syndrome Jerusalemsyndromet Forty-year-old Harriet lives and works in Jerusalem. An award-winning photographer, she documented the scenes of horror soon after a suicide bomber triggered an explosion. Harriet leads a solitary life and sees little of others, except for occasional visits to a Jewish psychiatrist in West Jerusalem who prescribes medicines for her. Afterwards, she sees a priest in East Jerusalem, who allows her to weep.

In an exceptionally fine language that truly moves the reader, Jerusalemsyndromet deals with strongly charged, at times explosive subject matter, but other themes include loneliness and a fragile love story.

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Harriet's childhood in Norway is explored in parallel with the present day narrative. She grew up in smallholding, shared with her mother, father and her mother's father. Her mother was given to unpredictable rages, often brutally targeted on Harriet. When her grandfather dies suddenly, Harriet's existence becomes very difficult.

▶ BACK LIS T Follow Me All the Days of My Life (Følge meg alle mine dager), 2011.

‘Sunniva Lye Axelsen has made her debut with a powerful novel about dementia and the total devastation wrought by this condition.’ Morgenbladet

‘Of the first novels published this spring, Følge meg alle mine dager has an outstandingly consistent, workedthrough narrative.’ Klassekampen

Sunniva Lye Axelsen (1980–) was born in Stavanger. She lives and works in Jerusalem. Photo: Elke Mayrhofer

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Rune Belsvik

She Was So Pretty Once Ho som var så søt Berit is close to her 60th birthday. Following her early retirement from teaching, she has lived quietly on her disability allowance, mostly staying at home. She passes her time reading books, knitting and cooking suppers for her husband, who still works. But old memories come back to torment her. She recalls what happened during her last year at college. Compared with everything else going on in the world, it was nothing, she supposes. All the same, she has to think it through, again and again. Outside, the winter is bitterly cold. Massive drifts of snow covers the land and the houses.

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Rune Belsvik (1956–) is a versatile, highly valued and popular writer of a long line of books for children, youth and adults. He made his literary début in 1979 and has received many awards over the years. He received the Ministry for Culture and Church Affairs' Literary Award in 1994 and the Critics’ Award in 1996 for his Dustefjerten books.

Photo: Sol Nodeland

Rune Belsvik takes us into the troubled heart of a young woman and tells us about her experiences as she explores meeting men. Ho som var så søt presents a believable and powerful portrait of a woman.

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Tor Åge Bringsværd

Release the Handle as You Turn Slipp håndtaket når du vrir This is a warm-hearted story about friendship and love across all boundaries. But this is also a social satire in the same tradition as Gulliver's Travels and its Norwegian counterpart, Nils Klim's Journey to the Underworld – a burlesque narrative that shifts between different realities, interconnected by black holes through which we move from Here to There in a terrifying twinkle of an eye! Rights sold to: Germany (Onkel & Onkel).

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‘Slipp håndtaket når du vrir is a novel you just have to give in to. A more peculiar educational journey is hard to find; in that case it must be Gulliver's Travels. Here is linguistic slapstick, wagging narrative eagerness and a will to break with specifics from everyday life which in this reader calls for words like Yes! and More!’ NRK

‘We need more authors like Bringsværd, authors who do not just go into themselves, but also out of themselves and let their imagination run free, without taking themselves too seriously; who pulls the reader into black holes whilst standing steady as a rock.’ Dagsavisen

Tor Åge Bringsværd (1939–) has received many awards, as a Photo: Berit Sandberg

writer and as a playwright. His works have been translated into 23 languages and his theatrical works have been staged in twelve countries. Bringsværd writes for all ages.

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Lars Saabye Christensen

Bernhard Hval’s Slips of the Tongue Bernhard Hvals forsnakkelser A great epic from the author of The Half Brother. Doctor Bernhard Hval left medical school with the best marks in his year. Regrettably, certain bad habits of his, like spitting and swearing and rudeness, led to him ending up in a mortuary doing autopsies. Hanging out with the dead was the best thing for him, people said. The story is told in 1979, when the nearly 80-year-old Bernhard Hval looks back on all of the past century from an extremely eccentric point of view. He gives us an account of himself, his wife Sigrid and Notto Fipp, the competitive walker. A bizarre, unruly novel about friendship, love and craziness – especially craziness.

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Rights sold to: DENMARK (C&K), GERMANY (BTB), BULGARIA (VESSELA lutzkanova) and ISRAEL (Kinneret-Zmora).

‘An intense, original and energetic novel about a dramatic life.’ Aftenposten

‘In format, both with regard to physical size and ambition, Bernhard Hvals forsnakkelser is closer to what Christensen’s total readership really wants, namely challengers of Beatles and Halvbroren.’ Dagens Næringsliv

‘Without exaggeration one can say that every page of this novel is a linguistic pleasure.’ Dagsavisen

‘… a feast to read!’ NRK

Lars Saabye Christensen (1953–) made his literary

Photo: Siv-Elin Nærø

début in 1976 with Historien om Gly. His break-through novel was Beatles, which is one of the greatest literary successes in Norway and which continues to speak to new generations. He received both the Bookseller’s Prize and the Nordic Council’s Literary Award for Halvbroren in 2001. This novel also marked his break-through to the international market.

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Beatles (Beatles), 1984.

Rights sold to: BULGARIA, China, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, FRANCE, GERMANY, LITHUANIA, The Netherlands, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMaNIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN and UK.

Lead (Bly), 1990.

Rights sold to: BULGARIA, DENMARK and GERMANY. Rights sold to: BULGARIA, DENMARK, FRANCE, GERMANY, The Netherlands, SPAIN and SWEDEN.

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The Funeral (Bisettelsen), 2008.

The Half Brother (Halvbroren), 2001.

Rights sold to: ALBANIA, BANGLADESH, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, ICELAND, ITALY, ISRAEL, KOREA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, Macedonia, The Netherlands, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, UK and USA.

Herman (Herman), 1988.

Rights sold to: albania, croatia, dENMARK, FINLAND, France, germany, iceland, india, italy, korea, LITHUANIA, The Netherlands, poland, portugal, romania, russia, spain, sweden, uk and USA.

The Model (Modellen), 2005.

Rights sold to: BULGARIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ICELAND, INDIA, ITALY, The Netherlands, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWEDEN and UK.

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Eivind Hofstad Evjemo

The Last Thing You Will See is a Loving Face Det siste du skal se er et ansikt av kjærlighet Practically an entire community is described in Det siste du skal se er et ansikt av kjærlighet. Even the floor in a gymnasium is given its own tiny chapter. The narrative focuses on a family: Roy and his son Aksel are the leading characters, together with Kjersti, who is an advocate for the handicapped school pupil Siri. We share their day to day lives as the quiet drama unfolds in a community sheltered by the newly-rich Norwegian state.

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Hofstad Evjemo writes about the dreams you hold on to in places where the world seems distant – and about everyone sharing the hope that life will offer something more. But this is also about a community: new spaces in it are opened up and you can get in behind the facades, go where no one usually goes, find new patterns and structures. We are given a roving, strangely realistic view of the author's dissection of a body of Norwegian reality. Everywhere, he provides sharp thumbnail sketches of social and communal life. Eivind Hofstad Evjemo has dared to do something not many in his generation would try: make a community his subject and explore its social hierarchies. He writes in a charged, insightful language.

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Wake Me Up if I Fall Asleep (Vekk meg hvis jeg sovner), 2009.

‘Impressive debut … The sorrow carried forth by the text is formed in a beautiful, poetic language.’ Dag og Tid

‘An exciting start … Evjemo’s strength is a rare sensibility in gaze and language. This bodes well for the continuation.’ Dagbladet

Eivind Hofstad Evjemo (1983–) has attended the 14

Litterær Gestaltning in Gothenburg. He is a member of the editorial board of Nordahl eftf literary journal. This year's novel is his second publication.

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Benedicte Meyer Kroneberg

A Just War

En rettferdig krig It is the week of the 10th December 2009. Barack Obama arrives in Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. During these intense days in December, we follow three people: For Hans, who has had a stroke and become a patient, the crucial relationship is to his physiotherapist Terje. He fights a last battle to retain his dignity. His ex-wife, a journalist called Karin, has been given the job to comment on president Obama's speech at the Nobel ceremony. By chance, she encounters an old flame. Is it too late for them?

Live, Erik's wife, and Karin and Hans's daughter, has gone away for the duration. In her absence, the three stories intertwine and everyone involved is forced to rethink their feeling about Live. What do we mean to each other? What do we know about those who are closest to us?

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Hans and Karin's son-in-law Erik is hanging out at Oslo Central Station every day. He was a soldier and is obsessed by an event in Afghanistan. But his meeting with a strange girl might change everything.

En rettferdig krig is a book about what happens when you confront your most deeply felt fears and about the possibility of change.

▶ BACK LIS T So No One Can Hear the Silence (Ingen skal høre hvor stille det er), 2010. Rights sold to: Lithuania.

‘The book is a profoundly insightful account of the process of freeing oneself from the past.’ Vårt Land

‘A remarkable first novel about overcoming the impact of mother … debutant writer Benedicte Meyer Kroneberg is in precise control as she tells of little Hanna being made to take on responsibility... Parts of Kroneberg’s novel are shot through with existential unease, expressed in her simple but highly charged language.’ Dag og Tid

Benedicte Meyer Kroneberg (1972–) was born in Oslo,

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but now lives on the outskirts of Arendal. She graduated from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology with a degree in Nordic literature, and works as a lower secondary teacher.

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A Fool Free En dåre fri

Winner of the The Critics’ Award in Norway and Swedish Radio’s Listeners’ Award. Nominated by both Norway and Sweden for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize! Eli lives alone. But she shares her life with Espen, Erik and Emil – or, rather, their voices, which have been with her since childhood. Periodically, she is cared for in a mental hospital and treated either with sympathy, or with gross insensitivity. Eli’s will to live and be creative is strong, but the voices keep rowing and ruining things for her. Still, she carries on writing books and making films.

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In this novel, Beate Grimsrud opens the door to a world that is alien to most people. In that world, you can at times feel vulnerable and powerless, but it has its own fascination and pathos. Rights sold to: Czech Republic (Doplnek), Denmark (Gyldendal), Finland (Like), France (actes Sud), Germany (BTB LUCHTERHARD), RUSSIA (CORPUS) and Serbia (carobna Knjiga).

▶ BACK LIS T To Slip Past an Axe (Å smyge forbi en øks), 1998. Rights sold to: Denmark , Germany and Iceland.

Children, What Do We Know that Lives in the Woods? (Hva er det som fins i skogen barn?), 2002. Rights sold to: HUNGARY.

The Leakage of Sleep (Søvnens lekkasje), 2007.

Grimsrud was born in Norway, but lives in Sweden. She is bilingual, and has two original publishers; Bonnier in Sweden and Cappelen Damm in Norway. Cappelen Damm Agency handles foreign rights.

Photo: fotograf Henrik Lindal

Beate Grimsrud (1963–) made her literary début in 1990, and in 1998 she was nominated for the Nordic Council Literary Award for her novel Å smyge forbi en øks. In 2007 she published her first children’s book: Klar ferdig gå!, which was co-authored by Inger Alfvén.

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Talk to Me Snakk til meg Ingeborg is a middle-aged, unadventurous librarian who lives in a small town in Norway. Her husband is dead, and her son has moved out and lost touch with his mother. On a trip to Cuba, she allows herself to be charmed by a black man, a musician who sings and plays the drums in the hotel garden. He is a poor, but clever man. She is white and well off, but alone. Norway's satiated consumer society is contrasted with the bankrupt Cuba in this politically aware, searching novel about the fragile balance between people – and about a woman's relationships with her son and with her lover.

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Vigdis Hjorth

Wheel Change Hjulskift is a love story about Truls, a car salesman, and Louise, a professor of literature. It’s an intelligent and humorously told story of an encounter between two people who come from opposite ends of the cultural spectrum.

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‘One just has to pull out the superlatives … [Vigdis Hjorth] dissects class differences, love, intimacy, art and life in a sober, simple and incredibly precise language … a pleasure to read.’ Dagbladet Rights sold to: Sweden, Denmark and Poland.

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If Only Om bare

The playwright Ida Heier has met the love of her life: the professor Arnold Busk, who is ten years her senior. Both are married and have children. For several years she pines for him to let go of his family for her. But when he does, their relationship moves toward the extreme, an obsession that borders on madness…

‘A great, tragic novel about love which hits the reader like an express train.’ Dagbladet Rights sold to: Germany and Ukraine.

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Roy Jacobsen Anger

Hans Larsen is 72 years old and just released from prison after a long spell inside. He brings with him a letter that has been waiting for him, unopened, all that time. It is from his daughter. Now, as he reads it for the first time, he learns just what he feared. His wife is dead and his daughter has never forgiven him for anything.

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Rage and Remorse

The old offender walks out into a personal springtime: a beautiful woman desires him. She is well off and lives in a large house, so Hans moves in with her. His daughter doesn't know that her father is freed and cannot herself break out of her routine – she stays in the same town and tries to build a life as well as she can.

Rights sold to: Denmark (Rosinante&Co), Germany (Osburg) and Sweden (Norstedts).

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Anger is an existential drama, in which Jacobsen has borrowed narrative structure from psychological crime fiction. These are biting, beautiful life stories of a handful of people and, in particular, an exceptionally powerful recreation of a father-daughter relationship. A great novel, which occupies a key position in Roy Jacobsen's rich literary output.

‘Elegant, raw and full of humanity … A dark novel that lights up the autumn.’ Haugesunds Avis

‘Jacobsen is a skilful writer who recreates grim human lives and apparently grey existences in a way which makes it hard to stay uninvolved.’ Dagens Næringsliv

‘As a bonus the reader is offered the joy of watching an experienced writer … enter into face-to-face combat with a younger, more energetic version himself, sentence by sentence – and win almost every round. It couldn’t be more gripping.’ GD

Roy Jacobsen (1954–) has since his literary début in 1982 with the short story collection Fangeliv evolved into an original, strong and analytical writer with a special interest in the underlying psychology at play in human relationships and actions. He is a wonderful storyteller with obvious political engagement. He has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Award: for Seierherrene in 1991, and Frost in 2003. He was also short-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2009 for his novel Hoggerne.

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Child Wonder Vidunderbarn It all begins when a mysterious, little half-sister arrives. Her name is Linda. She carries a blue suitcase with a manual. A manual for Linda. Because Linda is someone quite special.

It is the year of the Berlin Wall, of President Kennedy and Jurij Gagarin. Finn lives with his mother in a tiny working class apartment in Oslo. Life is all about a TV, playing with his best friend Freddy, but also about beating up boys in the neighborhood and getting beaten up yourself. This small family’s everyday life is modest and stubbornly social-democratic. But then Linda arrives, and suddenly Finn detects signs of change and secrets about his mother. The foundation of his entire existence is shaking. This powerful depiction of a childhood shows how wonderful and how dangerous it is to be a child. Sold 150,000 copies in Norway and winner of The Booksellers’ Prize.

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Rights sold to: Azerbaijan (Qanun), Bulgaria (Perseus), Czech Republic (Pistorius & Olšanská), Denmark (Rosinante), Egypt (Al-Arabi), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), The Faeroe Islands (Nylendi), Finland (Like), France (Gallimard), Germany (Osburg Verlag), Hungary (Scolar), Israel (Keter), Italy (Bompiani), Makedonia (Shkupi), The Netherlands (Querido), Poland (SIW Znak), Russia (Corpus), Serbia (Carobna), Spain (Grijalbo Mondadori), Sweden (Norstedts), UK (MacLehose Press) and USA (Graywolf).

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The Conquerors (Seierherrene), 1991.

Rights sold to: denmark, lithuania and sweden.

Boundaries (Grenser), 1999.

Rights sold to: Denmark, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden.

The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles (Hoggerne), 2005.

Rights sold to: Croatia , Czech Republic, Denmark, Faeroe Islands, France, Germany, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Poland , Russia, Serbia, Sweden and UK.

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‘The effect of Roy Jacobsen’s Vidunderbarn is a little like Finn’s newly discovered analogy of social injustice, hitting you with the force of a goods train; this is the kind of novel that never leaves you.’ Times Literary Supplement, UK

‘To Kill a Mockingbird quickly comes to mind while reading this wellwrought Norwegian best-seller that also covers a momentous period in the shared life of a brother and sister, during which she is threatened and he labors to save her. … More obviously artful than Mockingbird, Vidunderbarn is as powerful and more contemporarily relevant.’ Booklist, USA

‘A gloriously intelligent novel that is so rewarding, funny, sad and human that the only advice to be given is to read it. ’ The Irish Times

‘A book that makes you laugh and cry – what more can you wish for? That it does not end after 264 pages, but lasts into next week … Vidunderbarn is nothing less than a perfect masterpiece.’

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‘What a wonderful novel!’

Dagsavisen

‘A new addition to an extraordinarily rich authorship.’ Aftenposten

Roy Jacobsen masters the art of writing about someone who struggles in a way which makes the reader feel better … The novel is a small, both sad and merry gem.’ Politiken, DK

‘The novel is rich with both irony and love, fights and tenderness, peculiarities and general beauty in a boy’s world, just before the present breaks through, and where modesty’s small everyday life shines with nostalgia, sadness and guts.’ Information, DK

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Fvonk Fvonk

At the time when the Norway Hiking & Exercise Association was going through a rough patch, Fvonk was an employee. He can testify to the financial mess. Fvonk is deeply uninterested in culture. Then a lodger moves into his place, but not a Nobody. On the contrary, quite a Somebody. As it happens, his name is Jens – the Prime Minister of Norway himself.

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Just as Fvonk is contemplating life in general, a large, shiny, very clean car of a German make glides up the drive and stops without cutting the engine. It is black, has darkened windows and looks official. Fvonk resents all interference by the authorities and this one in particular. A few seconds later, the rear door on the right opens and a woman in her fifties climbs out. Irritatingly, the door makes a hollow, thumping noise – boom, boom, boom – a signal alerting everyone to the fact that it is open. The woman slams the door and checks her surroundings, making sure that she isn't observed by anyone except Fvonk. But there are just the two of them present – this woman and Fvonk.

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Erlend Loe

Rights sold to: Denmark (Gyldendal), Germany (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), Hungary (Scolar Kiado), Macedonia (Tabernakul), Russia (Azbooka), Serbia (Geopoetika), Sweden (Alfabeta) and Ukraine (Folio).

‘With a bubbling joy of telling a story Erlend Loe creates a room where the country’s most powerful man can finally be himself … Fvonk is first and foremost a highly entertaining book about a friendship out of the ordinary.’ Vårt Land

‘Loe creates several entertaining situations with this cartoonish universe. Both on and between the lines a clear critique of The Norwegian Social Democracy’s ways of understanding and behavior can be found.’ VG

‘Like most of Erlend Loe’s books, this too is a light read, light philosophy, lightly consummated. But it is not necessarily simple as a result. Because if you liked Naiv.Super. or Tatt av kvinnen, you will like this one too.’ Sandefjords Blad

Erlend Loe (1969–) is one of Norway's best-selling authors. He made his literary début with Tatt av kvinnen in 1993. His break-through, both in Norway and internationally, came with the publication of his second novel Naiv.Super. in 1996. His 2004 novel Doppler was critically acclaimed for its depiction of the modern man. Erlend also writes books for children, and has had great succsess with the Kurt series.

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Naive.Super. Naiv.Super. Naiv.Super. was Erlend Loe’s great break-through novel. It’s an unpretentious story about very complicated things. More than 200,000 copies are sold in Norway. Rights sold to: Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italia, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, Ukraine and USA.

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Despite the fact that Andreas Doppler has a wife and children, he moves to the woods and lives in a tent. Doppler is a mad, absurd and funny novel, but not without serious undertones and criticism of our modern consumer society. Rights sold to: Albania, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine.

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Muleum Muleum 16-year old Julie loses her family in a plane crash. In the midst of her tragedy she still manages to keep her sense of humour and wit. Muleum is a brilliant example of Erlend Loe’s ability to blend serious issues with comic elements. Rights sold to: Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden and Ukraine.

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Lazy Days in Mixing Part Stille dager i Mixing Part Nina and Bror Teleman spend their summer holiday in Germany. Their marrige is in crises. She loves everything German, whereas he despises it. A black comedy on the never ending problems of living together. Rights sold to: Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden and Ukraine.

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‘Loe makes it easy to laugh at the painful and hard things in life.’ Bergens Tidende about Stille dager i Mixing Part

‘… some of the funniest writing Loe has done in a long time.’ Klassekampen about Stille dager i Mixing Part

Verdens Gang about Doppler

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‘ … from start to finish Doppler is one hell of a display in the concise art of writing and a heroic campaign against the tyranny of cleverness. It is hopeless but we won’t give in!’ ‘With Doppler Erlend Loe has become Norway’s most alarming writer … This masterly understatement of a universal revolution and the boyish fascination for simple back-to-nature methods is perfect Loe.’ Dagens Næringsliv about Doppler

‘Loe certainly has some of Salinger’s lightness of touch, and the often comic voice of his unnamed narrator recalls Salinger’s Holden Caulfield. A charming debut novel.’ The Times, UK, about Naiv.Super.

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Ronnie M.A.G. Larsen

Polaroid Polaroid

During four weeks of summer, Oslo had reached boiling point and the wind died down. Henry Moan is a piano tuner, who grew up and lived in the street called Therese’s Street. He has used his talents to improve the performances of amateurs and enhance the brilliance to the virtuosi. One day, his boss dies and Henry realises that he is now within reach of fulfilling his lifelong dream to leave and move to Salzburg. All he needs to do is to shut and sell the piano shop and visit his mother, now gnarled and brown like an old apple core.

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And yes, get a grip on what really happened to Slampen, find a good home for his budgerigar Louis, register as sick, avoid falling in love, report well again, scatter his boss’ ashes over Oslo, sell his flat, keep his golden contract with the Oslo Concert Hall on the boil, have a dram of the best whisky, discuss life with the diseased Chet Baker and, above all, enjoy that good night’s sleep he hasn’t had for a long time.

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‘Lots of warmth and humor in a folkloristic description from the mouth of the sea.’ Dagbladet

‘… a debut novel with a rich selection of ironical-humoristic characteristics and observations. The descriptions are precise and probably painfully recognizable to many.’ Bergens Tidende

Ronnie M.A.G. Larsen (1971–) grew up on the Island of

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Giske in Sunnmøre on the west coast. In 2008, his first book came out, the short story collection Offa. Ronnie has trained as a film director and script writer, and played percussion in the band The Margarets.

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Peter Serck

Anna Maria Harm Anna Maria Harm Peter Serck's latest novel is a wistful tale about the young photographic artist Anna Maria Harm and her inconclusive love affair with the ageing gallery owner who displays her work. He is agonising about his fear for her new, terrible photographs, which he only hesitatingly agrees to exhibit. They are forbidden by Norwegian law; showing dead people, they remind him of a suicide he always has blamed himself for not managing to prevent. It also worries him that Anna's only woman friend is suicidal and plans to film the act of killing herself in order to become famous after death. To stop her, he invites her to exhibit in his gallery.

Anna Maria Harm is an intense, modernist novel that offers insights into the labyrinths of the human mind and into the unsettling and problematic issues raised by contemporary art.

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Peter Serck (1957–) wrote his first novel called Leieboeren in 1982. He has written several novels since, and his work has been much praised by the critics.

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Step by step, he is dragged into an existential situation which he tries to control with a growing desperation, and that his passionate relationship with Anna in the end cannot cure.

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Stig Sæterbakken

Through the Night Gjennom natten When he gets romantically involved with a young woman, dentist Karl Meyer becomes obsessed by a passion he thought was lost. Casting off his old life in favour of what he belives to be love, he leaves his wife and children behind. However, happiness is fleeting and eventually Karl returns to his family as a repentant sinner.

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When his son, Ole-Jakob, commits suicide, the burden proves too great for an already damaged marriage. Amid a chaos of broken dreams, grief and confusion takes hold. In despair, Karl embarks on a journey that will take him to a house in Slovakia, where rumour has it that on a certain day at a certain time, the house will confront its guest with his or her worst nightmares. A dark story, drawing on elements of dreams, fairy-tales and horror stories, as it explores the mysterious ways of sorrow and love. Rights sold to: Sweden (Vertigo) and United States (Dalkey Archive Press).

‘One of the most interesting contemporary authors in Europe: always controversial and never uncomplicated, he forces the reader to confront the less flattering sides of both self and society.’ Eurozine Stig Sæterbakken (1966–2012) made his literary début with his poetry collection Flytende paraplyer in 1984, and has since published several short story collections, translations, novels and essays. His work has always been well received by the critics.

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New York Times about Siamesisk

‘Sæterbakken skillfully creates a delightful, solipsistic tension between the querulous old couple. Their kinship is a lovely, bitter riot.’

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‘Brilliant.’

Publishers Weekly about Siamesisk

‘Stig Sæterbakken writes disturbingly well.’ Dagsavisen, Norway about Usynlige hender

‘One of the best descriptions of love I have read.’ Tidningen Kulturen, Sweden, about Ikke forlat meg

Expressen, Sweden about Ikke forlat meg

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‘Sæterbakken has written an uncannily strong and strongly uncanny novel.’

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Siamese (Siamesisk), 1987. Rights sold to: Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden, Turkey and United States.

Invisible Hands (Usynlige hender), 2007. Rights sold to: Russia and Sweden.

Don’t Leave Me (Ikke forlat meg), 2009. Rights sold to: Sweden.

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Stig Aasvik

Internal Affairs Indre anliggender Indre anliggender is a realistic study of Stig Aasvik's everyday existence. We are introduced to the people who share his life, his partner and their child, his parents and friends. We are told of his daily work as a Parliamentary language consultant, about a glass of milk, his self-induced humiliations, decline and memories – nothing is too great or too small for inclusion into this self-exposing novel. The approach is meditative; snapshots of life are followed by reflections, fury is followed by grief, sadness by joy.

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Indre anliggender is a deep dive to the wreckage of the mind while thoughts are drifting, factual and lyrical, intense and uncompromising. Stig Aasvik's devastating demands on himself have no limits. In his darkest moments he still has, perhaps just because of his mood, a voracious appetite for life.

Stig Aasvik (1970-) is from Horten and lives in Oslo. Indre anliggender is his third novel.

Crime fiction

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Fireraiser Ildmannen

A fireraiser is active in Lillestrøm during Easter in 2003. He is obsessed by the cleansing effect of fire and wants to use it to wipe out everything that reminds him of his youth. Around this time, 18-year old Karsten falls in love with his classmate Jasmeen, but their romance brings the tempers of her tradition-bound Muslim family to boiling point. To protect himself from Jasmeen's threatening family, Karsten joins a secret brotherhood of elder peers, only to discover that the group might be much more dangerous than he could ever imagine. During the Easter days, Karsten disappears. He never returns.

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Torkil Damhaug

Seven years later, Karsten's sister Synne decides to find out everything she can about what happened when Karsten went missing. But her private investigation will have awful consequences, arousing slumbering but dangerous memories. And the fireraiser, quiescent during the intervening seven years, is now watching Synne's search for the truth with intense interest... Rights sold to: Denmark (Modtryk) and Germany (Droemer Knaur).

‘Ildmannen is a hot candidate for top ranking among this year's works of crime fiction. Damhaug demonstrates his formidable skill as a writer ... a wholly convincing novel, his best to date.' Dagbladet

‘And it must be established, once and for all, that Damhaug delivers with a tremendous flourish. This is probably the best, most exciting Norwegian thriller/ crime novel that anyone will read this year.' Moss Avis

‘Does Ildmannen meet our expectations? Yes. Is this book even better than his earlier ones? Yes, I swear by Freud, Jung and Lacan, I do believe it is, and no mistake ... It will be an uncommonly sour end to the autumn book season if Ildmannen doesn't end up as the best work of crime fiction this year.' Dagens Næringsliv

35 Torkil Damhaug (1958–) has a degree in medicine with a specialisation in psychiatry. He has published six novels, the two latest have been successful crime novels, as is Ildmannen. His previous novel Døden ved vann is sold to six countries.

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Torkil Damhaug

Death by Water Døden ved vann Liss lives a dissolute life in Amsterdam, but when her sister disappears, she jumps on the first plane home. In Oslo she desperately searches for answers. But someone is willing to kill in order to hide the truth behind her sister's gruesome fate. Døden ved vann is a thriller that trespasses the boundaries between past and present. It is about a child who searches for love and meets with desire. Several of the characters appearing in the novel can also be found in last year's thriller Se meg, Medusa. Rights sold to: Czech Republic (Jota), Denmark (Modtryk), France (Seuil), Germany (Droemer Knaur), The Netherlands (Ambo Anthos) and Russia (Azbooka).

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Look at Me, Medusa Se meg, Medusa Axel Glenne runs his own successful surgery business. Then something happens that will turn his life upside down. A shadow from the past re-awakens. At the same time he meets a young female student doctor and finds it difficult not to be attracted to her. Not long after a woman's body is found in Nordmarka. While the death is being investigated, another woman is murdered. The similarities between the killings are too close to be coincidental. It appears that Axel Glenne has a connection to both victims. The police are working under tremendous pressure. Chief Inspector Hans Magnus Viken suspects that an understanding of a sick mind is just as important as conventional police work, if they are to succeed in preventing further killings.

Se meg, Medusa is a thriller where faith and myths force their way into both the readers' and the police's attempt at solving the puzzling murders. The story revolves around and throws light on different issues: identity, jealousy, bestiality, unfaithfulness and revenge. Rights sold to: Denmark (Modtryk), Germany (Droemer Knaur), Russia (Azbooka) and Turkey (Pegasus).

‘A first-class thriller.’

Dagbladet about Døden ved vann

‘Incredibly exciting and utterly unputdownable.’ Fyns Stiftstidene, DK about Døden ved vann

‘A must for readers of Stieg Larsson … Damhaug quickly turns out to be wiser and far cleverer than Stieg Larsson.’ Berlingske Tidende, DK about Døden ved vann

‘Se meg, Medusa is a novel about blame and guilt, about revenge and rage, about fantasies and frustrations – there are many powerful emotions and experiences in wait for the reader, too. And for all those who are genuinely interested in well-written crime fiction, this is not a novel to pass up.’ Dagbladet about Se meg, Medusa

‘Se meg, Medusa is pure, despite its criminal aspects. Torkil Damhaug distinguishes himself through his attention-grabbing depictions of places and personalities. He has now taken his place in the top ranks of Norwegian crime fiction writers.’ Aftenposten about Se meg, Medusa

‘One of the most well-written and nerve wracking works of crime fiction in a long time.’ Dagens Næringsliv about Se meg, Medusa

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Karin Fossum

Jeg kan se i mørket Riktor is the protagonist in Karin Fossum's new crime novel. He has worked for many years in a nursing home and seems to be normal, quiet and polite. He is often left on his own to manage patients with many and complex care needs. He torments them at every opportunity – pinches the skin at the back of their necks, pulls their hair. Medication that might have soothed their pain is poured down the loo and syringe contents injected into the mattress. Riktor is simply the «Nurse from Hell».

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I Can See in the Dark

He is a loner but when he encounters Arnfinn, a man with a severe alcohol problem, a kind of friendship grows between them. Then one day Riktor comes across Arnfinn extracting money from his wallet. That's the end of Arnfinn: Riktor kills him unhesitatingly. A few days later, DI Randers turns up and charges Riktor with the murder of one of the elderly patients in the nursing home – and locks him up for a crime he didn't commit. The tension and suspense of the narrative are as much related to the insight into Riktor's dark mind, as to the case against him. Will he be found innocent of the old lady's murder? Will he be charged with killing Arnfinn? Rights sold to: Belgium (WPG), Denmark (Gyldendal), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Johnny Kniga), France (Seuil), Sweden (Forum) and United Kingdom (Harvill Secker).

‘Karin Fossum deserves great praise for her stringent language and impressive psychological insight in her new, dark novel.’ NRK

‘The language in itself makes her new book worth reading … Fossum’s sentences are vivid and crystal clear, free of redundancies, and in this novel they come with a rhythm which seems to be perfectly in tune with the content.’ Dagbladet

‘A story in which the reader is driven forth by intensity and the unmatched mastery of language.’ Dagsavisen

Karin Fossum (1954–) made her literary début in 1974 with the poetry collection Kanskje

i morgen, for which she won the Vesaas First Writer's Award. She has published books in several genres, but is best known for her crime fiction about Konrad Sejer. Several of her books have been filmed. She has received a number of prestigious awards, including a recent LA Times Book Award for her novel Elskede Poona.

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Karin Fossum

The Caller Varsleren He rode around on his red Suzuki, wherever there were people to be found, and he studied them with the fascination of a researcher, as though they were exotic animals. He found them remarkable. It was late summer, and people were out in their gardens. He saw young children playing on trampolines, women weeding flowerbeds, men washing their cars outside in the yard. One man squatted down to paint his picket fence, a woman took in freshlywashed laundry from the clothes line. And he liked all of it. He liked this pulsating life, the chalk-white sheets flapping in the wind, the smell of the paint. He liked it, and he wanted to destroy it. Everyone lives on the edge, he thought, and I’m going to tip them all over. A young mother has left her little child sleeping under a tree in the garden. She is quite certain she’ll notice if someone tries to harm the child. Someone emerges from the woods and pulls the crocheted blanket off the child, and the young mother doesn’t notice a thing. Later that same day Konrad Sejer finds a card outside his door on which someone has written: Hell starts now. Varsleren is the tenth novel in the series featuring Inspector Konrad Sejer. Rights sold to: Belgium (Standaard/Manteau), Czech Republic, Denmark (Gyldendal), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Johnny Kniga), France (Seuil), Germany (Piper Verlag), Italy (Sperling & Kupfer), Spain (Random House Mondadori), Sweden (Forum) and UK (Harvill Secker).

‘Hardly anything beats a good, psychological thriller, and Varsleren is an exquisite example of that.’ Dagbladet

‘To read Varsleren is a refreshing reminder of what good crime is like.’ Aftenposten

‘A new victory for Karin Fossum … The quivering excitement takes off from page one.’ Dagsavisen

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Eve’s Eye (Evas øye), 1995. Rights sold to: albania, belgium, bulgaria, czech republic, Denmark,

Finland, france, Germany, iceland, Italy, lithuania, The Netherlands, poland, portugal, russia, Sweden and uk.

Don't Look Back! (Se deg ikke tilbake!), 1996. Rights sold to: albania, belgium, bulgaria, Denmark,

Finland, france, Germany, hungary, iceland, ISRAEL, Italy, japan, korea, LATVIA, Lithuania, poland, portugal, romania, russia, serbia, spain, Sweden, turkey and uk.

He Who Fears the Wolf (Den som frykter ulven), 1997. Rights sold to: belgium, Bulgaria, BRASIL,

Denmark, Finland, france, Germany, hungary, iceland, Italy, korea, Lithuania, The Netherlands, poland, russia, spain, Sweden, turkey and uk.

When the Devil Holds the Candle (Djevelen holder lyset), 1998. Rights sold to: belgium, brazil, bulgaria, China, denmark, finland, france, germany, hungary, poland, russia, spain, sweden, turkey and uk.

The Indian Bride (Elskede Poona), 2000. Rights sold to: belgium, the czech republic, China,

denmark, estonia, finland, france, germany, hungary, iceland, ISRAEL, italy, The Netherlands, poland, portugal, russia, serbia, spain, sweden, THAILAND and UK.

Black Seconds (Svarte sekunder), 2002. Rights sold to: belgium, denmark, finland, france, germany, The Netherlands, spain, sweden and uk.

The Murder of Harriet Krohn (Drapet på Harriet Krohn), 2004. Rights sold to: belgium, denmark, ESTONIA, finland, germany and sweden.

Water´s Edge (Den som elsker noe annet), 2007. Rights sold to: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Sweden and UK.

Bad Intentions (Den onde viljen), 2008. Rights sold to: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and UK.

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The Catalyst Murder Katalysatormordet This is the third volume in the crime fiction series featuring K2 and Patricia: it takes place in Oslo and in the mountainous region of Valdres during August 1970. In Oslo, K2 witnesses a young woman desperately trying to catch a tram, but the doors slam shut in front of her face – the next time he sees her, she is dead. Killed by a shot, she is found between the tram tracks. A new test case for K2's mental powers.

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Hans Olav Lahlum

The affair started two years earlier, when a group of politically active young people set out on a bothy walking tour in Valdres. One of them, the charismatic leader Falko Reinhardt, disappears during the night before August 3rd. Now, K2's murder victim turns out to have been Reinhardt's girlfriend. It doesn't take K2 long to realise that to solve the present-day murder he must go back in time, maybe further than just 1968. Once more, only Patricia can help him, but he fails to notice that she has her own problems to fight...

‘Brilliant crime fiction … Katalysatormordet is so entertaining and cleverly composed that I would be happy to read 15 more books in the same series.’ Dagbladet

‘Hans Olav Lahlum’s third crime novel, Katalysatormordet, is a well-made, classical suspense story.’ Dagsavisen

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Satellite People (Satellittmenneskene), 2011.

43 Hans Olav Lahlum (1973–) is a historian. He made his literary début with the critically acclaimed biography Oscar Torp in 2007. He has since published Presidentene, Haakon Lie: Slik jeg ser det nå and a biography on Haakon Lie, in addition to his crime series.

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Chimera Chimera

The Norwegian zoologist, veterinary surgeon and crack shot Karl Iver Lyngvin is headhunted to work at CORAC, a research station in the Congolese rain forest where some twenty-odd scientists are studying the effects of climate change on the local flora and fauna. Karl Iver joins the young Australian entomologist Zoe Wildt and together they experience events with extremely dramatic consequences. These do not only affect the protagonist, but the future of planet Earth.

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Gert Nygårdshaug

In Gert Nygårdshaug's new novel, well-established facts are illuminated in the context of the author's thorough research and form the core of a narrative about a totally contemporary, exciting set of events. Chimera is a classic Nygårdshaug novel with a strong thriller plot and a central issue which could become terrifyingly real in an only-too-near future. Rights sold to: Denmark (Hovedland).

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The Horologist (Klokkemakeren), 2009. Mengele Zoo (Mengele Zoo), 1998. Rights sold to: Denmark. The Fredrick Drum-series (Fredrick Drum-serien) Rights sold to: Poland.

Gert Nygårdshaug (1966–) is a well-established and critically acclaimed author. Many of his books, including Mengele Zoo (People's Favorite 2007), Himmelblomstreet and Prost Gotvins geometri, have become modern classics. He is also known for his books about the amateur detective and gourmet chef Fredric Drum.

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Out of the Ground Wast Thou Taken Av jord er du kommet There is a mass grave in Oslo's Riis cemetery. Patients from Gaustad Psychiatric Hospital were buried there until the mid-1970s. This is the truth.

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Chris Tvedt

After quite a lot of agitation in the media, the government decided to have the grave opened in order to establish the facts about those who were buried there. More than forty skeletons were unearthed. One of them shouldn't have been there… This is not true. But it might have been. Edvard Matre, murder investigator with Serious Crime Command, has returned to the city of Bergen, his home territory. A young woman has been killed, another is in a comatose state, and the two cases have so many features in common that the police begin to fear a serial killer may be at large. Edvard has to find the murderer before he kills again. But it's far from easy. The police have nothing solid to go by, no suspects, motives or clues. It is less than helpful that Edvard is told of results from DNA tests that it seems that one of the bodies buried in the Riis mass grave is likely to be his mother. As far as Edvard knows, his mother died in a road traffic accident some ten years ago and is buried in a Bergen churchyard. Edvard Matre is used to not knowing who the murderer is. Suddenly he cannot tell who he is himself. Av jord er du kommet is the book of the month in three major book clubs in Norway.

‘…suspense from the first to the last page.’ Dagbladet

‘The criminal story itself is masterly and thoroughly told. The author should be honored for having added to this book a plot and a pattern which break with traditional crime novels, and which add a burning social engagement.’ Kulturspeilet

‘Chris Tvedt is one of our most interesting crime fiction writers today.’ Bergens Tidende

‘The opening scene hits bull’s eye, literally speaking. Tvedt takes the reader to the deep forests of South-Eastern Norway and describes in a masterly way a morning ending in an execution.’ Bergensavisen

Chris Tvedt (1954–) is born in Bergen. In addition to law school he has studied Comparative Literature. In 1988 he started practicing as a lawyer, but is now working as a full-time writer.

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Chris Tvedt

Circle of Death Dødens sirkel

e Winner of thze ri P n Riverto 2010!

Mikael Brenne is a partner in a successful legal firm and his future looks bright. Then he is accused of fixing an attack on an innocent woman in order to win a case. He ends up in prison, loses the right to practice as a lawyer and is promptly sacked. Suddenly, he is left without friends, income and future. A former colleague gives him a chance to work on an ancient case of double murder. And so Mikael Brenne, who thought his life couldn’t get any worse, discovers how wrong he was. It could get worse – much worse … Rights sold to: Czech Republic (Jota), Denmark (Klim), Germany (Droemer Knaur), The Netherlands (De Geus) and Ukraine (Nora-Druk).

‘The fifth book in the Mikael Brenne series is a true highlight – so packed with excitement, surprises and clever twists and turns it is tempting to use the cliché “unputdownable”.’ Bergens Tidende

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Reasonable Doubt (Rimelig tvil), 2005. Rights sold to: Germany, The Netherlands and Poland.

Bad Habits (Fare for gjentakelse), 2007. Rights sold to: Germany and Poland.

Grounds for Suspicion (Skjellig grunn til mistanke), 2008. Rights sold to: Germany and poland.

The Rat Hunter (Rottejegeren), 2008. Rights sold to: Poland.

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Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen

Gas Gass

Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen the filmmaker is best known for Izzat and The Last Joint Venture. His action TV series Taxi was run by NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) in the autumn of 2011. Here, we meet Javar Jafri from Pakistan, who becomes an unwilling recruit to an investigation into crimes he doesn't want to know about. In the thriller Gass, we encounter Jafri once more. By now he investigates financial crime and is busy with so called “oil mosquitoes”, small companies with concessions to test drills on the Norwegian continental shelf. He has a hard time at home and is jealous of his partner Anne, whom he suspects of having an affair with one of her colleagues. This is why he allows himself to be tempted into deep water when he receives a mysterious phone call and meets a diplomatic courier of the lovely female kind. This is Rolfsen's first novel and its level of tension and relevance to the present day is at least as high as in his films. Javar Jafri is a perfect hero, whom we will surely meet again in many future novels.

‘Great action … fast-paced, funny and crowded with good and entertaining characters.’ Dagbladet

Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen (1972–) is a film director. The thriller

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Izzat (2005) was his first movie. In 2011 his controversial series Taxi was made for television. Gass is his first novel.

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Sigbjørn Mostue and Johnny Brenna

Operation Helena Operasjon Helena

The killing of a police informer by torpedoes brings about the collapse of a prestigious heroin operation being run by Oslo Police Special Operations Section (SO). The newly-appointed detective Axel Th. Munthe and his partner Tobben are left stranded. Shortly afterwards, fifteen-year-old Caroline Fredrikke Walters, daughter of a wealthy investor, is brutally kidnapped and raped. Instead of picking up the threads of the heroin case, the department’s resources are channelled into finding the girl before it is too late. The case brings Axel into contact with the darkest sides of Norwegian society, where international crime syndicates are already spreading their tentacles. It makes for a tough introduction to the world of human depravity, but there is light in the form of Noor, a woman Axel feels may Ms. Right.

Johnny Brenna (1964–) is Crime Editor at the magazine Alfa. He has previously been a consultant on crime issues for TV2 and advised the Conservative (Høyre) parliamentary group on crime policy. He worked in the police force for 20 years, and for 13 of these, he dealt with organised crime.

Photo: Tanya Hanzalowa Wibye

Sigbjørn Mostue (1969–) has a degree in the History of Ideas and works full time as a writer. Operasjon Helena is his first novel for adults.

Short-stories, poetry, essays

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Hilde Lindset

I Should Have Locked You Up Jeg burde ha sperret deg inne A father confronts his son with accusations of abuse. A music teacher takes a detour with his far too young pupil, and a completely ordinary dwarf holds a strange power over a travelling couple. Hilde Lindset writes concentrated short stories about the seemingly ordinary life, but which is constantly forced against the implicit and metaforical.

Po e try Stig Beite Løken

There is Nothing More Life Enhancing than Being Afraid of the Dark Det finnes ingenting mer livsbejaende enn å være mørkeredd This is a collection of short stories in which the skilful handling of language is closely matched to the strange events. The short story is used as a vehicle for taking us to situations and places where life seems very vivid. It could be two boys in a swimming pool that has emptied of people for the night. Or the class that discovers moon jellyfish on the forest floor. Or the journalist who moves into a building project that went very wrong.

Stig Beite Løken (1983–) lives in Stavanger. He has a Masters degree in comparative literature. Det finnes ingenting mer livsbejaende enn å være mørkeredd is his first book. 52

From Here to Reality Herfra til virkeligheten In Herfra til virkeligheten Ane Farsethås approaches a generation of authors and the problems affecting our society. The collection is dominated by an overriding desire to destroy pre-conceptions – because literature means something.

Ane Farsethås (1973–) is the permanent literary critic for Dagens Næringsliv. She was

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Ane Farsethås

elected Literary Critic of the Year in 2004 by the Association of Norwegian Critics and Best Critic in Scandinavia (2004) by the publication Nordic Literature.

Essays

Kristian S. Hæggernes

The Forest Opens Long Before I Wake Up Skogen åpner lenge før jeg våkner The funicular track up the Fløyen mountainside starts in the city of Bergen; here, it forms the backbone in a collection of short prose passages. Geographically, the protagonist stays within a quite narrowly defined area, but his thoughts move all the more freely in time and space. His interest in the history of life on Earth clashes with his fear that he will himself prove unable to add to the history.

Kristian S. Hæggernes (1972–) saw his first collection of poetry Tyngde av fallende skygge published in 2004. The collection Med vinterstemme came out in 2008.

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Dragseth

Bella Blu Bella Blu Bella Blu is something as rare as a collection of sci-fi poetry – a voice from the future. In his latest work Terje Dragseth explores a lyrical language that can encompass knowledge about the world from the natural sciences. Among those who are given the opportunity to speak in Bella Blu are Voice Over 1, Voice Over 2, the Night Messenger & the Geometrical Girl. This is a collection of poetry that breaks through ordinary boundaries.

After Terje Dragseth’s (1955–) debut with The Sacrificial Feast (1980), he has published a series of books which have confirmed his position as one of Norway's most innovative and incisive poets.

Series

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Liv Karin Kirkebøen Almendingen

Sunniva's Saga Sagaen om Sunniva

The year is 1349. On the Elvestad farm, they are preparing for the wedding of the young farmer's daughter Sunniva Persdatter, just as the Plague is closing its clammy fist around the countryside. Sunniva must fight for her life. This powerful saga is about people who are torn from one another, about fates that are interwoven and about the bonds of love that are forged and broken. 24 books.

Trine Angelsen

Daughter of the Sea Havets datter Comm ercial fictio n

Elisabeth gazed over the small, gray tree stumps under the mountain while she grasped the worn suitcase in her hand. She was sixteen and off to work as a servant on the Dalsrud estate. She had never been away from her childhood home and now felt expectation and a sense of freedom. Drama, romance and the hard life in Lofoten, Norway. 30 books.

Anne-Lise Boge

Original Sin Arvesynd

Young, beautiful Mali comes from a poor family and is "sold" into marriage to a rich farmer boy. The marriage is loveless, and Mali suffers. One day a band of gypsies turn up at the farm, and Mali meets the wild, handsome Jo. Now she learns what love is all about, but this discovery will have fatal consequences for her whole life. This series has broken all records in readership and sales figures. Three chapters in English are available. 26 books. Rights sold to: Finland, Poland and Sweden.

Mother's Heart Morshjerte

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Anne-Lise Boge

The year is 1928. Maren is the daughter of the merchant Thorvald Bredli. He is a wealthy man, with a lot of influence in the community. Since Maren is the only one who can carry on his legacy, he expects her to find a husband of equal social standing. One day the indigent boy Trond Lia is given a job in the storehouse. Maren falls head-over-heels, and the young woman is unaware of the dramatic consequences this relationship will have in regard to her life. 18 books by the end of 2012.

Synnøve Eriksen

Fatal Game Two families conduct a bitter feud: Simone's people live in Langerud farm in Aker, and Laura's in the neighbouring farm. When Laura's father disappears after losing large areas of forest while playing cards in Christiania, the hostility flares up. The Langerud family won the card game, and hence the forest. Initially, the two young women aren't aware of each other, but as they get to know more, each one feels for the other and her situation in life. Simone's husband is a brutal, evil character and she falls in love with Laura's brother, who is a married man. Meanwhile Laura can't stop herself from loving Johannes. Who is her halfbrother ...

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Østenfor sol

14 books by the end of 2012.

Yvonne Fjeld

November Children Novemberbarn Judianna is an unwanted and neglected child growing up in a fanatically religious environment. The only people she can count on, are the two youngest brothers, but they have been sent to work as servants for other families. Her closest friend is the young pauper Adam, who has an unnerving ability to see the souls of the dead around the cemetery, where all the children who died in the cholera epidemic of 1855 are buried. A suspenseful series with an undercurrent of the supernatural. 20 books.

Ann-Christin Gjersøe

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Legacy Livsarven

The story of Livsarven takes place at the venerable Gimle Farm in Vestfold in the 1880s. This is an action-packed and heartwarming tale, which revolves around the lives and loves of three young women at a time when women were rarely in charge of their own destinies. 37 books by the end of 2012. Rights sold to: Poland.

Maria Grane

Sonja Comm ercial fictio n

Sonja Northern Norway, 1954. Sonja is a young woman with a painful secret. She comes from a poor fishing family in Vesterålen, and has enjoyed a happy childhood in the care of her warm and loving parents. She applies for a place at school in Oslo and has a bright future ahead of her, but at a party something happens that makes a lasting impression on her. She can't face the move to Oslo, and instead takes a cleaning job with Gunnar Mortensen in Bodø. He soon turns out to be a slave driver with a fondness for beautiful women … 6 books.

Maria Grane

Nurse Sonja Søster Sonja A new, independent sequel to the popular Sonja series.

Sonja is now living in Oslo and training to become a nurse. Big city life is tough and she is looking forward to completing her examination so that she is free to travel to the north and start practicing. While still in the city, she meets Peter, a young doctor, and is attracted to him, even though she still dreams of Arne. But, wherever she is, she will keep looking for the child she gave away – little Mira. 6 books.

Elisabeth Hammer

Maria av Svaneberg The year is 1807, the place Vestfold. At 19, Maria is still leading a sheltered life at the aristocratic Svaneberg estate. Her family belongs to the small, local circle of educated people. Unlike her sister Amanda and her best friend Karen, Maria doesn't dream about marriage. But everything changes when she encounters the enigmatic Philip Landegaard, a landowner and widower. He exerts a magic power, which both frightens and attracts her. However, her mother has picked another likely husband for her. Besides, rumour has it that Philip is already engaged. When her father suddenly falls ill, Maria risks losing everything unless she makes her common sense control her emotions.

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Svaneberg Estate

14 books by the end of 2012.

Elin Haugli

Storgården Jellerød In this heartwarming series from the late 1800s in the country side of Østfold, we meet the poor prostitute's daughter Thea and the handsome son of the grand farm of Jellerød, Jostein. While Thea lives in poverty and distress, her closest neighbors, the Jellerøds live in riches. Thea is hounded by the locals because of her background, but the Jellerøds are good people and turn out to be her salvation in life. Follow Thea's dramatic life searching for happiness and love. 9 books.

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Inger Harriet Hegstad

Purple Stones Fiolsteinen

One morning a baby girl is found abandoned on the doorstep at Grønvoll farm. It turns out the baby is of Gypsy blood and has a deformed foot. At Grønvoll, the girl is taken care of by the spinster Gurine and given the name Hansine. Life in the mid 1800s is far from blissful at Grønvoll, but Hansine grows up to become a wise and beautiful young woman, and, as it turns out, she appears to have supernatural powers ... Hansine struggles to fit in with the locals who never quite approve of her, and one day she vanishes. 24 books. Rights sold to: Poland.

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Frid Ingulstad

Wind of Change Sønnavind The author takes us to the factories and houses along the river Akerselva in Oslo, 1905. Elise and her little sister work at one of the factories. Their mother is ill and their father an alcoholic. Elise must take responsibility for her family. The radical changes occurring at the turn of the century, and the fate of the common people are brought sharply into focus in this successful saga. 56 books by the end of 2012. Rights sold to: Poland.

Frid Ingulstad

Ingebjørg Olavsdatter Ingebjørg Olavsdatter Comm ercial fictio n

By 1352, the Black Death has killed two-thirds of the Norwegian population. A young girl, Ingebjørg Olavsdatter lost her father. Ingebjørg is young, strong and beautiful, but as an unmarried woman she has little to say regarding her own future. A gripping tale from the Middle Ages; a personal and political drama. 45 books. Rights sold to: Poland.

Frid Ingulstad

The Cross of Fire Ildkorset South Norway 1647. Seventeen-year old Marine lives in fear of her stepfather who abuses her. When she falls pregnant, she is seized by panic. A relationship such as theirs carries the death penalty. Can she escape the shame and punishment, or will she be sentenced to death even though she is innocent? We follow Marine's dramatic fight – and flight – for freedom.

12 books.

The Kruse Saga Krusesagaen

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Ingelill Kruse Jensen

Copenhagen, 1648. One foggy winter morning a closed carriage rolls onto the quayside. Hidden inside are two women: the king's mistress and their daughter. Christian IV is dead and young Elisabeth and her mother, Vibeke Kruse, must escape a dangerous rival. The ship that will take them to safety is waiting in the harbor. But before they reach the open sea, another ship appears on the horizon. They're being followed. 10 books.

Dag Ove Johansen

The Shaman's Realm This series takes us to Finmark in Arctic Norway and the remote areas of Alaska in the 1890s. A young reindeer herdsman is one of the first people to travel to Alaska to teach the Eskimos how to herd reindeer. His girlfriend, left back home on the Arctic plains of Finnmark, has to pursue her own future. Strong characters, impressive nature and magical powers. Book no. 1 available in English. 12 books.

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Sjamanens rike

Elin Brend Johansen

Alvestad Alvestad

Love and desire, betrayals and mysteries, poverty and the harsh everyday grind are all components of Elin Brend Johansen's new suite of novels set at the end of the 19th century. For many years, Ingrid Alvestad lived peacefully as a member of the upper class in Christiania, but one day, a telegram shatters the calm. Her father has died and Ingrid has inherited a large estate in ancient province of Romerike. Soon, Ingrid is forced to choose between duty and longing, between her responsibilities and her dreams. The estate, where past sins still lurk, does not welcome her. 16 books by the end of 2012.

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Sunniva

Farlige krefter In Farlige krefter, an historical series set in Ringerike in the 1600s, we meet the young and passionate heiress to Svanemyr manor, Sunniva. She is blissfully ignorant of the extent of her supernatural powers, but will soon enough experience that her powers will have fatal consequences. In this dramatic series we follow Sunniva's struggle to survive in a time when women with supernatural powers were burned at the stake. 21 books.

Jorunn Johansen

Water Fall Comm ercial fictio n

Fossefall Passion and Mystery at Finnskogen! Fossefall is set in Finnskogen, an enormous forested area that stretches along both sides of the Norwegian-Swedish border. Finnish immigrants settled there in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the culture is rich with myths and sagas. Amalie, a farmer's daughter, has fallen in love with a Finnish man named Mitti. Her parents have other plans for her. They have already decided that she will marry the town's sheriff. 49 books by the end of 2012. Rights sold to: Poland.

Else Berit Kristiansen

In War and Love I krig og kjærlighet

This story is set during the Second World War. From an early age, Kristin has looked after her home and siblings, and has not been particularly concerned with what is going on in Europe towards the end of the 1930s. She just dreams about marrying Jan and living happily together. But soon the war casts its shadow over her world, and she is forced to make a choice that will influence the course of her life. 35 books by the end of 2012.

Stina Saga Stina Saga

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Renate Josefsen

Ballangen, 1685. Stina is one of the many who has to slave in the copper mine under the evil boss Bal. But she counts herself as lucky, because, unlike her father, she doesn’t have to spend all day in the deep, dark mine shafts. Now he has fallen ill – seriously ill. In order to help him, Stina turns to forbidden means. If exposed, she will be destroyed. But she is willing to risk every thing to save her small family. An impoverished region – a merciless ruler – a young woman with resources no one had expected. Stina Saga is an unforgettable acquaintance! 6 books by the end of 2012.

Trude Brænne Larssen

The Pauper Children The year is 1869. Karoline, the eldest of five siblings, lives on a little fishing station, about a day's journey from Bodø. Her father is a fisherman and her mother struggles to fulfill her duties as a housemaid for the landowner, while taking care of her husband and children. One day tragedy strikes and the family is left with nothing. 15 books.

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Legdebarna

Trude Brænne Larssen

White Frost Rimfrost

The sorceress Rime is guarding a much soughtafter secret. As a result she is afraid to fall in love. Only Bork, a farmer's son, succeeds in wearing down her defences. This strong, silent man makes an impression on her, and against her will she is drawn to him. However, Rime has mighty enemies who are aware of her secret and want a share of it. She is not safe anywhere … 14 books.

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Trude Brænne Larssen

Eyes of the Wolf Ulveøyne This Viking saga is set in a period of time when superstition was stronger than religion, when tempers ran high and conflicts were solved by the sword. When the little slave-girl is born, people are shocked at her appearance: raven-black hair and ice-grey, luminous eyes. Word has it her father must have been a wolf, and so she is given the name Ulva. Refusing a life of slavery, Ulva runs away and tries to survive on her own. 26 books.

Vera Larsen

Sins of the Fathers Sorgenfri Comm ercial fictio n

In Sorgenfri we meet Karen and Eli, two sisters growing up on the poor farm Silderplassen at the end of the 19th century. Karen is big sister, calm and reliable. Eli is Karen's complete opposite. When Eli is fifteen years old, she seduces the local minister's son; hardly anything or anyone can stop her. But as times passes, things go terribly wrong … 9 books.

Merete Lien

The Rose Garden Rosehagen In 1881, ten-year-old Emily and her mother set out on a voyage. The ship goes down. Emily survives but loses her memory. Twelve years later she discovers a letter that reveals the fact that her life has been founded on a web of lies fabricated by her own mother. A series in which tension, intrigues and hidden pasts mingle. 45 books by the end of 2012.

Rights sold to: Poland.

Descendants of the Storm Barn av stormen

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Merete Lien

Agnete is the daughter of a harbor pilot and lives on an island with a fierce and beautiful nature. The story begins when she falls in love and faces a difficult choice between two men. Agnete and those close to her must fight against inner and outer enemies, as well as the ferocious forces of nature on the island that faces the wild ocean. This is a touching love story that also paints a picture of the daily lives near the end of the 1700s. 36 books. Rights sold to: Poland.

Sigrid Lunde

The Midwife As a newly qualified midwife Astri moves to a small community in Western Norway in the 1920s. Work as a district midwife can be both lonely and dangerous, but Astri is pursuing a long time dream. Although the locals are welcoming and seem eager to meet her, she senses their apprehension. She settles in – and faces the challenges of a district midwife. Astri's story is a momentous drama of love and betrayal, life and death. 66 books. Rights sold to: Poland.

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Jordmoren

Anne Marie Meyer

Kristin of Gilstad Odelsjenta This series is set in the mountain village of Aurdal in Valdres in the late 1800s. Kristin is the rightful heiress of the grand farm Gilstad and expected to marry a man of her father's choice. Kristin is horrified when she finds out which man her father has chosen for her, but has no saying in the matter. The marriage will assure the future of Gilstad and bury her father's dark secrets from the past ... But Kristin's heart belongs to someone her father never, ever will accept into the Gilstad family. 37 books by the end of 2012. Rights sold to: Poland.

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Jane Mysen

Flame Dance Flammedans The year is 1880. A band of gypsies roams through Lillehammer and the surrounding countryside. We follow their lives, full of drama, excitement and passion, through towns and deep forests. Anna is a young gypsy girl travelling with a large group of migrants. Her engagement to Nikolai is celebrated one bright summer night. But before they are married, a murder is committed in the camp. Nikolai is forced to flee and Anna is left to fend for herself. 50 books by the end of 2012. Rights sold to: Poland.

Jane Mysen

God's Chosen Utvalgt av gudene Comm ercial fictio n

Just as Amund begins to speak the child's name, the prophetess suddenly interrupts. She lifts her arms toward the sky and the glass pearls in her staff flash in her hands. With breath-taking power she cries out: "The girl child is chosen by the gods – and the gods say she shall be named Gyda. Odin himself, who reigns over Valhall, is her protector, and no one shall harm her." The second child must be sacrificed, or the wrath of the gods will strike Jotungard … 30 books. Rights sold to: Poland.

Jane Mysen

Children Under the Moon Barn under månen

Maren Gregersen is planning a future in her father's law practice in the most fashionable area of Kristiania. She is nineteen years old and just graduated from secondary school. However, the stunningly beautiful, dark-eyed woman is sent by her father to Lunner in Hadeland to learn how to run a household. She arrives in her own automobile with a manner and fashion the robust farmers have never seen. She takes the little community by storm. A group of rowdy workers from Sweden have just arrived, the leader of which is Gunther, a passionate and sensual man, able to charm every woman he meets. 15 books.

The Chains of Life Livets lenker

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Christin Grilstad Prøis

The year is 1856. At Heimsett farm, 18-year-old Elen is growing up. Even if the family lives in poverty, Elen is happy. But one day, a great tragedy is revealed. Her father has incurred huge debts. Unexpectedly, the doctor in the village offers to save the family farm from being sold at auction. His one request is that Elen accepts to be his bride … 19 books by the end of 2012.

Christin Grilstad Prøis

Cornelia

In 1878, the sisters Cornelia and Rakel move to Christiania (now Oslo) to work for a famous architect and his wife. But Cornelia's life as a servant is very different from what she had imagined. The master of the house lives a debauched life among Christiania's artists and he takes a fancy to Cornelia. She becomes embroiled in a drama that will haunt her for the rest of her life. 14 books.

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Ellinor Rafaelsen

Anna's Fate Annas skjebne It is the year 1900, and on a cold winter's day in Hallingdal, fouryear-old Anna Johnsen is taken away by child care authorities. She is placed with Helga and Nils Bergmoen, a deeply religious couple who take saving little Anna from the sinful life in Ura as their calling. “I want to stay with you,” whispered Anna in a low, trembling voice. “Not now, sweetheart.” Her mother had started to cry. “I will come for you. I promise,” she whispered and dried her own tears before reaching out her hand to stroke Anna's damp cheek. “It's just that I didn't want to go away before I'd seen you and said goodbye, but I will write to you … and I will come back.” 16 books by the end of 2012.

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Ellinor Rafaelsen

Polar Nights Polarnetter In the beginning of the 1900s, Tora follows her heart from Tromsø to Svalbard. But no loving reception awaits her. Life on the male-dominated and barren island is more than just full moons and midnight suns. It is a fight against intrigues, jealousies and nature itself. It is a world that Tora will never fully understand. 18 books.

Ellinor Rafaelsen

Gunnhild's Choice Farsarven Comm ercial fictio n

In this historical series set in Hallingdal, Norway, in the late 1800s we get to know the life of Gunnhild Johnsen and her five children after her husband follows his dream and sets off to America to find gold. All he leaves Gunnhild is a letter with a promise to return ... one day. Gunnhild struggles to provide for her family after her husband abandons them in poverty, and in despair she decides to put the children into foster care and seek work outside the small village in Hallingdal. Will Gunnhild's husband return from America as a wealthy man? And will his family be there to welcome him back? 18 books. Rights sold to: Poland.

Ellinor Rafaelsen

Julianne

Amulettens kraft

Julianne starts out in the early 1900s in the small town of Vardø in Northern Norway. It is rumoured that Julianne, a 16 year old fisherman’s daughter is pregnant with the Russian sea captain Mikhail’s child and her family is furious with her. She is scared and desperate and left with no other choice but to flee with Mikhail to Russia – a country on the brink of revolution. In this eventful and dramatic series we follow Julianne and her descendants in a life filled with love, hate, sorrows and joy. 20 books. Rights sold to: Poland.

Alicia

Hittebarnet Alicia

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Ellinor Rafaelsen

In Hittebarnet Alicia we follow the life of the foundling Alicia on the small island of Bømlo in the middle of the 1800s. She has arrived by boat from the Shetland Islands as the sole survivor in a shipwreck off the coast of Western Norway. Alicia struggles to find her place with a fisherman's family who takes her in. She is a lonely child who soon finds out that life can be cruel … but that love will find its way. 15 books.

Ellinor Rafaelsen

Northern Lights Beautiful and adventurous Kaja grows up on a small farm near the village of Mo in Northern Norway. She has a family who loves her and everything she needs in life, but she dreams of a life beyond the farm. She wants more than a husband and a family, and when the new ironworks are established in Mo in 1912, she seizes the opportunity to follow her dream … She gets a job at the factory, she meets new and exciting people, but too soon she gets so much more than she bargained for … 12 books.

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Nordlysets døtre

Anne Sofie Rønning

Fall From A Great Height Vera Bang FRIENDSHIP – LOVE – EXCITEMENT What happens to a person when the surface cracks open? Vera Bang is 53, and feels that, as far as she is concerned, life is over. She has been cheated and betrayed after almost 30 years of marriage – but is she broken? Or can her reactions be summarised in one word: humiliation? She is used to have it all: career, a house in the smartest of West End streets, grown-up children, who have already flown the nest – and now with an unfaithful husband thrown in. Against her will, she has to go to an unfamiliar landscape, to an area by Lake Mjøsa, and here she begins to work out the outlines of her new life. Because there's something special about Vera Bang. Something she can't control … 6 books.

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Berit Elisabeth Sandviken

Storm-force Winds Stormvinder Stormvinder is the story of a family from Lom and Eidsvoll, set be tween 1832 and 1880. Embjørg is 20 years old when her father dies in a mysterious incident. Jomar, her fiancé, supports her throughout her mourning, but Embjørg's world falls apart when he abandons her in favour of her younger sister. One stormy night she tries to kill herself, but is saved by a stranger, a young man who says his name is Mikkel. She doesn't realise that he is not whom he pretends to be. Past and present are woven together, love is put to the test and dark shadows threaten the happiness of the young. 12 books.

Berit Sandviken

The Timber Girl Lass-jenta Comm ercial fictio n

A magical series from the 1800s. Barbra is 16 years old when she runs away from her home in Julsruddalen, taking with her a dangerous secret. Barbra dreams of being a "timber girl", working to transport timber to Christiania (now Oslo). But a young girl on her own, travelling desolate country roads and staying in disreputable inns is tempting prey. 34 books. Rights sold to: Poland.

Eva J. Stensrud

The Guldberg Saga Storgårdsfolk Johanna is the eldest daughter of the country policeman in the farm district of Hedmark. When her father dies in an accidental gunshot incident, Johanna – a young girl at the end of the 18th century – must take responsibility for the farm and the police work. She feels confident that she will manage. However, when it comes to love … things are not as simple. An abridged English version of book no. 1 is available.

55 books by the end of 2012. Rights sold to: Poland.

Narrative non-fiction

▶ J uly 22ND, 2011

From Hatred To Love The events that changed Norway 22.07.11 On Friday July 22nd, attacks were made on the government executive quarter in Oslo and the island Utøya in the Tyri Fjord. 77 people were killed and many more injured. They were mourned by families and friends who had lost those they held very dear – and by an entire grief-stricken nation. For this book new, unique images, all taken between 22 and 25 July, have been collected from the press, photographic agencies and from private individuals. Together with the texts of the public speeches, news reports and many of the messages exchanged on social media, they tell a historical narrative that from now on will be imprinted on the nation of Norway. A huge and important collective effort laid the foundations for this memorial volume and the profits on the sale will, in their entirety, be donated to the 22 July Trust.

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22 07 11 is a book compiled from the recent past for the sake of the future.

Øyvind Strømmen

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Right Wing Extremism Det mørke nettet In the wake of July 22nd, Øyvind Strømmen is one of the very few able to give us badly needed knowledge about the background of the terrible tragedy that unfolded in Oslo and on Utøya. In the book Det mørke nettet Strømmen argues that the attitudes and the hatred made obvious to all on July 22nd are in no way unique. It can be traced back in time, both to the Norwegian past and to right-wing extremist parties and movements all across Europe.

Using a selection of concrete examples, Strømmen creates a complex but clearly drawn image of anti-islamic Europe – from the author Oriana Fallaci to extremist parties on the right such as Vlaams Belang and Front National, and on to the bloggers interacting in the context of the Vienna school, with the Norwegian Fjordman as one of the most distinctive voices. The author also provides an overview of the history of terrorist actions by right-wing extremists during the last few decades.

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Strømmen gives an account of the ideological positions which served as points of departure for what became terrorist action. He stresses in particular the so-called counter-Jihadism, internet radicalization and movements parallel to Islamism. One of the crucial issues for activists within this sphere is the fear that groups within Europe's immigrant communities are in fact agents ready to carry out a much grander, more invasive plan: a future Eurabia, where non-western settlers are in the majority in Europe, and gradually attempt to replace western civilization and culture with conformity to Muslim doctrine and lack of freedom.

‘This has got to be the most important book of the year.’ Dagsavisen

‘Øyvind Strømmen was awarded "Freelancer of the year" this fall for his journalism on right wing extremists and islamofobic blogs on the internet. It is well-deserved. And with this book he has made a strong contribution to the discussions the Norwegian socitety will go through post July 22nd.’ NRK

‘Strømmen definitely is the right man to explain the history of right wing extremists.’ Dagens Næringsliv Rights sold to: France (Actes Sud).

the internet exchanges between those who carry on the debate on the extreme right. He is one of the few able to give us badly needed knowledge about this world in the wake of July 22nd, 2011.

Photo: Thor Brødreskift

Øyvind Strømmen (1980–) has for many years been following

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Adrian Pracon and Erik Møller Solheim

The Heart Against The Stone The story of a survivor from Utøya

Hjertet mot steinen On July 22nd 2011, Adrian Pracon (21), a Norwegian-Pole and member of Labour Youth, found himself face-to-face with Anders Behring Breivik on Utøya. Pracon begs for his life, but knows deep in his heart that he will die. For a couple of slow seconds he waits for the shot that is to end his life. But the mass murderer lowers his weapon, turns and walks away.

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We will probably never learn why Adrian was allowed to live, while so many others were mercilessly denied. But we realise how fateful this moment was: the encounter between someone who had just decided to take active part in society, and another who had devoted ten years of his life to plan a brutal attack on it. This is Adrian's unambiguous message from his hospital bed: no act of terror, however brutal, is going to weaken his commitment. By telling his story, Pracon wants to make this commitment of his widely known and to honour his friends, who died because they passionately shared it.

Adrian Pracon (1989–) is the regional secretary in AUF (Labour Youth) Telemark. He encountered Breivik three times on Utøya, but survived.

Erik Møller Solheim (1979–) is a journalist and author. Photo: Fredrik Arff

His book En stemme for Obama (2009) describes his grassroots experiences during Barack Obamas presidential campaign. He also writes for the business paper Dagens Næringsliv.

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Stian Bromark

Even When The Sun Won’t Shine The terrorist attack on Norway 22/7

Selv om sola ikke skinner The young people on Utøya emerge from their tents before half past seven to join the morning exercises. The rain has made some of them sleep badly, while others have been arguing about politics and love all through the best part of the night. Many look forward to meeting Gro Harlem Brundtland, who is due to arrive in just a few hours. At the same time, daily life in Oslo starts. The Dagsavisen journalist Mona Larsen switches on her computer and picks up a cup of coffee in time for the last morning meeting of her working week. As usual, Mohammed steals a moment for a cigarette outside his shop, before bending to get hold of the shutters and pull them up.

Selv om sola ikke skinner is a literary reportage of the darkest day in our lifetime. The book follows two parallel storylines, staying on the heels of the perpetrator and also following the young people on Utøya. Through watching the man who will kill and the victims who will be killed, the author pursues the narrative of events from early morning in Oslo to dark evening in the Tyri fjord.

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Over in Oslo west, Anders Behring Breivik wakes up in his mother's home. He eats breakfast and then prepares for the tasks of his day.

The journalist, book reviewer and author Stian Bromark is the man behind this literary reportage in book format. Bromark was himself a Labour Youth member once.

Stian Bromark (1972–) is the author of several books. He is the Chief Book Reviewer for Dagbladet and also writes for the news magazine Ny Tid.

Photo: Fredrik Arff

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Anders Ravik Jupskås

Extreme Europe Ekstreme Europa What do Norway’s Progress Party, the Swedish Democrats, the True Finns and the Danish People’s Party have in common? They were all recipients of the terrorist manifesto of July 22nd. The perpetrator had connections in right-wing extremist organisations, but also in the more normal environment of European party politics. This is the main theme in Ekstreme Europa where Anders Ravik Jupskås presents a coherent account of contemporary rightwing radicalism and extremism in Europe.

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Anders Ravik Jupskås (1983–) graduated from the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo and is working on his doctoral thesis on right-wing extremist and populist parties in Scandinavia. In the days that followed July 22nd, Jupskås attracted notice as an outspoken and knowledgeable expert commentator in the media.

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Carl Emil Vogt

Fridtjof Nansen The Man and His Times

Fridtjof Nansen In this biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the man is portrayed not as a superman, but as a believable human being. He was selfish and restless, a poor father and husband, exceptionally egocentric and a typical know-all.

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However, Nansen was also gripped by a powerful urge to be an active citizen. His role in Norwegian political life grew critical during the succession from the union with Sweden in 1905. He also displayed considerable international and humanitarian engagement over plans to deal with refugees, prisoners of war and victims of starvation. And – of course – he was a courageous leader of expeditions into the Arctic region. The First World War was the turning point in Nansen's life. His background in Polar travel formed the basis for his humanist engagement. In other words, the book turns on its head the dramatic script that underlies the arguments of all previous Nansen biographies. Rights sold to: Estonia (Tänapäev).

Carl Emil Vogt (1974–) is a historian and writer. His

Photo: Ida Antonia Tank Bronken 2011

doctoral thesis focused on Nansen's humanitarian work. He has written about Nansen in a previous book called Nansens kamp (2007).

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Tor Bomann-Larsen

Roald Amundsen Roald Amundsen ”Exploits in the polar regions must be judged in the light of the subject's former life,” wrote Roald Amundsen in his memoirs. Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) became one of Norway's greatest national heroes. He sought out the earth's best-kept secrets, but as he opened up undiscovered areas of the globe, he shielded his own life from outside scrutiny. Innumerable maps can show us where the polar explorer went. But what of the other outstanding and unanswered question about him: who was Roald Amundsen? No one knows the character of an island or a continent before he goes ashore. In this wide ranging and imaginative biography, Tor Bomann-Larsen retrieves, out of the mists of oblivion and the obscurity of myth, the legendary but hitherto undiscovered land of Roald Amundsen. Tor Bomann-Larsen's biography of the celebrated Roald Amundsen throws new light on the man, in part by building on several previously unused and largely unknown sources.

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‘Tor Bomann-Larsen's book will remain standing as great biographical art. I can rarely remember having read a biography in which the human enigma itself to such an extent is being thrown into relief.’ Erik Fosnes Hansen, Nordisk litteratur 1996

‘This year's Amundsen biography by Tor Bomann-Larsen has little in common with previous arctic books. In fact, it makes nearly all previous variants look withered and pathetic.’ Dagbladet

‘It is OUTSTANDING. What more can I say?’ Roland Huntford, Cambridge Rights sold to: Germany (Marebuch), Russia (Molodaja Gvardiya) and United Kingdom (Sutton - The History Press).

Tor Bomann-Larsen (1951–) is one of Norway's leading biographers. He writes with a rare elegance and with great scope and insight. He has published a number of books in different genres. In 2004 he received the Brage Prize for his book Folket. 78

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Siren Henschien

Ragnhild's Story «Hun ville jo ikke dø» Last summer, Ragnhild Embla Helsengreen died of an overdose. She was only 15 years old. This made her one of the youngest ever victims of an overdose. The whole country gasped, whispering the question: How could this have happened? Ragnhild was not only running away from a care home for young people – she was also running away from her family background and from her whole life. Through talking with her friends and family, with police and care staff, Siren Henschien is able to tell us the story of Ragnhild. Her book about Ragnhild deals above all with how we, the adults, failed when a terrified 15-year-old needed us the most.

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Siren Henschien (1970–) is a journalist and a program

presenter on TV2.

Photo: Espen Heia

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Arnhild Lauveng

A Road Back from Schizophrenia I morgen var jeg alltid en løve Arnhild Lauveng spent ten years in secure wards suffering from schizophrenia. She was deeply psychotic, self-destructive and broke glasses and plates to cut herself with the shards. In this book, the author takes the reader into a world of voices and hallucinations, where she is chased by hordes of rats and packs of wolves with slavering jaws snap at her heels. We learn to understand that these illusions have their own logic and how they can be interpreted – and the author’s interpretations are like solutions to small crime mysteries.

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This is the powerful story of her journey back to reality, assisted by a mother who refused to give up hope, a victory that only a handful believe is possible and that sadly is seldom achieved. Rights sold to: Denmark (Akademisk Forlag), Finland (Therapeia Foundation), Germany (BTB), Iceland (Opna), Lithuania (Baltos Lankos), The Netherlands (Archipel), Poland (Smak Slowa/Sopocka Agencja Wydawnicza), Russia (Bakhrakh-M), Spain, Sweden (Sivart) and USA (Skyhorse Publishing).

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Rights sold to: Denmark, Germany, Poland, Russia and Sweden.

‘Arnhild Lauveng is a brilliant mediator of psychiatry’s problems, both as a specialist and a person.’ Dagens Næringsliv

Arnhild Lauveng (1972–) works as a clinical psychologist.

She received the Award for the Promotion of Free Speech within the Psychiatric Health Care Profession in 2004. In 2007 she received the NPF (Norwegian Association of Psychologists) Åsa Gruda Skar’s Prize for Popularizing Pschychology. And in 2008 she was awarded the Schizophrenia Prize and the Foundation for Freedom of Speech’s Award of Honor.

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Berit Riise and Martine Aurdal

Just a Mum

Bare en mamma Berit Riise has given the concept Soccer Mum new meaning. She didn't content herself with driving the kids to practice sessions, cheering from the side-lines and coming along for matches away. No, she moved in and took complete control of her sons' careers. She has made her way in the male-dominated world of Norwegian football and became the first female football agent in the Nordic countries.

Two of them are among the most successful football players in Norway. For several years Berit Riise worked as their agent.

Photo: Fredrik Arff

Berit Riise (1960–) is a trained nurse and the mother of four children.

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The Riise family has been chased by the media, followed to Monaco and England, watched throughout bitter defeats and proud victories, both on and off football grounds. We have known much less about what happened before the two Riise boys became successful players. Now their mother tells it all in this book – the story of a violent father and husband, and how you survive ten years of being the victim of aggression. If it doesn't kill you, she says, it makes you stronger.

Martine Aurdal (1978–) is a journalist, who has studied at the

University of Oslo.

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Ingrid Marie Treborg

Good Girl

A Sexual Biography

Flink pike The 29-year-old author of the blog goodgirls.org [flinkepiker.org], which was about the sex lives of three girls in their early 20s, has now decided to pen her own sexual biography. By writing openly on sex, shame and self-belief, readers who have reached 29 will recognise themselves – and 19-year-olds will be able to observe themselves at a distance. With its honest accounts of how sex, friendship and self-confidence can be connected, one of Norway's many good girls tries to get her head around being grown-up. No secrets here – that's guaranteed.

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Oslo, Norway with her fiancé Oddgeir. She is a journalist, weighs 72 kilos (oh well, maybe slightly more…), and dreams about becoming 170 cm tall. This is her debut novel.

Rome

New Fascists, Red Terrorists and the Dream of the Dolce Vita

e Winner of th

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Simen Ekern

Brage Prize 2011 Best non-fic

tion

Roma

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Rome is not only rich in ancient history, but also a modern metropolis with a present and recent past which is by turns bloody, chaotic and seductive. The author Simen Ekern brings his readers along on a tour at breakneck speed through the streets of Rome, from the post-war years to the present day. We wander along the backstreet where the body of the murdered politician Aldo Moro was found in the boot of a Renault 4. We have a cup of coffee with a man who bitterly regrets that he joined the Red Brigade and meet the woman with Mussolini earrings. The book is interested in particular in the militant movements on the extreme left and also in the fascism that never quite disappeared. Roma is a different kind of narrative about a very special city.

‘A well-written reminder that Rome is also a modern city, so much more than just historical buildings and sites.’ Fædrelandsvennen

‘Entertaining and enlightening of the bloody chapters of Rome's history.’ Aftenposten

‘Reality tops fiction in Simen Ekerns book ... Entertaining and frightening about Rome's dark years.’ Dagbladet

‘Excellent work. Well-written and with a great eye on details and symbols. Simen Ekern knows how to write, and is obviously acquainted with the Rome he intends to portray.’ Dagens Næringsliv

‘Read this book.’ Morgenbladet

Simen Ekern (1975–) is a columnist and journalist working for Dagbladet and one of Norway's most prominent experts on Italy. His first book, Berlusconis Italia, was published in 2006.

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Frank Ertesvåg

Bullied

The World of Aya Sofie

Utstøtt A vulnerable college pupil hides during the breaks, even inside rubbish bins. She wants nothing except to escape being bullied – pushed in front of the school bus, ignored, picked on. No one intervenes to help her, the school turns its back on her. The authorities don't want to know about bullying within their non-bullying organisation.

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Over the last decade, Frank Ertesvåg has written some 100 articles about bullying in the popular newspaper VG. Now, in this book, he describes with great directness how life appears to a victim of bullying who has endured it from childhood, through the sensitive teens and until today, when she is a young adult. Observing her story from Aya Sofie's point of view, the book offers thoughts on why some become bullies, other supporters or passive bystanders – and what happens to the young victim of the torment.

Frank Ertesvåg (1965–) is a journalist at the newspaper Verdens Gang.

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Henrik Syse

Something To Believe In A Philosopher’s Thoughts about Faith in Our Time

Noe å tro på Many are searching for something to believe in and contemporary society lets us pick and choose: Christianity, Buddhism – even angels. Other options include the conviction that there is no room for religious beliefs today.

Photo: Jon Terje Hellgren Hansen

Henrik Syse (1966–) is a philosopher who has focus on ethics. He is the senior researcher at the Institute for Peace Studies (PRIO) and a sought-after speaker.

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Henrik Syse wants to tidy up and sort the arguments in this contrarian world, opening the door for the reader to join an open conversation about faith. Syse's own opinion is that faith gives meaning to life and fills an important space in modern society; an anchor during periods of powerful currents and rapid change. An aware relationship to our own traditional beliefs will also help us understand the faiths and convictions of others.

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Anne Synnøve Simensen

The Woman Behind the Nobel Peace Prize The Story of Bertha von Suttner and Alfred Nobel

Kvinnen bak fredsprisen

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The Nobel Peace Prize is regarded as the world’s most prestigious award. Most of us know that Alfred Nobel was the establisher, but few know the story about the woman who encouraged and inspired him. Bertha von Suttner was a leading figure in the peace movement of the 1800s, while Nobel earned a fortune through his invention of dynamite. As a result of their meeting and long friendship, Nobel included the provisions for the prize in his will. This is an exciting, gripping and informative book that sheds new light on the Peace Prize. A book in which the woman behind the award finally gets the recognition she deserves.

Anne Synnøve Simensen (1968–) is a freelance journalist. She worked at the Nobel Peace Centre a few years ago, where she stumbled upon this story. The Woman behind the Nobel Peace Prize is her literary debut.

Illustrated non-fiction

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Kristin Armstrong Oma

The Horse

A Magic Companion from Norwegian Ancient History

Hesten The author has written a book about the horse, the beautiful and wise animal who has been a human companion since times immemorial. Another strand in her account is the archaeologist who interprets ancient communities and introduces us into another world of ideas and beliefs, alien myths and practices.

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Throughout known time, horses have played important roles in everyday life. They have been hunted and eaten, and used for transport in both war and peace time. Man and horse have existed side by side in a working relationship, but in addition the horse has been important as a symbol. Horse images have been found carved on rocks and incorporated into jewellery, belts and other craft objects. The horse is also part of old literary sources, and has had important ritual functions as a symbol of both fertility and death. Magical qualities were ascribed to this animal, which was thought able to cross the boundary between life and death. The book is richly illustrated and communicates the magic and beauty of the horse.

Photo: Rafal Ziolkowski

Kristin Armstrong Oma (1974–) is an archaeologist and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oslo. The horse is the focus for her archaeological study of the way our ancestors lived and thought; following this lead takes you back through strange myths and rituals.

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The Western Isles – The Hebrides, The Orkneys And Shetland Øyene i vest – Hebridene, Orknøyene og Shetland These people have something in common: Felix Mendelssohn, Jules Verne, Erik Bloodaxe, Queen Victoria, Sir Walter Scott, George Orwell, JRR Tolkien, Lars von Trier and Stanley Kubrick. What they share is that all have allowed themselves to become beguiled and inspired by the Hebridean, Orkney and Shetland islands. The islands were part of Norway for several hundred years. Jareg's book takes us on a journey through the cultural history of the previous Norwegian colonies. There is a short road linking their dramatic, bloody past to their modern, dynamic present. This book is a guide as well as a stimulus which will engage all travellers to the beautiful archipelagos of the Atlantic and the North Sea. The author's knowledge of her territory is profound and she has also a talent for moving with ease through different times and places. She is observant, historically accurate, and writes with a literary skill and a happy combination of humour, wonder and curiosity.

Kirsti Jareg (1966–) grew up in Norway, Scotland, Sweden and Botswana. She is a psychologist who has taken additional courses in social anthropology and literary non-fiction writing. Her book Tolk og tolkebruker – to sider av samme sak came out in 2006. She has also written several essays on the Scottish islands for newspapers, magazine and professional journals.

Photo: Marte Eyde Kjuus

Kirsti Jareg

Nature and outdoors

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Lars Monsen and Pål Espen Kilstad

Wilderness Quiz Villmarksquiz

In tents and cabins, round the camp fires or simply back at home, a quiz is a great way to pass the time, fun as well as useful. In this book, the authors have collected questions and answers which add up to important knowledge for all who enjoy wild nature. Mostly, these facts are good to know for the majority of us, but the emphasis is on basic awareness of information that would be invaluable when out hiking. The book is divided into 25 categories, which are sorted according to the main theme and sub-divided into sections.

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Lars Monsen is famous for getting a fire going with only one match, so it goes without saying that Laying a Fire is the first category. Questions follow about subjects like setting up a camp, clothing, equipment, food, transport etc. Skills such as direction finding, driving with dogs, hunting and fishing are given plenty of space, as have technical issues like survival, First Aid, safety and weather. Now and then general knowledge tests turn up, with questions about geography and biology, notably showing a great deal of interest in identifying species of animals, birds and fish. Rights sold to: Finland (Nemo).

Lars Monsen (1963–) spent most of his childhood in the forests

Pål Espen Kilstad (1969–) regards hunting, fishing, hillwalking and camping in the wilds as his main interests. He trained as a journalist at the University of Queensland, Australia and worked for several years for NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) as a journalist and program presenter. Kilstad is also a trained officer as well as an almost fully qualified cook. He has published 4 books so far and contributed to anthologies and similar publications.

Photo: Lars Monsen

outside of Oslo and in the mountains of Nordland. After college, he worked for two years as a teacher before quitting to become a full-time wilderness trekker. Since then he has covered thousands of kilometers of the most desolate wilderness on the planet. He has written 15 books and has held a series of lectures for clubs and businesses.

The Book of Expeditions Ekspedisjonsboka The big adventure is a great dream for many who are unsure about how to begin planning for it. And everyone who wants to take the leap into adventure finds that off-putting realities soon pile up.

Ekspedisjonsboka is directed to all adventurous people in the age group 15–60, but also contains much useful information for more average outdoor life enthusiasts. The text is spiced up with anecdotes, useful hints and stories about unknown and famous modern expeditions.

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To plan and execute a mountain climb in Africa or a skiing tour across Greenland is to complete a complex jigsaw that demands much knowledge and sheer competence. This has to be acquired over time. How do I transport reserve equipment? What are the rules to follow at high altitudes? What's best, GoreTex or Dermizax? How to choose a horse tracking organiser? How do I charge batteries from a solar panel? What kind of First Aid kit is essential on a long skiing trail? How do I shop around for distress beacons?

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Aleksander Gamme

Aleksander Gamme (1976–) is a freelance

journalist and a representative of a new style of “unknown” adventurers. He has devoted a great deal of his life to planning and leading different expeditions and unconventional journeys to every part of the world.

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Lars Monsen

Alaska by Foot Til fots gjennom Alaska Lars Monsen wanted to trek with a woman and chose the veterinary student Marit Holm. Together they set out on an adventure: 3000 kilometers by foot through the most impenetrable wilderness on Earth.

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The book is a stark and candid meeting with Alaska’s merciless nature – the rich animal life, the various peoples, new and ancient cultures. And last, but not least: How did Lars and Marit handle the many complex challenges they faced as expedition partners through four years in the wilderness? Rights sold to: Finland (Gummerus).

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Lars Monsen

Alone Across Canada Canada på tvers Lars Monsen and his Alaska huskies on the longest wilderness expedition on foot, from North Alaska across Canada to the coast of Labrador. The dramatic crossing of the Canadian continent – 8252 kilometres – took him almost three years (947 days). Rights sold to: Finland (Gummerus).

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▶ BACK LIS T 365 Artic Days (Nordkalotten 365), 2007. Rights sold to: finland.

Norway from North to South (Norge på langs), 2005. Rights sold to: poland.

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Lars Monsen (1963–) spent most of his childhood in the

Photo: Lars Monsen

forests outside of Oslo and in the mountains of Nordland. After college, he worked for two years as a teacher before quitting to become a full-time wilderness trekker. Since then he has covered thousands of kilometers of the most desolate wilderness on the planet. He has written 15 books and has held a series of lectures for clubs and businesses.

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Steven Goldfine

Fly-Fishing Nerd Fluenerd The quickest way to a fly-fisherman's heart is through his fly. This book is packed full of flies for trout and salmon angling. A Norwegian American, Goldfine is an enthusiast who is inspired by fly-fishing legends such as Oliver Edwards and Michael Frödin, but doesn't hesitate to make his own original twists on established patterns. The flies Goldfine uses so successfully in rivers and lakes are on display in this book. The contents include:

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The book is illustrated with the author's elegant and original photographs. An entertaining book – full of knowledge.

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Opposisjonen

I en artikkel om taktiske fluer i FlyFishing & FlyTying presenterer Jeremy Lucas et av sine egne mønster, en Orange Polypropylen Paradun, eller OPPO, som han kaller den. Han forteller at den er en kombinasjon av en Paradun, en Klinkhåmer og den mindre kjente Muller. I praksis snakker vi om en paradun som presser bakkroppen delvis ned i vannet. Avbildet er en versjon med krok 20, men opphavsmannen mener nok at den godt kan være litt større. Tre ting det er verdt å legge merke til. 1) På samme måten som med

Kyss, klapp og klekk Dette er et mønster som ble til på stikka mens jeg egentlig bandt veldig

en Klinkhåmer, skal krokskaftet bøyes før binding. Vingen bindes inn akkurat i bøyen. 2) Abdomen er ganske kort, og flua har ikke hale. 3) Vingen er oransje, noe opphavsmannen mener er en viktig trigger,

små Klinkhåmere. Jeg kaller den for en KISS-klekker. KISS kan da

og det blir lettere for fiskeren å holde øye med flua. Ellers er det bare

være et akronym for Keep It Small Suspender, Keep It Small Stupid,

å binde den som en paradun og bruke litt forskjellig farget haredubbing

Keep It Simple Stupid eller Klinkhåmer Inspired Small Suspender.

godt blandet sammen til abdomen og thorax.

Alle fire passer. I praksis er dette en mikro-Klinkhåmer uten hackle. Den er både enkel og rask å binde. Her er det brukt en #24 open gape tørrfluekrok, med den fremste delen av krokskaftet bøyd ned med tang. Vingen er av polygarn, for anledningen bundet i en løkke. Kroppen er dubbet i maraboufibre, som gir en spennende og livlig kropp. Ribbingen består av flash som jeg ellers bruker i laksefluevinger. Disse er surret rundt bindetråden før kroppen ribbes. Flua avsluttes med to tørn rundt vingen, hvor man deretter enten superlimer (pass på at limet ikke trekker inn i vingen) eller binder av. Når kroken er så liten, flyter flua helt fint under polygarnet, som gjerne kan smøres inn med flytemiddel. 16

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Steven Goldfine (1967–) lives in Nord-Jæren and works as partner and director of an advertising agency. He ties flies during the winter and goes fishing for trout and salmon during the summer. Steven blogs about fly fishing on www.fluenerd.no. Fluenerd is his first book.

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Fitness and health Selfdevelopment Management Parenting

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Sofie Hexeberg

The Confirmation Healthy on a low carbohydrate diet

Bekreftelsen Dr Hexeberg's books about low-carb eating have been enormously successful. More than 120 000 copies have been sold to date. In her new book, she shares her patients' case histories as well as stories of other people she has met or who have contacted her to tell her how their entire life has changed. She has selected a group of illnesses and describes their normal course as well as what the patients have done to recover. Many of these accounts are in the patient's own words.

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The following illnesses and distressing conditions are discussed in the book: Sleeping and problems with sleep, Migraine and headaches, Epilepsy, Overweight/obesity, High blood pressure, Diabetes, types 1 and 2, Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and pregnancy, Multiple sclerosis, Bekhterev's disease (ankylosing spondylitis), Psoriasis, Psoriatic arthritis, Arthritis, Food intolerances and irritable bowel syndrome, Coeliac disease, Crohn's disease and Ulcerative colitis.

Sofie Hexeberg (1960–) is a doctor and dietary expert. She works at the Eikeliklinikken clinic and Heggeli Helhetsmedisin medical centre in Oslo, and is one of the founders of the Kostreform ved diabetes og sukkersykdommer (Society for Dietary Reform to Alleviate Diabetes).

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Low Carbs = Healthy Frisk med lavkarbo

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It is possible to rid yourself of complaints such as migraine, sugar dependency, high blood pressure and illnesses such as diabetes and cardiac fibrillation by changing your diet.

This book tackles well-known lifestyle illnesses that can be cured or curbed by eating low-carb food. The author explains what happens in the body when the diet is changed, and gives advice specifically linked to each illness. Rights sold to: Finland (Tammi), Sweden (Pagina/Optimal) and United Kingdom (Little Moon).

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Sofie Hexeberg and Hanne Riise

Healthy With Low-Carb – For Guests And At Weekends

Frisk med lavkarbo – selskap og helg Invite guests with the best lowcarb food on the menu! Everything you need to know in order to serve your guests successful and flavourful lowcarb meals! This book includes recipes for starters, main courses, side dishes and desserts, and also suggestions for buffet and other types of menus. The first part of the book includes sections on: All You Need to Know about Lowcarb and Alcohol, complete with ideas about wines; Party Planning; Facts about Lowcarb Diets; A Simple Guide to Cooking Techniques. Rights sold to: Sweden (Pagina/Optimal).

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Healthy With Low-Carb

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Hanne Riise (1954–) is a chef with experience of hotel and restaurant catering, who is now associated with Dr Hexeberg’s clinic.

100 RECIPES

Frisk med lavkarbo – 100 oppskrifter One hundred wonderful recipes for meals throughout the day and also for accompanying treats, sauces, cakes and desserts. Rights sold to: Finland (Tammi) and Sweden (Pagina/Optimal).

Sofie Hexeberg and Birthe Storaker

Healthy With Low-Carb Breakfast and Lunch

Frisk med lavkarbo – frokost og lunsj Prepare breakfasts and lunches that are the most delicious as well as the healthiest – get away from that standard slice of bread and bowl of cereals. Rights sold to: Sweden (Pagina/Optimal).

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Fedon Alexander Lindberg

Low-Carb – Fat Change All you need to know

Lavkarbo – ikke ett fett Low-carb: How low, to be good for you? Is butter better for you than margarine? Is red meat a bad choice? Is it true that high cholesterol is dangerous? Does eating a lot of fat give you heart disease? What is the evidence for any one diet promising an increased life span, reduced risk of heart disease, cancer, chronic inflammatory conditions and diabetes – AND a healthy body weight as well?

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Here, you will find answers to all these questions and many more. Dr Fedon Lindberg has investigated new research on low carbohydrate intake and present updated scientific evidence with regard to both positive and negative effects of reducing the carbohydrate content in meals; he also discusses the significance of replacing carbohydrates with food which over time will help to prevent illness. He comments sensibly on the pros and cons of popular lowcarb diets and focuses on possible long-term effects on health, not only short-term ones such as changes of body weight. For instance, should one risk slimming, and poorer health after 10–20 years? The book ends with a collection of recipes aimed at helping beginners to start a new food regime – one which will contribute to improved health and a longer life.

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Fedon Alexander Lindberg

Food for Life

Smart low-carbs for the whole family

Mat for livet A new book by the bestselling author Fedon Lindberg. A number of his books have been published in 14 languages and in 21 countries. Total sales in these countries are between 250,000 and 300,000! Mat for livet is more than just a normal book about food and cooking. It is written for those who believe in the health-promoting effects of food and who wish to change their diet and lifestyle to maintain or to bring back good health. Instead of worrying about food that should be avoided, Fedon Lindberg's new book invites us to embrace healthy foods and socalled superfoods from around the world.

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In this book, we learn to master a balanced diet – a concept for nutrition and lifestyle that we can enjoy for the rest of our lives. A technical medical section, good food preparation tips and over 100 new low-carb recipes offer a helping hand to achieve optimal health and to counter chronic illnesses. Over 100 new recipes giving you: more energy, fresh skin, a healthy weight, stable blood sugar and balanced hormones.

A balanced diet leads to a balanced life!

Fedon A. Lindberg is a specialist in internal medicine,

with expertise in metabolic and hormonal disorders, nutrition and health, obesity and diabetes. He qualified as a doctor in 1985 and has authored 11 books since 2001. Photo: Peter Berg

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Gunnar Asbjørnsen

Get Along With Your Age Lev godt med din alder The author explains how we can best go about postponing age-related changes and how best to deal with them as they manifest themselves. We are given much practical advice, from how to avoid damage due to sun light and cope with signs of deafness, and on to how through our life style we can prevent serious illness and keep in good shape well into old age. * Systematic tour of the entire body * Advice on how you can retain strength and good health for a long time * Information about how to discriminate between signs of illness and natural age-related changes

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All information about the body that senior citizens need!

Gunnar Asbjørnsen (1939–) is a retired doctor, a consultant physician and gerontologist. He has worked in the geriatric wards at Ullevål university hospital for more than 20 years and teaches part-time at the Norwegian Centre for Development of Senior Citizens, where he lectures on normal age-related change and health above the age of sixty.

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The book also includes many amusing and recognisable stories told by the many senior citizens the author meets in his medical practice and on his lecture tours.

Hard And Far – From Couchpotato To Ironman Swimming, cycling and running

Hardt og langt – fra sofagris til Ironman In recent years, the author has personally participated in triathlons. He started training because he realised that he was getting run down and wanted to stop the process.

The author is a great guy, enthusiastic, engaged and unbelievably motivating. For all his crazy devotion to training, he comes across as quite normal. His book is so inspiring that you have to try hard not to rush off to exercise after having read it!

Perfect training schedules especially for men of 35+!

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In the book, he shows how he goes about training, how he thinks and motivates himself, sets up goals and reaches results. It is all about motivation and control, exercise and health. Apart from the author's personal history of training, the book contains information about: practical exercise programmes for running, cycling, swimming and muscle building; pain thresholds and how to avoid injury; learning from professional athletes; peak performance; mental training and the role of rivalry; information about competitions; equipment; track types etc.

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Fred Arthur Asdal

Fred Arthur Asdal (1970–) is an author, a literary critic, journalist, advisor on communications and triathlon competitor.

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Ronny Hansen

Smoke-Free At Last! Røykfri NÅ! Quit Smoking NOW – it is easier than you think! Follow the VitaCode, the cure that works when all else has failed. Did you realise that our subconscious (what you're unaware of) makes up around 90 per cent of our mind, and the conscious part just 10 per cent? Or that your subconscious determines what you want several seconds ahead of you becoming aware of it? Or that subconscious associations are made in ways unknown to you? For these reasons, relying on willpower or common sense is often not enough. Nor is telling yourself that you must stop now – you will continue, all the same.

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With Ronny Hansen's unique method, based on influencing your subconscious mind in various ways, you need only a few weeks to get over the urge to smoke cigarettes forever. And, unlike many people, you won't put on weight once you've stopped smoking. The method works just as well if you want to stop taking snuff. The method will be explained to you step by step. A helpful CD comes with the book. The process will take you right along to Liberation Day – the day you smoke for the last time. Afterwards, you will not even feel tempted. Incredible, but true!

Ronny Hansen is a hypnotherapist and Norway's leading

expert on how to stop smoking. He is the founder and executive of Medicor, Norway's largest chain of hypnotherapy practices. Røykfri NÅ! is his first book.

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Hidden Away How ME Became the Most Controversial Illness Today

De bortgjemte The most severely ill patients lie in sound- and lightproof rooms, masks covering their eyes, flat on their back in beds they never leave and hardly able to bear drawing a deep breath while resting. Many are fed through a nasal tube. And many are youths or young adults, whose next of kin spend years caring for them because no other options are available.

‘De bortgjemte has become a compelling book which is often harrowing reading. The language is to the point, the analyses are crystal clear and the documentary presentation shifts effectively between individual cases and medical issues … It is no longer possible to use ”mental” after Jørgen Jelstad’s comprehensive disclosure of medical ignorance and arrogance. Although there are doctors who meet ME patients with respect, a recent [Norwegian] survey reveals the medical profession’s ignorance.’

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Jørgen Jelstad introduces us into many of these homes, where most of those involved feel they are disbelieved because this illness is classed as a psychiatric condition. The author’s mother is an ME sufferer and he writes from personal experience. But he also writes as someone informed about Norwegian and international research and is able to help us understand this mysterious condition and why health professionals find it so controversial.

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Jørgen Jelstad (1979–) is a freelance journalist. He lives in Oslo. Jelstad’s mother is badly affected by ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome).

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Loveleen Rihel Brenna

My Distinctiveness, My Strength Min annerledeshet, min styrke The author describes in her frank and unflinching book how she has gone about the stages on the road to independence. She examines the concept of identity and shows how she has fused two different cultures into one – her own. Now, being different has become her identity, her source of strength and, for her, the normal state of life. She writes of growing up in a minority group, the arranged marriage and divorce, and of gradually maturing. She also describes what it has cost her and what is to be gained by challenging other people's – and one's own – limitations and definitions of culture and identity. Roots and a sense of identity are not always determined by skin colour and religious faith, but also by gender, education and social setting. Successful integration demands commitment and openness from every one of us. The challenge is to allow every other person the right to define him – or herself: only you hold the key to your own life.

Loveleen Rihel Brenna (1967–) was born in India. In 1972, she arrived in Norway as a 5-year-old. She trained in pedagogics, leadership and multicultural work and has run her own consultancy. Recently, she stepped down from her post as head of the Parents' Panel for Foundation Education. She has published several books in her specialties.

From One Burnt-Out Case To Another The road back to life from a burnout

Fra en utbrent til en annen In 2007, the author was diagnosed as a burnt-out case and later became depressed. During this period, she felt isolated, alone and all that goes with being outside the setting of one's workplace. She kept asking herself: Why Me? Answer: she was a typical representative of the kind of people who become burnt-out: energetic, engaged, hardworking.

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Benedikte Rasmussen

But she also wanted to find out about burnout: what it really is and how she could get better.

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Mats Uldal

Emotion and Common Sense Thought Field techniques in practice

Følelser og fornuft Thought Field techniques make up a modern therapeutic approach, which combines Eastern knowledge of the body’s energy pathways with more traditional teachings in psychology. While the therapist taps critical points on the body surface, the patient focuses on her or his problem and describes it. A process begins which alters the patient’s thought patterns, and causes pain and other problems to disappear.

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Thought Field Therapy aims at changing the intensity of unpleasant sensations in such a way as to correct their relationship with thoughts and experiences. If strong emotions can be made to fade, the outcome could be peace of mind and absence of physical discomfort.

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Mats J. Uldal (1955–) is Europe’s most experienced instructor in Thought Field Therapy (TFT). He is head of the company Mats Uldal tankefeltteknikker and of Mats Uldal International School of TFT (MUIS), which is the leading training centre for thought field therapists in Scandinavia.

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Anita Bemer

Understanding the Power Game Forstå maktspillet The workplace is an arena where many forms of manoeuvring for power and influence take place. For your own comfort's sake, and the safety of your career, it's useful to be able to crack the codes in your colleagues' power games and leadership bids. Read this book, in which you'll learn much about what to keep an eye on, what you should avoid and how you go about reading situations. What happens at the top? How are the top positions filled, and who decides? Who can directly affect your working situation? And what can you do to influence others? All this is crucial knowledge, not necessarily for your direct benefit, but to avoid unpleasant situations or surprises.

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Who is influential in important decision-making?

Anita Bemer Korsvold (1968–) is a trained economist

and has a postgraduate degree in leadership and consultation. She has extensive experience as an executive in large organisations and is currently employed as a headhunter with Esholdt Executive Search. Photo: June Witsøe

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The Parental Role You Are the Grown-up!

Foreldrerollen Many parents take an indulgent approach to bringing up their children, who are offered every opportunity to choose and make up their own minds. We hope for happy, contented offspring but instead end up with little princes and princesses, who haven’t learnt regard for others. Such children tend to be self-assured and strongwilled, but also demanding and ungrateful. Their expectations of attention and assistance can create trouble at school. The author analyses different styles of upbringing and the practice of personal authority, as well as how children develop, gain maturity and learn. She explains why contemporary upbringing tends to be child-indulgent and what the consequences are. Bringing up children requires strength of purpose and will, so that parents can hold firm when the children don’t like what we have decided.

Recover power for parents – you will become a secure grown-up whom children trust!

Anne Nielsen (1958–) trained as a primary school teacher and talk therapist, and has long experience of working in nursery schools and after-school clubs. She lectures, writes, manages her company Foreldrepraxis and also works on course development in Læringsverkstedet, a company specialising in teaching the very young.

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Elisabeth Gerhardsen

Don’t Want To! Me Do It! Vil ikke! Gjøre selv! What to do when your child insists on wearing a summer dress and sandals in mid-winter, or when a trip to the shops turns into a howling tantrum or the child has to start from the beginning whenever it hasn't been allowed to do everything himself? The terrible toddler period is a demanding time that can cause many large and small confrontations. This book provides good advice about how to take control, while at the same time respect the child's feelings and support its self-esteem. The text includes many ideas about how to avoid conflict in the first place, deal with anger and solve locked situations.

The book contains many typical incidents and suggestions for how to deal with them.

A wise, thoughtful book about a difficult time for many parents: good advice which will make everyday life easier for the whole family.

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Elisabeth Gerhardsen (1960–) is an expert on clinical psychology of children and young people and has worked with children, parents and staff in nursery schools and in the Activitiy School for more than 20 years. She has also been employed as a health centre psychologist and worked in the PedagogicalPsychological Service (PPT), in child courts, in hospitals and other organisations, and also taught parents and professionals for many years.

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Thought-provoking examples show how the child thinks and why it acts the way it does. The central aim is to let the child continue liking itself, while helping it to be liked by others.

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Lise Galaasen

1000 Ideas For Parents With Young Children 1000 tips for småbarnsforeldre Lise Galaasen is a writer and a mother of two, who has collected knowledge about the areas which concern us most when we have small children to care for – e.g. food, clothes, sleep, child care, play and activities. The text is set out in sections about specific topics at stages corresponding to the age of the child, which makes it easy to find what you're looking for. You can pick and choose the advice that meets your requirements and which will hopefully help to make your daily life a little easier and more manageable. The medical information is qualitycontrolled by a doctor, a consultant physician.

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What kind of games do you arrange for a 4th birthday party? How to make a little boy to go to sleep in his own bed? How to encourage order in the toy boxes? What food to serve a 2-year-old with a tummy bug? Is there a way to make children of different ages help with household chores?

Parents and experts have contributed, tried and tested advice, which will improve daily family life!

Lise Galaasen (1961–) is born and bred in Trysil, but

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now lives in Oslo with her husband and two children. She works as a publisher's editor and an author, and has written several books for parents.

Children’s Health Common health problems, medication, good advice, questions & answers

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Barnehelse This is a useful hand book that answers common questions about children's health. It includes a general section that surveys the normal range of illnesses and different kinds of health issues. The reader will learn basic facts about all the conditions, together with an overview of treatments and medication.

All you need to know about children's health! All the useful information about illnesses and other problems, brought together in one place!

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Barnehelse provides answers to most common questions asked by parents when their child is ill. You will find out what troubles your child, which medicines it ought to take, as well as how and when, and also advice about when to call the doctor.

Betty Kalikstad (1965–) is a paediatrician and lecturer

at the university hospital in Oslo. She is the president of the international organisation ESDP (European Society for Developmental Pharmacology) which supports research into the medication used in the management of illnesses in childhood. Kalikstad has taught nurses and medical students for many years. Her first book, Barn og medisiner, was published in 2009.

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Stein Erik Ulvund

Understand Your Child 5–8 Years

Forstå barnet ditt Forstå barnet ditt 5–8 is based on the most recent research and gives an account of children's physical, mental, social and intellectual development between the ages of 5 and 8 years.

In addition, your will find up-to-date information about the following: • School • Children and sport • Children and media

• Gender roles • The child within the family • The most common problems at this age

Rights sold to: Denmark (Politikens).

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Understand Your Child – 2-5 Years (Forstå barnet ditt – 2-5 år) Rights sold to: Denmark (Politikens).

Dr. Stein Erik Ulvund (1952–) is a professor of Education at the

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University of Oslo, specializing in childcare and child development. He has a question and answer column in the magazine Foreldre og barn and appears regularly on the morning television program God morgen, Norge.

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Jesper Juul and Monica Øien

Make Space for the Family Rom for familien • How to go about achieving the best possible relationship with your children? • How to make sure that your children are as secure and independent as possible when they approach adult life? • How do you react to a two-year-old who wants to wear summer clothes on cold winter days? • What do you say to your fifteen-year-old daughter who has started drinking alcohol? Join a thought-provoking journey through the different stages of family life!

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The authors speculate about problems that often face parents: how to find the right answers, why borders have to be set, how to respond to the desires and complexes of our children. The authors speak to us straight from the heart and inspire parents to think about how they would like their family to be. The issue is not what is to be done, but hows and whys, which serve as keys to good communication. Do what you have to do, and do it with care, enthusiasm, authenticity and courage. Rights sold to: Croatia (Pelago), Denmark (Apostrof), Estonia (Väike Vanker), Germany (KöselVerlag), Poland (MiND), Slovenia (Didakta) and Sweden (Norstedts).

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Jesper Juul (1948–) is an author and a family therapist. Previously, he was the head of the Kempler Institute and the responsible professional at FamLab, an international organisation supporting families to develop competence. He is also active as an educationalist, writer and family adviser in 9 countries. Juul has published a series of books about children and their upbringing, and his books are published in 14 countries. Monica Øien (1970–) is a teacher and journalist and works as a programme producer for TV 2. She has made several documentary programmes, for instance with Paulo Coelho and with HRH Princess Märtha Louise.

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Barnevakten

Good Advice About Children, Yound People and the Media Gode råd om barn, ungdom og medier This handbook helps parents to allow their children to use digital media in a secure, aware manner. It is a practical guide to children's everyday digital activities. It also provides thorough information about Internet, mobile phones, movies, television and games. The book also discusses how to handle digital bullying. Every subject section includes a summary (All that Parents Need to Know) and age-adjusted advice on how to talk to children about different situations (Things to Think Through; Tricky Things to talk about).

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* How do you react if your daughter has agreed to meet somebody she has chatted to on-line? * Is it easy to lie about your age when you set up a Facebook account? * How to deal with your 10-year-old playing games with an 18+ limit when he is in his friend's home, even though he isn't allowed to do this at home?

The most important advices about children, young people and the media in one book!

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and media. The organisation maintains a large network of lecturers and invites parents to evening seminars. It also offers teaching for young people still at school and seminars for professionals. Every year, Child-minder tests several hundred electronic games, TV games and films, and prepares reviews of all the titles.

Food And gardening

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Ingrid Hancock Bjerknes

Cupcakes – Make Them Yourself! Cupcakes – lag dem selv!

You can make the most delicious cupcakes at home! More than 50 recipes for cute cupcakes, decorated with icing, sugar balls and pearls to suit every occasion. Inspired by reading Cupcakes you can add either a personal or a professional touch to girls' get-togethers, christenings, weddings, picnics, end-of-school celebrations, confirmations, board meetings and Easter lunches. Make great orange and chocolate cupcakes, flavour cakes with vanilla, inspired by the famous Magnolia Bakery in New York, astonish with monster cupcakes, try raspberry or After Eight variants, or many other ideas.

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In the world of cake-making, cupcakes have become the new trend. Inspired by this book, and helped by its recipes, everyone can become a cake designer and fashion cupcakes to suit every occasion. The text includes step-by-step instructions. Nominated to Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011 in the category Best Dessert Cookbook. Rights sold to: Finland (WSOY), Sweden (Norstedts) and United States (Skyhorse).

Ingrid Hancock Bjerknes (1985–) is the founder

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and owner of the successful business Hancock Cupcakes, which delivers the best cupcakes to private and business customers.

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Pizza Paradiso Pizza Paradiso There is an Italian feel to this book: the key words are warmth, passion and tempting pizzas. The writer and the photographer went to Naples together to illustrate the book with elegant, colourful and atmospheric images. Included are also 35 full-page photos of the different pizzas he has made for us. Vardøen provides a recipe for the perfect pizza base and the perfect toppings. For those who are especially interested, he describes how to build a pizza oven at home. And, in an epilogue, what makes good drinking with pizza, and a selection of Italian puddings. All Vardøen's recipes are written in his personal style; his conclusion is that the best things in life can be the very simplest.

‘At the back of the book, Vardøen even shows how he has built his own pizza oven [in his garden]. He promises that you will be the coolest daddy in the neighborhood with a pizza oven bricked by yourself.’ Oppland Arbeiderblad

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Nominated to Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011 in the category Best Italian Cookbook.

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Jan Vardøen is a Norwegian restauranteur, author,

musician, and jack of all trades. With background as a chef and wooden boatbuilder he has used these skills to start a miniature empire of bars, restaurants and shops in Oslo's newly thriving east end. He is Norway's version of Ramsey, Oliver and Worrall Thompson rolled into one, as befits a country with a small population. As well as TV and radio appearances, he finds time somehow to write a column for Aftenposten. Pizza Paradiso is his fifth book.

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Real Food

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Ekte mat For Andreas Viestad, «real food» means two things: pleasure and also the satisfaction that comes from eating well, preferably every single day. If food is to count as real, it should have a history, an origin. What is it we need in order to cook real food? We need knowledge and action. If we know something about our food, we will find cooking it easier. And it adds to the enjoyment at the table if we have ourselves added an extra ingredient to the meal we are serving, be it something grown in the garden or balcony tub or window box, or things gathered on nature walks. Ekte mat is a unique cookbook. Although the themes are large, the recipes are easy and the book is fine for ordinary use if you have leafed through it, found something that looks nice and want to cook it for a meal for yourself, or for family and friends.

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The Captivating Table (Bordet fanger), 1999.

Where Flavor was Born (Smak av krydder), 2007.

Andreas Viestad (1973–) has a university degree and is one of Norway’s most popular food and recipe book writers. He has a column in Washington Post. The TV series, New Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad, has been shown in more than 50 countries, including USA, China, Germany and Italy. In 2002, he was awarded the Riksmålsforbund’s media prize, the Golden Pen.

How to Boil Water (Hvordan koke vann), 2005.

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Andreas Viestad and Jon Krog Pedersen

On The Grill – Plentiful Flavours På grillen – rause smaker fra St. Lars Grilling is life! That's the outlook of the gang running St. Lars, a grill restaurant in Oslo. The book offers an introduction to different techniques for grilling and 50 recipes, from salads and Dublin Bay prawns to grilled shoulder of lamb – and the hamburger that critics thought was the best they had ever tasted. No matter if all you have is a disposable barbecue or if you own a monster of a grill or prefer to use the grill in your cooker oven – this book is hugely inspirational for everyone! By the way: St. Lawrence, martyred on a gridiron – Lars in Norwegian – is the patron saint of grill chefs! Margbein er essensen av dyret, og med en smak som er både mild og mektig på samme tid. Det var steinaldermenn eskenes yndlingsmat, men i dag er det en lite brukt råvare, selv om den er billig og utrolig enkel å tilberede, enten på grillen eller i ovnen. Vi serverer

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SNACKS OG FORRETTER

margbeina på en fjøl like det ermed grilla brød, hjemmelaget urtesalt (eller annet salt, se side XXX), året rundt. r ute ilden brenner det snøsennep og massevis av hakket bladpersille. len selv om ryggen. varmt på gril jævla kald på e bar blir – du

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salt sennep grilla landbrød

Legg beinpipene i en bolle som settes i vasken. La dem ligge under rennende kaldt vann i 1–2 timer. Dette er strengt tatt ikke nødvendig, men det vasker bort mesteparten av blodet slik at beina ser bedre ut. Tenn grillen med grillkullet på én side av grillen, slik at du har en varm og en mindre varm sone. Legg beinpipene på grillen. Grill dem på høy, direkte varme i 7–10 minutter, til de blir litt brente rundt det hele. Når det begynner å dryppe fett ned på glørne, ha beinpipene over i en aluminiumform og sett den over den mindre varme sonen på grillen. Sett lokket på og grill med indirekte varme i 20 minutter. Margbeina skal være gjennomvar me og det skal boble livlig i kantene, men margen må ikke smelte helt, for da renner den bare bort. Hvis du er i tvil om margen er varm nok, stikk en spiss kniv inn i et av beina og sjekk at tuppen er god og varm når du trekker den ut. Server margbeina med grilla brød, godt salt, sennep og store mengder hakket bladpersille. innendør s: Bak margbeina i ovnen på 200 °C

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Jon Krog Pedersen (1981–) is a co-owner and day-to-day boss in the restaurant St. Lars. He has worked as a chef for several years and also has many years of experience of working with Andreas Viestad on many book and television projects. Krog Pedersen also studied literature at Oslo University.

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Thomas Leikvoll and Erling Arvola

Small Talk Small talk

If we can do small talk, we are equipped to succeed socially, in private as well as work-related settings. The focus is on social intelligence; this book is a straightforward overview introducing all the secrets of easy conversation. At work, what matters is networking and, in your private life, giving a good impression.

The ideas are illustrated by several concrete examples to suit different social settings.

Thomas Leikvoll and Erling Arvola

Toastmaster Toastmaster

This book tells you all you need to know about performing as a toastmaster. It discusses all types of gatherings and provides good advice for both grand and more modest events.

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One special chapter is devoted to those with no time to spare, who need solutions to crises in a hurry.

Included are many pieces of good advice from celebrities with experience of relevant occasions.

Thomas Leikvoll and Erling Arvola

Hen And Stag Parties Utdrikningslag

Hen and stag parties are fun, but demanding. This guide will come in handy when you plan for the greatest stag or hen party – the ideas are creative but realistic. The suggestions are fashioned to suit a range of wallets and requirements. The book is also full of smart tips to add that little bit of extra to the occasion.

A guide for anyone who want to give a friend – male or female – an experience to remember for life.

Thomas Leikvoll (1970–) has worked as a weather forecaster for TV3 and later on

various entertainment programs. Since 2000, he has been employed by TV2 as an editor, program host and script writer.

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Erling Arvola (1969–) has been a researcher for the TV program Gyldene tider

(Season 3) and also script writer and researcher for several other TV productions.

For ages 20–99 years

Bulbs And Tubers Hageselskapets løker og knoller Perhaps many of you connect bulbs with tulips and crocuses, flowering plants that herald the spring, but there are also lovely examples of bulbs that flower in the summer and autumn.

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This book explains everything worth knowing about buying and planting out, arranging and maintaining the plants and also possible damage or disease. There are tips about what fits in best where – in borders and flowerbeds, in hillside gardens or in pots – and how to plant out bulbs in a lawn or arrange them into handsome combinations.

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The extensive plant index lists as many as 250 species, including the more unusual specimens which are exciting to try. In this part of the book, each plant type are illustrated individually in gorgeous photographs accompanied by useful information about flower colours, time of flowering, hardiness and special requirements.

The Big Book of Perennials (Hageselskapets staudebok), 2009. The Garden Society’s Summer Plants (Hageselskapets sommerblomster), 2011.

Tommy Tønsberg's (1980–) interest in gardening was already evident at an early age: as a schoolboy he often spent his entire allowance at the nursery. Today he tends a small but lush garden on the outskirts of Oslo, and is the editor of Norsk Hagetidend, the magazine for members of the Gardeners' Association. He is also a popular guest speaker. Kenneth Ingebretsen (1977–) is a gardener who works at the largest garden centre in Norway. He also edits the membership newsletter for the Friends of Flowers Society.

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Yvonne Dengin

Contemporary Wild Gardens Moderne naturhager The perfect garden is sheltered from view, a pleasure to see and has a high comfort quota. It invites to recreation and creativity, preferably in all seasons! Wherever the garden borders on to nature, the author insists on the choice of plants and materials fitting the surroundings easily, whether it is at a house or a mountain cabin, on a lake or in a forest. The trick is to select plant species that are adapted to the local climate and capable of coping with winds, cold, sun, snow, salt or chalk. The materials should suit the environment, be it stone or slate, wood and gravel, and ceramic pots, barrels or crocks.

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Comfort is catered for by arranging seating near a barbecue. Grow fruits and berries, scatter ice candleholders, set up bird tables... The author is a knowledgeable and inspirational guide to how each one of us can create a private oasis, while at the same time respect the surroundings. An important point is the garden should be easy to look after and manage on its own most of the time. Your dream garden is within reach!

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Yvonne Dengin (1961–) is a garden designer, lecturer

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and high-profile garden writer who has previously published two books. She had a column on gardening in Elle Interiør for a number of years, and was a designer and active contributor to the NRK gardening television program.

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Tilda and her friends charm everyone! The Tilda books have now taken the world by storm, being published in China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Korea, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, UK and USA. Today Tilda is a familiar brand in hobby and sewing arenas, primarily in Scandinavia, although some Tilda products are also available in Germany, France and England. Tilda is known for its naive and recognizable characters.

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Tone Finnanger (1973–) designs all of the Tilda products herself: the books and other printed works, plywood figures, stamps and stencils, paint and metal works. She is schooled in drawing, design, graphic design and traditional painting handwork techniques. She worked as an interior decorator and window dresser until she started the Tilda company in 1999.

Tilda’s Ideas for Spring

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Tildas vårideer Welcome to Tilda's ideas for spring! Do you like cutting and pasting, or sewing and decorating? With her sure sense of colour and style, Tilda takes the reader along into a world of colours and combinations. You will meet both old and new favourites, but wearing their spring outfits. And as part of the bargain, you get ideas for cards and gift tags as well.

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The illustrations provide easy step-by-step instructions. Degrees of difficulty vary from very simple to more demanding. Greet the spring together with Tilda! Rights sold to: France, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom.

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Tildas juleverksted Welcome to Tilda’s Christmas workshop! At last, settle down and allow your creativity a free run. Light a few candles, find some fabrics, wools and other materials and then let a lovely sense of Christmas into your mind. This book offers you descriptions of large and small projects, which will help you decorate any room in your home or provide gifts for people you’re fond of. Make cute Christmas gnomes, pretty angels, bouncy winter hares or inviting gingerbread houses. Try out the ideas for Christmas stockings, gift wrapping and cards, with home-made, colourful ribbons and decorations for boxes of soaps or sweets. Your Christmas gifts will get the extra smart touch! Enjoy the run-up to Christmas in Tilda’s universe! Rights sold to: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom.

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In Tilda's Studio Tildas atelier A new book has entered Tilda's world! Tone Finnanger has followed up her earlier books with a new one: written in her assured style, it features her charming characters in new adventures. She includes useful as well as decorative objects. This time, she draws her inspiration from her own studio. Rights sold to: China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom.

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Tilda’s Christmas House Tildas julehus Lovely Christmas-themed textiles are the central theme in this book. There are ideas for things that will create the pleasant atmosphere we dream about. Tildas julehus, with Tilda’s examples, will inspire you to make your own dream house. Rights sold to: China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom.

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Tilda’s Vacation Home Tildas Landsted In this book you will find hand-made conch shells and sand castles. A table set for a party – muffins, cows and angels’ wings all sewn and stitched! Even a doll with a dress inspired by Jane Austen. Here are patterns for two dolls, friends whom we find together and alone, meeting in the kitchen, lounging like princesses in the boudoir, and posing in 19th century inspired bathing costumes. There is also a gathering of the animals of the woods (with patterns for each), and boxes and baskets sewn from material or covered with paper.

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Fun textiles that match the many rooms in the house, are a unifying factor in this book. The beautiful objects can make and create a pleasant atmosphere. Be inspired to make your own dream house stand out! Rights sold to: China, Finland, France, Hungary, The Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and United Kingdom.

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Christmas With Tilda’s Friends Jul med Tildas venner This book is bulging with charming patterns that are fun to sew. There are many variants of elves, angels, reindeer, snowmen and penguins. Rights sold to: China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Republic of Korea, Poland, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.

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Easter With Tilda’s Friends Påske med Tildas venner In this book, Tilda’s friends can be left out all year, even though they are designed with spring and Easter in mind. There are lambs, chickens and Easter rabbits with sweet cut-and-paste motifs and other ideas for quick, playful fingers. Rights sold to: China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom.

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Knit Two Purl One To rett en vrang This is the book for keen knitters looking for new inspiration! The author has brought back to Norway some techniques and ideas from England. In To rett en vrang, the technical aspects are explained with examples, test patches and then adapted for simple, classical outfits and accessories. The degree of difficulty varies from the simple to projects which demand some experience as a knitter. You will find jackets in thin and thick yarns, scarfs of every kind, wristlets, shawls (soul warmers!) and much more.

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Retro-Stitches Retromasker Retromasker is Tine Solheim’s third book. This time she has been inspired by old patterns. The clothes can be used for everyday wear, at work or out walking, as well as for an elegant occasion. You will find something to suit every taste! The text is aimed at experienced knitters (or crocheters) on the look-out for new ideas, but also suits those who want just an inspirational read. There are nine chapters, of which two are set aside for children and young people. All the instructions are collected as a separate set of notes at the back of the book. 2 print runs with a total of 18.000 copies! Rights sold to: Germany (Christophorus).

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clothing- and costume designers. She studied at École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, and worked as an intern with Yves St. Laurent and Per Spook in Paris. For nearly 30 years, she has designed haute couture, costumes, formalwear, wedding gowns and wardrobes for a number of actors, performers, artists and other media figures. In recent years she has also created knitted designs for Norwegian magazines.

Masked Ball Knitting and Crocheting

Maskeball i strikking og hekling Designer Tine Solheim invites us into a world filled with shapes and colours. Here one can find patterns both for beginners and those with experience. A dream-book for anyone looking for inspiration for colours, materials and techniques: the patterns range from simple summer attire to more traditional winter clothing.

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All the patterns are collected in a booklet that is easy to take with you. Maskeball also gives the reader another experience through poetry, quotations and some wise words spicing up the book. 3 print runs with a total of 19.000 copies!

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Maskepi – en sammensvergelse i strikk og hekling Here you will find fashionable knits and crocheted projects for every occasion. This book is for anyone looking for inspiration in form of shapes and colours. The patterns range from simple summer clothes to more traditional winter wear – but all with that something extra. There are also some things for the house. All the project descriptions are collected in a single pamphlet that is easy to slip into your bag. 4 print runs with a total of 24.000 copies! Rights sold to: Germany (Christophorus).

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Helene S Lundberg

Wool - A New Take on Old Crafts Ull – gamle teknikker i ny drakt The text offers you a straightforward approach to traditional techniques. Reading it will teach you the basic principles of dying wool, felting, fulling and carding, and then spinning the yarns. The book also describes ancient crafts such as nålbinding, kroking, gimping (forms of braiding and trimming) and others. Embroidery, both on wool and with wool yarns, is demonstrated. You can pick and choose from traditional patterns to make things for yourself and your home. This book is also suitable for novices.

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Success with Cakes (Kakelykke), 2007. Rights sold to: Denmark and Sweden.

Sweet Temptations (Søte fristelser), 2005. Rights sold to: Denmark, Iceland and Sweden.

The Joy of Flowers (Blomsterglede), 2007. Rights sold to: Denmark and Sweden.

Flower Inspirations (Blomsterinspirasjon), 2008. Rights sold to: Sweden.

Christmas Joy (Julefryd), 2009.

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100% Wool – Reuse Woollen Garments 100% gjenbruk i ull The author finds many uses for woollen garments past their best: items that have gone out of fashion, or been unfair enough to shrink while in the wardrobe, or been washed the wrong way, torn, stained or simply worn out at elbows and wrists. They make brilliant raw materials! So, if you haven’t thrown away your discarded woollen garments – don’t! Get them out into the daylight and set to work. If there is nothing useful in your cupboards, try outlets like charity shops and car booth sales.

Asplund’s previous book, Jul… igjen, was sold to Denmark, Iceland and Sweden. It’s a book that works for everyone, beginners as well as experienced seamstresses.

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100% ull is full of ideas for making accessories like jewellery, bracelets, bags and scarfs. Interior decorating suggestions include cushions, lampshades, pin cushions and many other things.

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Kari Hestnes

Knitting

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO CREATING YOUR OWN CLOTHES

Strikk – komponer dine egne plagg The book is a tool adapted for use by fairly experienced knitters, who are keen to create unique clothes with a personal touch. You are helped to plan the design and fit the clothes. The book takes you through how to create your own wardrobe step by step and outline the choices you will face as you go along. You will also find straightforward explanations of why certain styles would enhance your particular shape and hints to help you pick the right yarns. Kari Hestnes’ former book, Strikk – en reise til indre ro, was sold to Denmark and Sweden. The book gives you new ideas – and is also an essential work of reference. Rights sold to: United States (Sixth & Spring).

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Sewing and Knitting for Your Dog Sy og strikk til hunden This book offers you tips and instructions for making everything from collars, vests, dog blankets and bathrobes to covers for dog beds. The book is bulging with descriptions of clothes and paraphernalia – some down-to-earth and practical, some functional but with more personal flair. The creations are as fantastic as your imagination. Pattern size 100%. Rights sold to: Germany (Kynos), Sweden (Damm) and United States (Trafalgar Square Books).

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Luscious Knitwear Frodig strikk In our hectic, stressful lives, to pull out your knitting needles and carry on making lovely clothes and accessories can give you moments of pure meditation and spiritual healing. Besides, it’s such a pleasure to wear smart, handmade things. This book is full of ideas for small-scale projects which are easy to carry with you, as well as more labour-intensive ones, which take longer to complete. The patterns cover a wide range, from colour combinations to the most beautiful rose motifs for both children and adults. One decorative option is to crochet roses.

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Lisbeth Bjørndal

Several of the patterns can be adapted for knitting machines. Rights sold to: Denmark (Aschehoug), Iceland (Edda) and Sweden (Damm).

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This book is full of inspiration and ideas for colour combinations and for using up left-over yarns. It sets out simple patterns for making hats for children and adults; also, warm caps, fingerless gloves – long and short, with or without buttons, contrasting effects and pearls, ponchos for grown-ups and suggestions for outdoor wear for children. Many of these items can also be machine-knitted and the text is as suitable for beginners as for those who have already done a certain amount of knitting.

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Lise Nymark

Imaginative Doll Clothes Fantasifulle dukkeklær Lise Nymark uses children’s role-play as her basis for making knitted and crocheted clothes for dolls in different sizes. This book is packed with different dolls’ outfits to suit every occasion, including for instance the following themes: out shopping or camping, in the playground or at the carnival; prince and princess. Her previous book, Dukkeklær til aktiv lek, was sold to France. Rights sold to: Finland (Karisto) and United Kingdom (Search Press).

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Doll Clothes for Dress Up Dukkeklær til aktiv lek Lise Nymark takes her starting point in children's roleplaying when she makes doll clothes. She shares with us costumes ranging from school uniforms, princess dresses to bathing suits, along with useful accessories such as blankets, beach mattresses, backpacks, picnic baskets, tiaras etc. The clothing patterns are for dolls 30–34 cm, 36–39 cm and 42–45 cm. Rights sold to: France (Les Editions de Saxe).

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Poetry in Stitches CLOTHES YOU CAN KNIT

Dikt i masker In the creativity of the past – an incredible inspiration for today. Solveig Hisday has visited Norwegian museums searching eagerly for the trasures that her ancestors left behind. What she found, has later become her greatest source of inspiration. This book is a result of her quest, and it shows how the creativity of the past has inspired her to make beautiful knitted designs.

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Solveig Hisdal

It contains wonderful knitting ideas for almost all occasions, from a child's christening outfit to an exquisite, knitted bridal cardigan with beds and silk. Rights sold to: Sweden (ICA) and United States (Unicorn).

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Margaretha Finseth (red.)

A COLLECTION FROM NORWAY'S FOREMOST KNITTING DESIGNERS

Norsk strikkedesign This beatutiful book presents the very best of contemporary Norwegian knitwear design, drawing on its traditional roots and planting it firmly in the twenty-first century. It includes 22 unique knitted garments by some of Norway's foremost knitting designers, all using classic Norwegian-spun wool yarns and based on traditional Norwegian patterns. Each design is accompanied by stunning photographs of the items themselves as well as the countryside that inspired them, together with details of the materials used, pattern charts and clearly written instructions. Rights sold to: United Kingdom (Search Press) and United States (Unicorn).

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Gunn Birgirsdottir

Great Knitting for Thick Needles Gøy å strikke med tykke pinner Knitting offers endless possibilities. It is exciting to match colours and create fresh variants on old patterns. If you change the colours about, alter purl stitches and the neckline, you can create your own favourite version of a set of instructions. Some people like high-necked sweaters, some prefer a lower neckline. Some think a jacket shape would be more practical. To illustrate her point, the author has started from one pattern and changed the instructions in many different ways. She has also included a whole lot of instruction for knitting mittens, hats, scarfs and bags, adding descriptions of how to do braiding and pearl-stiching. Play with colours and make your own favourite clothes! Rights sold to: United States (Trafalgar Square Books).

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Frida Pontén

The Joy of Crochet Simple Crochet and a Bit of Knitting

Hekleglede A book for beginners and for those who want to improve their crochet skills. This book provides patterns for small projects that are quick to finish. You will find purses, wrist warmers, scarves, socks, small decorative flowers, make-up bags, tunics for children, belts and other accessories. Some of the projects involve simple knitting – usually in combination with crochet. Her previous book, Fridas maleverden, was sold to Denmark, Iceland and Sweden. Rights sold to: Finland (WSOY), Iceland (Edda), Sweden (ICA) and United States (Trafalgar Square Books).

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Crocheting – and a Little Hakking (or Tunisian Crochet) Hekling – og litt hakking The authors was inspired to write this book, full of ideas and instructions, by finds of old oven cloths in drawers and cupboards in the homes of family and friends. Make small, original objects for yourself and to give to friends. This set of instructions describes things one needs for the kitchen, like table mats, oven cloths, towels, cloths and much more. The explanations are clear, with step-by-step illustrations. The book is bursting with great ideas.

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Cross Stich Embroidery (Vi broderer korssting), 2006.

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Simple Crotcheting (Helt enkel hekling), 2010.

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Trine Bakke

Alternative Patchwork Andre lappesaker Patchwork quilts are everyday objects according to the author, and this book includes: • Old block patterns used in new ways • Naïve appliqué for wall art and used in patchwork quilts. • Full size patterns on a pattern sheet at the back of the book. The level of difficulty varies from simple, modern examples to the more advanced. Rights sold to: France (Les Editions de Saxe), Iceland (Edda), The Netherlands (De Fontein | Tirion), Sweden (ICA) and United States (Skyhorse).

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Patchwork and Quilting Lappesaker Some of Bakke's ideas, scattered over many years and having evolved through many stages, have been gathered in a fantastic book filled with patchwork patterns. You will find simple methods for sewing corners and zippers for bags, along with tips for loads of gorgeous things made from beautiful fabrics and patches. Every pattern is carefully explained with step-by-step instructions. With her passion for fabrics and colour combinations, she presents choices that range from miniature patches and small pictures for dolls to pillows and larger blankets. She also demonstrates simple techniques for sewing useful folders, bags and other functional pieces. The book also includes a wealth of information about choices of fabric and quilting.

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Blue

Blått – søm, strikk, dekorer The colour blue is the inspiration for the objects in this book. It contains a wealth of ideas for both simple and advanced craft objects that you can make for yourself or for your home. The instructions include how to make bags, jewellery, patchwork quilts and towels, knitted as well as made with textiles. The book also gives ideas for wrapping.

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Grete Gulliksen Moe and Ingrid Skaansar

This book proves that blue is the right colour for every season of the year.

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Joyful Quilting (Lappeglede), 2004. Rights sold to: sweden and finland.

Quilting All Year Round (Lek med lapper året rundt), 2006. Colourful Quilting (Fargesprakende Patchwork), 2009. Rights sold to: Finland and the The Netherlands.

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Lise Bergene

Charming Quilts Hjertelige lapper This book provides a large selection of ideas – from small and funny to large and more demanding projects. Many of the models include sewn or appliquéd hearts in varying combinations and sizes. An exciting book to explore. Rights sold to: Ukraine (Mikko).

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Tina Eckeroth and Hilde Lien

Patchwork Dreams Lappedrømmer

This book is overflowing with the joys of sewing with cheering colours that usher spring into the house. There is something for everyone’s individual tastes; projects large and small. Many of the works are based on simple shapes and familiar patterns – it is the material and the colours that are unique. Even the slightly advanced patterns can be achieved without major problems if one follows the illustrations and instructions. Rights sold to: Finland (WSOY), France (Les Editions de Saxe) and Sweden (ICA).

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Spreading Joy – Patchwork and Application Gledesspredere – lappeteknikk og applikasjon “Spreading joy” is exactly what this book is about: these are small but heart-warming projects. All are easy to carry out and there is something to suit everyone. You pick the technique you prefer, whether simple or more time-consuming. Use left-over materials which you already have in store. Because the projects are small, you won't need much.

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Nina Lise Moen

“Spreading Joy” is good for sharing with others. Use them as greeting cards or hang them on the wall. Only your imagination will set limits to what you do.

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Gerd Gellein Merkesdal

Patchwork in Red and White Lapper i rødt og hvitt The author has used vintage kitchen towels, bits of embroidery and damask dolls and combined them with new fabrics. The patterns are decorated with buttons, ribbons and crocheted lace – most of them vintage – for the perfect finishing touches. Projects span from small, practical shopping bags, fun and useful pillows, clutch purses and wall hangings to quilts of all sizes. Her previous book, Lapper – lunt og lekkert, was sold to Sweden and Denmark. Rights sold to: Finland (WSOY), France (Les Editions de Saxe), Iceland (Edda) and Sweden (Ica).

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Rie Norum and Hilde Aanerud Krohg

The Joys of Quilting Quiltegleder

This book contains many beautiful quilts and handbags for various levels of skill. One can find quilts ranging from those subdued and nuanced to the brightly coloured ones. Some of the pieces are decorated with buttons and sequins. The book is filled with ideas: new combinations of materials, colours and patterns. Be inspired by exciting appliqués, patches and quilting, and learn to sew perfect circles on your machine – without needles. Rights sold to: Estonia, Finland (Tammi), France (Les Editions de Saxe), Sweden (ICA) and United Kingdom (D&C).

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Creative Scrapbooking Kreativ scrapbooking

Are you at a loss about what to do with all the piles of photos stuffed in the lower drawer, packed away in boxes or saved on your computer? This book gives you a solid foundation for “traditional” scrapbooking, including the knowledge of what kind of tools you will need to begin. There is also a thorough introduction to digital scrapbooking in the back of the book.

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Turid Eide and Cathrine Rein Carlson

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Scrapbooking – All Through the Year (Scrapbooking året rundt), 2009. Rights sold to: Sweden.

A Book of Ideas for Making Scrapbooks (Idebok for scrapbooking), 2008. Rights sold to: Finland and Sweden.

The Big Book on Scrapbooking (Den store boken om scrapbooking), 2011.

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Anne-Marte Waleur

Paper Delights Si det med papir This is an inspirational book! The main emphasis is on making your own gree ting cards, and the themes include: Weddings; Christmas & New Year; Summer Parties and Garden Parties; Retro-style Parties; Halloween; Kids' Parties; Tapas Get-togethers – but there are many more. Each theme is subdivided by colour and style, for instance Nature or Traditional Christmas (mostly reds); Graphics, Sepia and Shabby. The book is full of ideas, whatever occasion and style you are looking for. Rights sold to: Finland (WSOY) and Sweden (ICA).

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With Paintbrush and Palette Colour theory – painting – decoupage

Med pensel og palett A book for those who are looking for inspiration to develop interest in painting and decoupage. But it is also the right book for someone not yet at work with a paintbrush in hand, but who would love to give it a try. Any reader will find many good ideas and great images! Also information about how to use acrylic paints and other paint media, about tools, techniques and colour theory.

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Vigdis Mo Johansen

Rights sold to: France (Les Editions de Saxe).

Previous publications: Jewellery: Make It Yourself (Smykker, lag dem selv), 2005. Design Your Own Jewellery (Bli din egen smykkedesigner), 2006. Rights sold to: Finland.

The Big Book of Jewellery (Den store smykkeboken), 2006. Rights sold to: UK and China.

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Vigdis Mo Johansen

Decorating on Canvas Lag bilder på lerret This book describes many opportunities for painting and decorating on canvas. Techniques range from quite simple decoupage with napkin motives, utilizing photographs, glossy prints, three-dimensional decor to figurative painting. In regard to motifs, one finds everything from angels and flowers to simple Christmas patterns. Whether you have never painted before, or simply need some new ideas, this is the book for you.

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Marie Andreassen

Decorative Clay Objects Pynt i leire This book is a creative firework of colours and shapes. You will find something for every taste, and all kinds of useful objects, large and small. For instance, there are ideas for buttons for children and adults; there are attractive pins, rings, bracelets and other forms of jewellery, and small shapes and figures with which you can decorate scrapbook pages, cards and frames.

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Paint with Acrylic and Watercolor (Mal bilder), 2006. Rights sold to: denmark, finland and iceland.

Creative Stamping (Kreativ stempling), 2008. Rights sold to: iceland and sweden.

Easter Time All Year Round

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Påske hele året And Christmas lasts until Easter starts... Arne & Carlos take you along for a trip into the world of Easter: among their many ideas are Easter baubles, conversions of their popular Christmas ones. You will also find descriptions of how to knit egg cosies for Easter breakfast, tray cloths, Easter hares and chickens. Arne & Carlos are in full familiar form.

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Arne Nerjordet

Once more, the ideas are based on a basic description with innumerable variations in patterns and colours. All the projects are manageable and can be finished in reasonably good time.

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Arne Nerjordet (a Norwegian) and Carlos Zachrison (part Swede, part Spaniard) presented their first joint fashion collection in 2002 and, in 2003, they were invited to the Paris fashion week to show their designs. The inspiration for their feminine clothes comes from many sources – from Dolly Parton to Japanese pleating techniques and Norwegian traditional dress.

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Carlos Zachrison and Arne Nerjordet

Christmas Baubles

Julekuler – én oppskrift, 55 mønster In Norway, Christmas baubles – ball- or coneshaped – are very much part of the seasonal traditions. They are used to decorate the Christmas tree and the wreaths, and can be put up anywhere, in the windows for instance. This book opens up a whole new world, bursting with creativity. The fantastic patterns for the Christmas baubles draw on the designs used in traditional Norwegian knitwear. This book is not only directed to practised knitters in need of new ideas, but also to novices and to those who just like looking at inspirational images.

One set of instructions – 55 patterns!

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Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison

Knitted Dolls Strikkedukker

For dolls with a sense of humour! A doll has a fundamental role, but with many variations. Even if you never played with dolls, this book will make you want to start. Every set of instructions for a basic shape comes with many options. For instance, a sweater can be made long or short, with short or long sleeves, and in just one colour, or striped, or with a knitted border. Say hello to the city doll, the keen outdoor doll, the grand event doll and many more! Or simply model the doll on yourself – use your eye for amusing oddities.

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Kristin Langebraaten

My Christmas House Til mitt julehus Once again, we meet Kristin Langebraaten and are charmed. Her strength is her wealth of ideas, described here in careful step-by-step pictures and drawings. She has a new take on every kind of Christmassy decoration. The book describes how to make advent calendars in various materials, cards and gift labels, and many variants of decorations such as angels, gnomes and hearts. The text suggests ways of using the different motifs, whether you want to paint them or model them in clay, or recreate them in embroidery or patchwork. All the patterns are fully set out on single, detachable pattern sheets. Rights sold to: France (Les Editions de Saxe). 87679_jul med kristin langebraaten.qxp:Layout 1

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Dette kortet er brettet dobbelt i ryggen.Vi har laget et spor der bretten skulle være. Litt av geviret på elgen er skåret ut som forklart på side 120. Derfor lagde vi sporet langs linjalen over og under geviret, skar geviret ut med en skalpell og brettet kortet.

Kortet har fått hull med en hullemaskin og er brukt som pakkelapp på en gave.

Elgen er farget lys grå og er streket opp med den tynne sorte tusjen.Vi har ikke streket rundt geviret, men vi har farget himmelen bak slik at geviret trer frem. Geviret er ikke farget. Nederst på kortet har vi latt det være igjen et hvitt felt som kan være bakken med snø.

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Merry Christmas (God jul), 2000.

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Summer Inspiration (Sommerinspirasjon), 2001. Christmas Time (Julen er her), 2003. Rights sold to: DENMARK and SWEDEN.

Country Kitchen Ideas (Landlige kjøkkenmotiver), 2006. Rights sold to: DENMARK, ICELAND and SWEDEN.

Christmas Joys Julegleder

Julegleder includes all you need to set the stage for a good, old-fashioned Christmas. You will find ideas for Christmas tree ornaments (including Scandinavian hearts), Christmas stockings, wrapping paper, angels, wreaths, and Christmas treats like ginger cookies. There is something here for everyone – whether you want to work with patchwork or felt, plywood or paper.

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Miriam Morken and Tone Stenkløv

Find plenty of projects that allow the whole family to take part in a Christmas Workshop. Rights sold to: Finland (Tammi), France (Les Editions de Saxe), Germany (Droemer Knaur), Iceland (Edda), Sweden (ica) and United States (Stackpole Books).

Christmas Joy Julefryd

Sew a lovely pillow or tablecloth especially for Christmas. A new Advent calendar can, over the years, become an heirloom, and handmade gifts are a joy to both the person giving them and the recipient. The book’s good mixture of new and old techniques stands for both tradition and rejuvenation.

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Helene S Lundberg

The contents are varied: Christmas stockings, Christmas stationery, table decorations, Christmas cards and wrappings – and some of the author’s best Christmas recipes. Rights sold to: Finland (Tammi), France (Les Editions de Saxe) and Sweden (ica).

Previous publications: Sweet Temptations (Søte fristelser), 2005. Rights sold to: Denmark, Iceland and Sweden.

Success with Cakes (Kakelykke), 2007.

Rights sold to: Denmark and Sweden.

The Joy of Flowers (Blomsterglede), 2007. Rights sold to: Denmark and Sweden.

Flower Inspirations (Blomsterinspirasjon). 2008. Rights sold to: Sweden.

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Beate G. Lindseth

Christmas Baskets Julekurver Making paper Christmas baskets is a lovely tradition – and something nice to do with the kids in the run up to Christmas. Some people have never learnt how to make Christ mas baskets, and others have forgotten how – this book shows you step-by-step how to weave these pretty little baskets, from basic patterns to more advanced techniques. Every basket in the book is marked to show the degree of difficulty in cutting and weaving. And why not give someone a personalised basket with their star sign, name or date of birth on it, as a special birthday gift? Full-size patterns are included on a separate pattern page at the back of the book.

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Rights sold to: Denmark (Aschehoug) and Sweden (Damm).

Edle Catharina Norman

Beautiful Winter

Wreaths, Garlands and Decorations

Vintervakkert The author gives us a wide variety of autumn, winter and Christmas decorations. She focuses on using natural materials that can be found in autumn and winter, and shapes and colours that harmonize with winter moods. In addition to materials from nature’s storehouse, she also uses flowers and greenery readily available from florists. Her previous book, Vakre markblomster, was sold to Denmark. Rights sold to: Denmark (Aschehoug), Finland (Moreeni), France (Les Editions de Saxe), Iceland (Edda), Sweden (ICA) and United States (Sellers Publishing).

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