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Everyone Has a Backside
Children's Books2014 · 88 pp · Age 3+

Everyone Has a Backside

Anna Fiske

Did you know that everyone has his or her own body? And that each one of those bodies has a backside? Well, you'll definitely know that after reading this book. In addition to the fronts and backs of bodies, you can read about hair, skin, digestion, hygiene and much more. Everybody has a Backside is a book packed with facts and surprises that provoke thought, speculation and raise awareness around the theme of the human body through skilful use of humour and intimacy. ‘Anna Fiske's illustrations are recognizable and solid with a strong and well-considered visual tone. Cheerful, colourful stick figures are presented on a white background without shading or complicated details. Despite this, Fiske manages to convey finely tuned emotional expression and nuance. … This may inspire young children to explore and talk about respect for their own and others' bodies as well as body sounds, shapes and colours.’ VG ‘Anna Fiske hits the spot once more with the picture book Everybody has a Backside. … Everybody has a Backside is an incredibly rich book with a wealth of content that will contribute to both reflection and awareness. It is also very funny, not least due to Anna Fiske's illustrations. Here she is at her best.’ Hamar Arbeiderblade

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Amundsen through the Northwest Passage
Children's Books2014 · 64 pp · Age 6+

Amundsen through the Northwest Passage

Bjørn Ousland

The Northwest Passage, the mythical sea route north of the American mainland, has attracted explorers looking for a shortcut to Eastern treasures for centuries. Here ships have disappeared without a trace and hundreds of men have lost their lives to the ice. In 1903, Roald Amundsen and a crew of six men ventured into these waters on the herring boat Gjøa. The Gjøa voyage was to last several years and offer danger, excitement and friendship with Inuits which would later characterise Amundsen as a polar explorer. He also brought new knowledge and breakthrough discoveries back to Norway. Amundsen gjennom Norvestpassasjen also solves the mystery of the Franklin expedition, during which 129 men disappeared in the areas where Amundsen spent the winter before completing his voyage successfully. This is the fourth book in Bjørn Ousland’s polar series. The Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Special Prize for Children and Youth 2014 was awarded to Bjørn Ousland for his polar series.

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Remorse
Literature and Fiction2014 · 272 pp

Remorse

Roy Jacobsen

Remorse is a novel about a father who knows that he has not done right by his only daughter. Hans Larsen is 72 years old, just out of jail after doing time. In the same city as him his daughter Marianne is trying to keep life together for herself and her little daughter. Hans knows that the best he can do is to stay away. But it is not easy, as he really wants to see his daughter and granddaughter. So he starts spying on them, through a mediator. Marianne wants nothing to do with her father. But she has some remorse of her own, so she asks her boyfriend to spy on Hans. I the middle of all this Hans falls in love with a woman his own age. He is almost starting to see life in a bright way, the little he has left of it. The father and daughter are driven closer, unwillingly and indirectly. The question is if there can be a form of reconciliation between them. Or maybe it in the end takes a miracle. ´Elegant, raw and human. Humour of a kind that make you chuckle in the darkness. A dark novel to bright up the fall.´HAUGESUNDS AVIS ´The artful filigree work, connected to two complicated minds marked by the shadows of times passed and a latent wish for reconciliation, is fascinating, even occasionally masterly done.´STAVANGER AFTENBLAD ´Jacobsen is an excessive writer managing to bring out the wounded human destinies from aparantly grey everyday life in a way is is hard to stay untouched by.´DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV ´Great literature´KLASSEKAMPEN

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BAD BOY
Children's Books2014 · 264 pp

BAD BOY

Annette Münch

Casper loses everything. First his privileged life staying with his mother’s generous boyfriend, then his dream girl. Humiliation waits around every corner. His little brother is always in trouble and his mother’s new boyfriend is invading his life. Then Liam arrives. He spends his days at the local gym and introduces Casper to a world where muscle strength means more than purchasing power, and your manliness is determined on the bench. Here everyone can take charge of their lives if they are willing to give their all and do anything. And Casper needs to beef up. He needs to regain respect for and control of his life. He decides to become a bad boy. Soon he’s in more trouble than he can handle, and then his little brother disappears. Badboy is about a kind of abuse which is more widespread among young people than we dare think. Annette Münch gets close to the user, and Casper’s struggle for his own life is afrightening reminder that growing up in the time of selfies and an increased focus on body image requires many types of strength. The book is based on conversations the author had with young users of anabolic steroids. ‘The novel is based on conversations that Münch has had with young users of anabolic steroids. This makes Casper’s story credible. He is a likable character who has made bad choices. [...] The novel has several threads, and the language is dynamic and solid. [...] An important book that studies how not only our bodies, but our thoughts and emotions, are affected by steroids. Casper copes, but the novel shows – with intensity and clarity – how steroid abuse comes about and can continue.’DAGBLADET ‘The need to maintain a façade when our lives are falling apart has always existed. It is particularly well depicted in this book, something that also makes Badboy: Steroid a timeless novel. The topic is however more specific to our time. Münch highlights a dangerous social problem among both young people and adults today with such credibility that it seems frighteningly commonplace. [...] There is a lot for both young people and adults to learn here!’VÅRT LAND ‘Badboy: Steroid is a wonderful depiction of young people who use anabolic steroids. The story coincides with what those of us who work for Dopingtelefonen have experienced. This book is very, very credible.’Margaret Tveitan, Manager at Dopingtelefonen [Steroid abuse hotline] at Oslo University Hospital

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Beatles
Literature and Fiction2014 · 736 pp

Beatles

Lars Saabye Christensen

This is the story of four Beatles-crazed Oslo-boys born in the year of 1951. We follow them as seventh graders, standing on the verge of taking the leap into adulthood – “We took the future in advance, and it looked damned good”. The story ends in the fall of 1972, as the swells of the youth protests of Europe are flooding them and their protected bourgeois environment, no feet left dry. Beatles was first published in 1984, and is among the greatest sales successes in modern Norwegian Publishing. The novel was Lars Saabye Christensens great breakthrough as a writer, and it is read by generation after generation. Beatles is the first book in a trilogy, followed by Lead (1990) and The Funeral (2008). Readers of Dagbladet named the book Best Norwegian Novel of the last 25 years in 2006."An exquisitely told story. It can be read right through, tasting of an entire summer and half a childhood."PUBLICO, Portugal"A celebration of love and friendship, and with acceptance for the great loneliness of the soul. Beatles is literary Blues. Read it. Hum, sigh, laugh. Enjoy!"AKTUELT, Denmark"His details are superb. In short scenes or hastily passing lines, he captures the atmosphere exactly."GÖTEBORGSPOSTEN, Sweden "Christensen really can play with styles, rapidly changing voices – he glides from melancholia to darkness and grotesque, then puts us right in the middle of a chaotic stream of consciousness. He can disarm raw seriousness with subtle humor."GAZETA WYBORCZA, Poland "Lars Saabye Christensen, the author of the cult Halvbroren, proved already with his debut Beatles that he is a master of prose."HARPERS BAZAAR POLSKA, Poland

Rights soldSold to 19 territories
THE ZAPATA BROTHERS
Children's Books2014 · 104 pp · Age 9+

THE ZAPATA BROTHERS

Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen

Cat brothers Blackboot (a staunch outdoor cat) and Whitetache (a staunch indoor cat) lose their provider one day and have to venture out into the world to fend for themselves. They have a strenuous journey full of sorrow, love, friendship, corruption and music ahead of them. Brødrene Zapata is an unparalleled picture book. A revolutionary and educational journey through a dangerous yet alluring Mexican desert landscape. ‘Playful, cheery and wonderful [...] It is like a dramatic song of destiny, a kind of polyphonic fado about the struggle for existence. [...] The story is witty with a lot of rhyming and wordplay. But the book is also a loving salute to Mexican national hero Zapata, to revolutionary singers of the past and to people living under violent regimes. [...] Rebolledo Pedersen and Brøgger are two storytellers who work exceptionally well together. [...] Brødrene Zapata is a brilliant mix of nonsense and seriousness. A lively tale of life and death.’DAGBLADET ‘The text is written in rhyme with lines interspersed across illustrated spreads. [...] Around these, illustrator Lilian Brøgger has really been allowed free reign with her expressive felt tip drawings. She zooms in and out, from intrusive close-ups to small details. [...] In important places in the book, the black cat White Tache needs to relate to important human problems. The poetry is beautiful when he tries to understand his brother’s death, and the final moral when he sums up his own destiny is very powerful...’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO ‘Brødrene Zapata is an unusually successful collaboration between the poet Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen and the equally talented illustrator Lilian Brøgger […] a wonderful and well thought out book, almost like a thick comic strip novel. […] This is a profound psychological tale of loss, doubt, sacrifice and faith that most of us will recognise. […] An unbelievable arsenal of imaginative animals and people that are very aptly caricatured. […] Lilian’s ability to create credible scenes is astonishing. That is why she also allows herself to create gruesome scenes. They are a necessity of the story itself […] Torgeir’s text is clever, funny and sometimes quite raw.’Numer 1/2015

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The Return of The Billy Goats Gruff
Children's Books2014 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

The Return of The Billy Goats Gruff

Bjørn F. Rørvik

The Billy Goats Gruff at the Water Park (Bukkene Bruse på badeland) has been one our greatest picture book successes in recent years, as a comical, adventure-fuelled text with lively, vivid illustrations. The Return of the Billy Goats Gruff (Bukkene Bruse vender tilbake) is the sequel to this success. It’s been a while, and the Billy Goats Gruff are beginning to wonder what they should do during their summer break. The two smallest billy goats want to take a trip abroad, but the biggest billy goat tells them that it’s too expensive. He wants them all to join him out to pasture, just like they did last time. Against their will, the two smallest billy goats join him, but there have been some big changes. The troll has gone and the mountain pasture offering the best waffles has closed. It becomes clear that the troll has gone into a retirement home and the billy goats decide to visit him there. The Return of the Billy Goats Gruff is a wild, fantastic tale and a perfect sequel to the first book. ‘You would be hard pressed to find a cooler fairy tale… Adult humour is a common characteristic of many bestsellers for children, such as in series by Jo Nesbø and Ingvar Ambjørnsen. It’s a nice bonus for the person reading it aloud, providing it doesn’t have a negative impact on the humour aimed at children. It doesn’t here. This book was written to be read by adults and children together, with typography to indicate when you should raise and lower your voice, or baaaaa a bit more.’ DAGBLADET '… a charming return to the hilarious Billy Goats Gruff with playful illustrations from Gry Moursund … Whether cunning or furious, scared or miserable, the troll is just as magnificently portrayed as before. No one can draw like a child better than Gry Moursund. Not even children.' BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO 'This is both familiar yet provocative, recognisable yet new. Laid back, free and modern language is combined with traditional folk tale turns of phrase to great effect. Closely linked to Gry Moursund’s naïve yet detailed illustrations, which fill the pages with colourful specimens from the animal kingdom.' HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD

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The Drowned Boy
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2014 · 224 pp

The Drowned Boy

Karin Fossum

"He´d just learned to walk" she said. "He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone." A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene, as there is something troubling about the mother´s story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get the truth. This is the eleventh book about Inspector Sejer. Fossum´s Inspector Sejer novels are invariably morally and psychologically complex affairs, but The Drowned Boy might well be her crowning achievement to date. IRISH TIMES Karin Fossums minimalist police procedurals have a stealthy way of mutating into richer, if also darker, psychological studies of criminals and their victims.NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW A gripping story, balanced, believable and compassionate.GUARDIAN

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Those who don’t exist
Children's Books2014 · 176 pp

Those who don’t exist

Simon Stranger

Nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize 2015. Paperless people – people who don't exist – live everywhere. 21-year-old Samuel from Ghana knows what it means to sacrifice everything in the hope of a new and better life in Europe. He did it before, when he fled to Gran Canaria. A Norwegian woman called Emilie tried to help him that time. In the end he was discovered and deported anyway. The last thing Samuel received from Emilie was a piece of paper with her address on it. He is now standing outside her house in Bærum, with experiences behind him that no one in this foreign country could start to comprehend.

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Where Nobody would have Though that Anybody could Live
Narrative Non-fiction2014 · 240 pp

Where Nobody would have Though that Anybody could Live

Oddgeir Bruaset

The book Der ingen skulle tru at nokon kunne bu is based on one of the most popular Norwegian TV documentary series of recent times.What is it about this programme that has kept it popular for twelve years? That is the question which this book sets out to answer. We meet people who have chosen a different life, far from the restless urban milieu. People who want a simpler life, but who also have the courage to uproot and actually choose that life. A life where satisfaction with a hard day's work is betterreward than a ‘like' posting on social media.Bruaset writes about eleven places and the people who live there.What these people have in common, is that they have sought and found the good life in a remote place. Encouraging stories and gripping life-histories.

IT’S MY TURN NOW
Children's Books2014 · 192 pp

IT’S MY TURN NOW

Renate Nedregård

Last year at junior high school Melissa Victoria finally landed in the middle of the right crowd. Spring is all love and partying, and everything is perfect when she starts going out with Zoran, the hottest and most popular boy in the whole area. But she just can’t forget Alexander. Perfect Alexander. Unattainable Alexander. The boy who spends his Easter holidays in the penthouse suite of the mountain hotel where Melissa’s mum works in the kitchen. The boy who shows her that things look a lot better from the top floor. Melissa starts to understand that she belongs somewhere else. And only Alexander can take her there. Det er min tur nå is Renate Nedregård’s second book. Just like in Mirakel the focus is on today’s young people and their challenges and reality. ‘[...] about girls that have lost their fathers. [...] Nedregård has been successful in finding the balance between content and form that gives this temperature.’AFTENPOSTEN ‘An exquisite look at the divide between the poor and the wealthy [...] an outstanding depiction of what it means to be an adult. From the very first page, the reader is submerged in Melissa’s emotional world, and it is difficult not to recognise yourself as a youngster when reading about her crush. Nedregård also respects her target audience by assuming that the reader understands everything that is happening in the book. There are no unnecessary explanations or stereotypes such as is often the case in other books for young adults. [...] The reader quickly feels for Melissa, and hopes just as much as she does that her unrealistic expectations will become reality.’VÅRT LAND

Life is sweet
Cook Books2014 · 328 pp

Life is sweet

Kristine Ilstad

Kristine Ilstad writes the blog Det søte liv (www.detsoteliv.no), which is Norway's biggest cake-blog with over 3000 recipes and thousands of visitors every day.Autumn 2014 is the tenth anniversary of the blog, and this is the anniversary book of the best from these ten years. There are recipes for Kristine's favourite cakes and best desserts and for the cakes which have been most popular with the readers. This book has something for every taste and every occasion. Let yourself be tempted by big chocolate cakes, little sweet cakes, delicious tray-baked cakes, beautiful party cakes, superb waffles and yeasty aromas.There are about 200 selected new recipes, which altogether comprise an invaluable collection for anyone who likes to create something sweet and good in the kitchen, whether for big gatherings or for intimate family use. All the recipes are easy to follow, with clear instructions.The book is richly illustrated with pictures of Kristine's own cakes, and Kristine shares her own tips for successful baking. Score 5/6!‘This is a book you can open again and again and always be tempted anew.’VG