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Picture books318Easy read235Read-aloud184Children's novels238Young adult121Children's non-fiction181Comics33

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126 pp

If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution

Marta Breen

Where are all the good quotes when you need them? Who manages to put someone in their place with a great phrase, or tell the truth with cheek? For years feminist and author Marta Breen has collected quotes from authors, artists, activists and politicians -- all which are now gathered in the book If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution - and other feminist quotes. Here you'll find quotes that inspire, as when professor and women activist Berit Ås said: «If you're not ahead of your time, it will never come.» Or if you need a kick to start making the world a better place, consider these words from actress Phyllis Diller: «Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.» For a more poetic turn of phrase, author Arundhati Roy said: «Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.» Or follow author Maren Uthaug's clear message: «It's bad sister solidarity to fake an orgasm.» Laugh or cry along with these impressive women, who know how get it said.

Features famous activists, politicians and celebrities
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120 pp

The sea, I always come back to you

Anna Fiske

The sea, I always come back to you is a book about a place where one can feel at home, feel oneself, a place to daydream to when the world is knocking on the door or thoughts become too large. A place in which to be filled with joy and happiness, and just be. It is also the story of a mother-daughter relationship, from childhood to adulthood.Many of us have a place that is ours, maybe it's only in our minds and we can imagine ourselves there, or it's a place that, when we get there, we can just be. For Anna Fiske, it is the sea, the sea in Scania. In this memoir, she revolves in text and drawing around the landscape of her childhood in Scania, the sea, and her mother, to whom she says goodbye.In this autobiographical picture book, Fiske continues to tell the story of her life, as she did in "Trees I have known" from 2017. In these picture books' interplay between memories in drawings and poetic texts, Anna Fiske has created her own genre. In this autobiographical picture book, Fiske continues to tell the story of her life, as she did in "Trees I have known" from 2017. In these picture books' interplay between memories in drawings and poetic texts, Anna Fiske has created her own genre. (…) After nearly 25 years and three times as many publications, Swedish Anna Fiske must be considered a Norwegian national treasure. ... It is a mercilessly beautiful meditation on grief.DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV This book is a declaration of love to the sea. The relationship to the sea is easy and uncomplicated, while the relation to the family is more complex, vulnerable and in change. [The author] leaves the reader with the sense that all humans are a little bit alone in their lives, no matter what pack or heard they have surrounded themselves with, and that the safest element is the surrounding nature. … an intimate depiction of the natural separation that must come between mother and child in a time and a narrative that underlines how it may be impossible to completely succeed at parenting. Some cuts are bound to happen. NUMER, MAGAZINE FOR DRAWING, ILLUSTRATIONS AND ART BOOKS The symbolism between sea and motherhood / symbiosis / separation works well in this tender narrative, where black and blue types follow slightly different thematical storylines. The black pertains to the sea and its creatures, the blue to memories from childhood. (…) The visual expression – black pen and aquarelle – is balanced, like the text, between levity and heaviness, the fun and the sad. (…) This book is a visual joy!MAYA TROBERG DJUVE, SANS FOR BOK

Henrik Falk

Henrik Falk

Vigdis Hjorth

Who would Hedda Gabler be today? Henrik Falk returns home from his honeymoon with his heavily pregnant wife Elsa; he already feels trapped. He has lost his family inheritance on the stock market. Now he is employed at his father-in-law's gas station and lives in a house in his garden. Henrik Falk cannot stand the trivialities and intimacy of his in-laws' life; the foot massages, the May Day cakes and the heartshaped twig on the door. When Henrik Falk learns that his former lover, the controversial artist Tale Løvlie, has bought his childhood home, the situation becomes unbearable. "A perfect work in itself… Vigdis Hjorth has never written better"JYLLANDS-POSTEN "Vigdis Hjorth's language, her ability to write according to the rhythm of her breath and to tell from the space between what is thought and what is spoken, is phenomenal... In Henrik Falk, the tragedy from the 19th century is transformed into a kind of angst-filled satire. 138 pages of luminous tragicomedy."DAGENS NYHETER "Henrik Falk appears in every way to be a project after Hjorth's own heart. She exaggerates the conformist life just enough to make it seem like a farce. Hjorth's both everyday and insistent language matches well with the tensions in Ibsen's drama. This is a joyful read."VÅRT LAND

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155 pp

The Story of Edvard Munch

Leif Bull

When Edvard Munch was born, he was so small and weak that his family called for the priest. The boy would have to be baptised in a hurry, in case he wouldn´t survive. But the frail boy would grow up to be the greatest Norwegian artist through times. Though getting there would not be easy. His mother died when he was only five years old, and Edvard was often sick during his years at school. Still, anyone could see that the boy was talented, and he quite early became a part of the rough artist community of Kristiania, and later Paris, Berlin and Copenhagen. The pictures he painted are now world famous. But in his time the pictures would infuriate people. Some thought that he must be mad, displaying his feelings the way he did in his pictures. But Edvard would not let himself be stopped. And it would end up costing him more than anyone could imagine.

TS
335 pp

The story of a good man

Birger Emanuelsen

When Thomas was growing up, society deteriorated around him. Marriages dissolved, and drugs flooded the shores. The lucky ones left to go to college, the unlucky ones stayed. Twenty years later, old childhood friends are living vastly different lives. This is the story about what happens when they reunite. A novel about doubting one's own truth, The Story of a Good Man is an intense story propelled by a rich cast of characters, continuously raising new questions about who we are for each other. This book is constantly challenging the distinction between good and evil, between honesty and putting on an act, the picture we want to paint of ourselves and how the world really sees us. Is it even possible to be a good man? «The composition is tight, the tension palpable and steadily increasing, the language bold, vivid and realistic.»BERGENS TIDENDE

How to be a Scandinavian Feminist

How to be a Scandinavian Feminist

Marta Breen

The award-winning Norwegian author Marta Breen has written a number of books on feminism, music and women's history. Among them is the comic book Women in battle (2018), which has been sold to 27 territories so far. For the past couple of years she has given lectures on equality and gender roles in countries such as Serbia, Germany, England, Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Brazil. On these travels, Marta Breen has noticed that there is a lot of uncertainty associated with the term feminism, and that many women simply do not dare to take this word in their mouths. In this manual she explains many myths and misunderstandings about feminism. At the same time, she gives the reader good tips on how to achieve more equality in life - and love.

CL
287 pp

Christmas Letter

Kjersti Herland Johnsen

Linda has always had sole care for her son Brage, and she's worked hard to ensure that he had a safer and better childhood than she herself had. As Christmas approaches, traditions and rituals become very important to Linda. She's planned everything carefully, so that Brage will experience the perfect Christmas! But then, out of the blue, Brage's father appears and wants to take his son on a cruise in the Caribbean. Around the same time, mysterious letters start to appear in Linda's mailbox, from someone she doesn't know – but whoever it is, they seem to know her. December suddenly becomes filled with chaos and concern, and difficult memories from her past arises. But help may appear from somewhere she didn't expect... A Christmas where nothing happens as planned, may still turn out perfect. Christmas letter is a book full of friendship, romance, music, motherhood, life and death and Norwegian Christmas traditions. The book has 24 chapters, a chapter for each day from 1st to 24th of December, and can be read as an advent calendar. «Has all the elements of a good feel good (... and) the most Christmas spirit of the books I've read. Johnsen writes with credibility of a reality that many readers will recognise. Here is sledding, mulled wine, Christmas presents, saffron rolls, and advent calendars. (...) Johnsen guards the mystery well and knows exactly when to reveal the different plot details. The story alters between the warm and cozy, to the more serious topics. The characters are believable, and the dialogue is alive and good.» VG

LS
173 pp

Love Story

Gine Cornelia Pedersen

Solveig has just become pregnant when Peer Pedro decides to travel the world alone. He is an unbelievably beautiful and sad boy from Oslo west, she is a country girl who loves the city and is not afraid of the big love. The two keep in touch over e-mail, but eventually Peer Pedro stops responding. The journey he is on has no boundaries - he is taken by women, gets his hands on a lot of money and ends up in the world's coldest place. Solveig is at home with the little growing seed in her stomach, a seed that eventually becomes Frøya in the stroller. The image of Peer Pedro fades, until he one day shows up at her dorrstep with narrow eyes. "Love Story" is a sore, funny and possibly a supernatural novel.

C
383 pp

Cocoon

Eystein Hanssen

Imagine you never owned your own life. Imagine that those closest to you turned out to be liars. And imagine that you are in a situation where the best spies in the world want to get hold of you. Where are you going to hide when your opponent knows everything, sees everything and controls everything? An inexplicable murder in Oslo sends journalist Nora Wold and former mercenary Roger Eik on a dangerous journey into the hidden intelligence environment. With PST, the intelligence service and Chinese MSS on their backs, they are on the trail of the biggest spy in Norwegian history. But first they must save themselves, and a small child.

L
317 pp

Longyearbyen

Heidi Sævareid

When the Barents Sea freezes in November, no planes, no ships and no supplies will arrive in Longyearbyen before the ice melts in May. Thus, there is no way to return to the mainland during the long winter. Set in the late 1950’s in Longyearbyen, the mining town on the Svalbard Archipelago, Heidi Sævareid’s highly anticipated first novel for adults is a dense and brilliant story of a troubled marriage. It is also the story of a completely isolated, small community under constant threat by the forces of nature and gradually also by one of its inhabitants’ mental illness. Eivor arrives from Oslo with her husband Finn and their two small children. He will serve as one of the two doctors in town. Finn works long hours and Eivor feels as if the walls of the way too hot apartment are closing in on her. All alone, always armed with a rifle in case a polar bear should come too close, she skis further and further from the town, up the snowclad mountains to where she might see some daylight and find some solace. NOMINATED TO THE YOUTH CRITICS' AWARD 2021/2022 NOMINATED TO SØRLANDSPRISEN 2020 Rights sold to: Germany, Israel, Denmark and Croatia

Happiness

Happiness

Anna Fiske

Happiness is to begin with a good feeling. But envisioned by Anna Fiske happiness has many angles: there is travel happiness, cake happiness, friendship happiness, art happiness and work happiness. Happiness can be to give or to receive, it can be long and short and there is hard happiness and soft happiness. Fiske also give a more nuanced picture of happiness by contrasting it with it´s counterparts and showing it´s fleeting nature: To be happy all the time is impossible. The Feelings Library is a series of illustrated books with very little or simple text. Through words and illustration each book illustrates a recognizable feeling, and give the reader the possibility to evolve a consciousness about and a language to describe some of the most complex things that is going on in human emotions.

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MB
165 pp

My Belly

Hilde Østby

A candid account of one writer’s turbulent relationship with an innocent body part, reminiscent of Nora Ephron’s bestseller I Feel Bad About My Neck. Hilde Østby is a successful author on the cusp of her forty-fifth birthday. But instead of celebrating her many accomplishments, all she can think about is how much she hates her belly—an insecurity that has persisted since she was fifteen. How did a girl from an academic home—where intellect counted more than looks—become the kind of woman who would obsess over her midsection? With courageous vulnerability, Østby tackles the male gaze, diet culture, stress, capitalism, fashion, beauty, and trauma in My Belly. By the end, she is no closer to loving her belly, but through knowledge and wonder, she finds the answer to overcoming her self-loathing in unexpected ways. I really like Østby. She is an original non-fiction writer, as also with her books about memory and creativity. The form of The Big Belly Book is a typical contemporary narrative non-fiction book with the mix of personal, and sometimes private, confessions, a sharp look at society, scientific and historical facts. It is also filled with fun facts, like the fact that the first book on diets was published in 1558. DAGBLADET Østby goes to work with a great underlying seriousness in her self-examination. With her own story as frame, she looks at new research, often thinking of her own daughter who might be in danger of inheriting her mother´s demons. Throughout the book Østby is hunting for the origin of her own self-contempt. KLASSEKAMPEN

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