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Cold Song
Literature and Fiction2025 · 352 pp

Cold Song

Eivind Buene

Cold Song is an extraordinary novel where the ultra-modern life crash against old values, and challenges must be met together as a community. It is a book about losing control of one's own history - and about finding a family where you least expect it. In 2043, New Norway is established on the Arabian Peninsula. As a result of climate change, the country of Norway has frozen over, and with the exception of a few loners and hardy people, the entire Norwegian population has left. Among them, Lydia. One day, a young woman appears, says her name is Tale, and that she works in the Oslo administration in the old country. She says she is Lydia's half-sister, and shortly afterwards they travel back to a frozen Oslo, where Lydia has not set foot in 20 years. This is the beginning of a journey through snow and ice, via Sami separatists and the freaks around Kvadraturen, and into her own past. At the same time, Lydia becomes acquainted with a new Oslo, where you can drive snowmobiles across Valkyrie Square, and the buildings sing in the wind.

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Damn Hetero
Children's Books2025 · 168 pp · Age 12+

Damn Hetero

Kim Torrejas

When she walked past, I noticed that she sent a gentle smile in my direction. I wanted to smile back but of course my eyes chose to pin themselves to the desk instead. Typical. Mum would get her way again. In Wrongo being gay is the norm – everything else is weird and maybe even illegal. So when Ask realises he likes girls, his life is suddenly turned upside down. Now he has to do everything he can to avoid being outed as the school’s newest hetero – and to hang on to his friends at the same time. Damn Hetero is a warm satire, a tale of friendship, falling in love and finding out who you are in a world that would rather you were a different person.

Kaja 2000
Literature and Fiction2025 · 320 pp

Kaja 2000

Frederik Svindland

After being expelled, Vito starts at a new school in the city—the same school as his dream girl, Kaja 2000.But nothing goes as he imagined. The dream girl has now become a source of frustration. Now that they’re finally in the same place, Kaja doesn’t want him anymore. Still, Vito moves on. He makes new friends—really cool ones. A completely different kind of crowd than he’s used to. These are true hip-hop heads: they rap, do graffiti, spend all their money on spray cans and vinyl and on other things too. Things you can’t buy over the counter. Some of them even deal a bit. But compared to the people Vito used to hang out with, they’re way less messed up. But the past isn’t easy to shake.Alvarez, Vito’s oldest friend, also goes to the new school—and he’s still getting into trouble. When things go sideways, Vito is the one who has to step in and save him. With help from his new crew. And from Kaja. Kaja 2000. Is he really over her? Kaja 2000 is the raw, darkly funny, and deeply hopeful sequel to Damn Kid—a story of friendship, love, and survival in a town drowning in drugs and despair.

Autistic Diaries
Narrative Non-fiction2025 · 256 pp

Autistic Diaries

Johanne Nordby Wernø

Autistic Diaries is a contribution to our understanding of autism’s many facets, and an appeal for new attitudes towards neurodiversity. Perhaps new stories about autism can serve an even broader purpose: allowing us all to be both strong and vulnerable – and, above all, different. One July morning, the summer I turned 42, I woke up with a brand new thought. Author Johanne Nordby Wernø discovered at the age of 42 that she is autistic – after living half her life, having children, and holding leadership positions. Autistic Diaries recounts the months that followed this realisation. With energetic and emotionally perceptive prose, the author tells the story of her late diagnosis. What connects Agatha Christie's famous disappearance in 1926 with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in a particular neighbourhood in Oslo? What unites the philosophical insights of Emmanuel Levinas with Julian Assange's sense of justice and Lisa Simpson's lonely intellect? Why has there long been an interest group in Scotland for women diagnosed with autism later in life, while in Norway doctors still send people home without a referral to a specialist if they can make eye contact and hold a job? And is it a coincidence that the Scottish organisation has the same name as the hotel where Agatha Christie was found after her disappearance? After four decades of feeling different, Wernø finally had an explanation. She soon realised that the stories of late-diagnosed autistics – especially women – were shockingly absent from public discourse. NOMINATED FOR THE BRAGE PRIZE FOR BEST WORK OF NON-FICTION 2025 «What does it actually mean to write good nonfiction with verve and creative surplus As a critic, it can sometimes be difficult to define, until suddenly one day you're sitting there with a prime example in your hands. When you know you know. And with art critic and curator Johanne Nordby Wernø's debut book, Autistic Diaries, you just know. That here, you've gained access to a completely unique, autobiographical voice. And that this will most likely stand as one of the best non-fiction releases of the year. […] Here, every sentence has been measured and weighed, not a single word feels overused or chosen at random; in fact, I simply don't think there's a single lacklustre formulation across nearly 250 pages.»MORGENBLADET

Nominated to the Brage Prize 2025
Maybe Elephants
Literature and Fiction / Children's Books2025 · 144 pp · Age 12+

Maybe Elephants

Torill Kove

In the middle of 1970s, Torill's family left the familiar surroundings of Hamar, Norway to live in Kenya for three years. The lives of the three sisters change forever. As expats in Nairobi, the girls suddenly lived a completely new, exotic life. They attend international schools and make new, older friends with motorcycles. Nairobi offered them a different freedom than they had back in their hometown in Norway. One day, their mother suggests a safari. They hire a car and drive into the savannah. They see elephants, sleep in tents, and when the tyres are punctured they are rescued by a Maasai family. Three years later the family return to Norway. But did they truly see elephants on the safari trip? The girls cannot agree. «Oscar-winner Torill Kove offers a charming and tender album of memories from growing up in Kenya.»DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV

Karsten and Petra – Karsten’s Cat Runs Away
Children's Books2025 · 32 pp · Age 3 - 6

Karsten and Petra – Karsten’s Cat Runs Away

Tor Åge Bringsværd

One day, Karsten’s little cat Leo runs away, so everyone, young and old, goes out to look for him. Where on earth can the cat be? Luckily they find him in the end, but he’s stuck in a tree and won’t come down. So they call the firefighters, who come straight away!

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Kismet
Mystery and Crime2025 · 334 pp

Kismet

Torkil Damhaug / Abid Raja

A gripping and highly relevant psychological thriller from bookseller favourite Abid Raja and award-winning crime author Torkil Damhaug Abid Raja and Torkil Damhaug have written an intelligent and intensely suspenseful novel that blends political intrigue, psychological depth and a pulse that never lets up. Thirty-five-year-old Aurang Zeb Khan is summoned to a secret meeting at the Prime Minister’s office. The lawyer, with a minority background and a rising political profile, has been named a candidate for a ministerial post. Aurang has spoken openly in the media about his turbulent youth, admitting to brushes with gangs and petty crime, and claims he has been open and honest about his past. But when childhood friend Musah Ahmad suddenly resurfaces, disturbing memories from a Quran school in Pakistan and teenage years in Oslo’s East emerge, memories that must remain buried at all costs. Soon, Aurang finds himself under pressure from multiple sides, and it is no longer just his career on the line. It becomes a matter of survival, of old lies and a past that must never come to light. Are there forces within or around us that shape who we become and what we do? Or are our actions the result of free will? Kismet offers a unique combination of Damhaug’s psychological precision and Raja’s first-hand insight into political and cultural environments rarely explored in Norwegian fiction. The result is an unpredictable, powerful and brilliantly written novel about power, identity and the defining choices that shape our lives. NOMINATED FOR THE RIVERTON PRIZE 2025 «... the duo Damhaug and Raja is a stroke of genius. [...] More than a furiously exciting thriller, Kismet is a very good and multifaceted story.»Dagbladet, five/six stars «From a crime-technical perspective, Kismet is well-composed and neatly structured. The book is easy to read and flows naturally. The conversational style of the characters we meet is spot on. [...] In terms of quality, Kismet easily elevates itself among other newly written Norwegian crime fiction. The dynamic duo of Damhaug and Raja appear to have collaborated flawlessly.»VG «Damhaug has been one of Norway's most consistently interesting crime writers since his debut with Se meg, Medusa in 2007. Raja has been a prominent public debater for 25 years, with evolving perspectives on what it means to be Muslim in Norway. He achieved a literary breakthrough with his autobiography Min skyld in 2021. Together, they have crafted a crime novel that plays to both their strengths.»Morgenbladet

Dear Sausage: I MUST become famous
Children's Books2025 · 176 pp · Age 6 - 12

Dear Sausage: I MUST become famous

Anna Berg Gjendem

Iris, a Pippi-esque girl full of determination and imagination, writes a diary about her hilarious misadventures as she chases fame and her crush! Iris is a dreamer who believes in herself! Her diary, Sausage, is stuffed with crazy ideas and mischief. But maybe most importantly of ALL: it contains her plan to win the heart of the cutest boy in her class. Through her diary we get to know her embarrassing parents, her sneaky big sister and her best friend Sofia. The imaginative nine-year-old often ends up in awkward situations, but even when EVERYTHING goes wrong, one thing’s for sure: Iris never gives up! Dear Sausage is a brand-new diary series aimed at kids from 9–12 who love to laugh. The book is easy to read with fun illustrations – just like a real diary.

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Head First
Narrative Non-fiction2025 · 208 pp

Head First

Tom Stalsberg / Erle Marie Sørheim

The development of women’s football has taken off in the last few years. Players from the large clubs are considered superstars and people come to stadiums to see their favourite teams. Finally young girls have been given role models they can see themselves in, but the road here has been long and windy. In this book the authors bring us along on a 144-year-long uphill battle. They deliver fun anecdotes, tragic historical events as well as interviews with some of the most important providers in the development of Norwegian women’s football. In addition to this, they’ve also spoken to some of the biggest stars of Norwegian football. This is a unique book exploring women’s battle to be allowed to play the world’s best game, not just with a focus on the Norwegian developments, but looking at the whole world. This is an original book on a topic which has not previously been explored to this extent.

Coco-Banana and The Tomato Cod
Children's Books2025 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Coco-Banana and The Tomato Cod

Rolf Magne G. Andersen

Coco-Banana loves playing with Tormod, the tomato cod who lives in the fjord. But one day, Tormod doesn’t show up and Coco-Banana has to dive into the sea to save his friend. Coco-Banana is a little inventor who lives with his family: Mama Banana, Daddy Coconut, and his little sister Baby Coco.In his inventor’s shed, Coco-Banana comes up with all sorts of crazy inventions that often gets him into strange and hilarious situations. His adventures are just as funny for grown-ups as they are for young children.

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Come Home, Amadou
Mystery and Crime2025 · 224 pp

Come Home, Amadou

Karin Fossum

In the fifth book about Chief Inspector Eddie Feber, Karin Fossum lets the past strike back At Store Gaupen farm, the late summer silence is broken by a violent roar from the sky. For farm owner Nancy Nesbit, the sound is an ominous echo of something far more threatening, of an event she experienced as a ten-year-old, when a white van stopped by the roadside and changed everything. When she, in a magazine, reads about the unsolved disappearance of eight-year-old Sonia Sanningen in 1987, the memories come back in full force. The information she has may be what finally solves the case, or what tears up everything she has tried to bury. Eddie Feber must dig into a 36-year-old mystery, where repressed memories, old clues and new threats are woven together. Come Home, Amadou is an intense crime novel about guilt, silence and about how one observation can change everything. NOMINATED FOR THE RIVERTON PRIZE 2025

New thriller by Norway's Queen of Crime
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Let's go outside! Autumn and winter
Narrative Non-fiction / Children's Books2025 · 104 pp · Age 3 - 12

Let's go outside! Autumn and winter

Cecilie Skog

Maybe you want to make your own ice lantern, learn about which mushrooms and wild berries you can eat, or read about Santa's tricks for finding out if it's really cold outside? Author Cecilie Skog knows all about using nature, and here she shows us how we take nature back and into everyday life, in a fun, simple and affordable way. In this colourful and fully illustrated book, we learn about the nature around us, and get tips for things we can make, eat and look at in the autumn and winter. Here the author shares her best hiking tips, shows us how to build the best bonfire, and teaches us how to get a good experience when sleeping outdoors. All without the requirement for expensive and advanced equipment. This colourful and richly illustrated book focuses on the autumn and winter seasons. A book for all children and for any parent in need of practical ideas for bringing more of the outdoors into their family routine.