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All About Periods
Children's Books2022 · 160 pp · Age 9+

All About Periods

Silje Sirnes Winje

Norwegian girls are ashamed of their period. A recent survey shows that more than half of us find it embarrassing to talk about our period. 62 per cent of us have received comments linking our mood to our period, and 82 per cent of 15 to 19-year-olds feel dirty when they have their period. A woman has more than 450 periods, or 2,250 days of menstruation, in one lifetime. We cannot accept that there are so many days in girls’ and women’s lives where many feel ashamed or are excluded from opportunities that boys and men have.16 famous Norwegian women and girls tell the story of the first time they had their period, and each story is accompanied by a fact box about different aspects of having a period.

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Anita (53)
Literature and Fiction2022 · 358 pp

Anita (53)

Astrid Nordang

Anita (53) is funny, modern and topical. Anita’s 15-year-old son says he wants to transition. Anita (53) herself is menopausal and experiencing violent hormone fluctuations, hot flushes and increased libido. The day before Anita (53) is due to travel to Rome for work, her son says: ‘Mum, I want to become a woman’. He is 15 years old and determined to transition. Has he started taking hormone blockers? Anita can’t help but think about her own hormones and the menopause she’s experiencing, and about the GP who doesn’t want to prescribe her oestrogen. She travels to Rome to live at the collective-like Norwegian Institute and write an essay about opera diva Maria Callas and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, who became lovers and confidants during the filming of Medea. Alongside the entertaining story of Anita’s days in Rome, we are told the beautiful, painful and poetic story of Maria Callas and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Rejection
Literature and Fiction2022 · 272 pp

Rejection

Ingrid Brækken Melve

Rebekka wakes up at the hospital after a heart transplant. She has never thought of her body as her own, but rather a tool through which God has shown himself. The close, interwoven relationship with God is beautiful to her and offers her life meaning and cohesion. At the same time the relationship is painful, and Rebekka experiences God’s wrath when she seeks closeness with other people, without thinking about God. After waking up Rebekka looks back at her life so far. Can her new heart, which has been given to her because of someone else dying, show her a new way to live? At the same time, she is scared of losing what she’s had. Is a new and different life possible while still keeping her relationship with God? Is that really what she wants?REVIEWSHer entire earthly existence is at stake«It is rare that I encounter a debutant with such confidence in form and awareness of language. ... the author posesses a superb sense of empathy, and in all instances, great narrative skills.»ADRESSEAVIDEN, six out of six stars

Granddad and Miri
Children's Books2022 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 6

Granddad and Miri

Mariell Øyre

Granddad is Miri’s best friend. The best thing about him is that he never says no. Granddad can build anything and always takes the blame if anything goes wrong. The worst thing about Granddad is that he’s going south for the winter, like a bird, because a doctor has told him that the south will do him good. The thought of somewhere else being better for Granddad makes Miri’s heart clench. She decides to take matters into her own hands: Miri is going to bring Granddad back home. But how’s she going to get to Spain? Granddad and Miri is a wonderful picture book about friendship, longing and childlike creativity.

Block to block
Children's Books2022 · 128 pp · Age 12+

Block to block

Jonathan Castro / Don Martin / Felipe Orellana Castro

Block to Block is about ending up where you are, not because of, but despite of. Don Martin, Castro, and Fela are famous Norwegian rap artists, who are now sharing their stories and taking the readers into their block of flats, behind their music and lyrics. This is a vivid and tough depiction of growing up from East Oslo. It’s original and quick-mouthed, uncompromising, and important. These are vital voices that deserve to be heard. The book is a cool, commercial, and original book about a rough life on the Eastside of Oslo. At the same time, it’s a vulnerable family story about suicide, and not least the story of when hip hop came to Norway. This graphic novel is based on the hip hop show Block to Block with Don Martin, Fela and Castro, which was a breakout success at Det Norske Teatret. Reviews for the show"Block to Block is about keeping your pride when others try to bring you down. About finding your own rhythm when life doesn’t have any. (…) An experience that’s bigger than a concert and richer than a normal show."Aftenposten "Block to Block is a personal and important show, told by those who could have fallen outside of society."Morgenbladet

Blücher’s Secret
Children's Books2022 · 144 pp · Age 9+

Blücher’s Secret

Alexander Løken

Avid Reader Award winner Alexander Løken takes us to the summer idyll of Drøbak. But all is not as it seems in the early summer sun. When crabs attack in droves and the sea radiates a dark force that threatens to pull her into its depths, it’s no wonder that Kit (14) would rather go home. When Blücher sank in Drøbak Sound on 9 April 1940, it had a mysterious passenger on board. Gottfried, a young boy with unique and terrifying powers, sat in a bulletproof iron tank. The tank—and the boy—went down with the ship, but now, after 70 years, things have started to emerge … When a neighbour asks whether Kit has experienced anything she can’t explain, she gets really scared. What does he know? What is happening in Drøbak Sound, and why now? YA horror with links back to 9 April 1940.

Experiences for Life. A Beginner’s Guide to Campervans
Narrative Non-fiction2022 · 240 pp

Experiences for Life. A Beginner’s Guide to Campervans

Stine Mari Velsvik

Experiences for Life, by journalist Stine Mari Velsvik, is an inspirational book unlike any other for those who are new to or curious about life in a campervan. The author thought campervans were super dumb and the dominion of rich, plump retirees. But when, unbeknownst to her, her husband bought a campervan, she eventually discovered something quite different about this mode of travel. The book explores the many aspects and possibilities of campervan life. Through Stine Mari Velsvik’s personal experiences as well as knowledge from experts, you will learn everything you need to succeed with your trip. The book features tailormade recipes for really good campervan meals, a guide for finding the right vehicle, packing tips and advice on how you as a campervan owner can benefit from the right of public access.

The Book of Tilia
Literature and Fiction2022 · 176 pp

The Book of Tilia

Silje Aanes Fagerlund

In The Book of Tilia we meet a woman who has become pregnant right before the end of a relationship. She decides to carry out the pregnancy alone, and all contact between herself and the baby’s father is ended. The novel is about the process the narrator goes through from the beginning of the pregnancy until the birth. Using a direct and sincere language the novel circles around the movement from fear and insecurity to gradual feelings of safety, from ambivalence to happiness, from weakness to strength, from isolation to moving out into the world as an expectant mother, and from winter to spring, summer and early autumn, where spring coincides with a change in the narrator’s emotional life. The Book of Tilia can also be considered a novel which deep down is about embracing life – and daring to explore the unknown.

Instruction Manual for Couples
Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2022 · 168 pp

Instruction Manual for Couples

Siri Dalsmo Berge

Did you know that a good relationship can strengthen your immune system, lower your blood pressure, and make wounds heal faster? On the other hand, relationship troubles can triple the risk of heart attacks, increase the risk of infection and can cause more buildup of plaque in the arteries. In this fascinating and entertaining book GP and researcher Siri Dalsmo Berge shows how your relationships and health are connected. Through stories from both her life as a doctor and her personal life, she offers specific and research-based tools for better relationships and increased quality of life. Instruction Manual for Couples – the road to a healthier relationship highlights the benefits for your health related to relationship issues in a whole new way. It’s all put together with warmth, a bit of cheek and a large dose of hope – which offers you belief that improving your lives together is possible.

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Rune’s Woman
Literature and Fiction2022 · 224 pp

Rune’s Woman

Marianne Teie

After two poetry collections, Marianne Teie debuts as a novelist with a harrowing, desperate and humorous novel about a young woman in a crisis. The nameless protagonist, “Rune’s woman”, travels to a cabin in the country to get away from Rune, but being alone triggers all her memories and longing. She’s not as alone as she’d like to be, either. Rune’s Woman is a funny and dark novel about growing up, about the challenges of being a couple and about how difficult it is to find peace alone in a family cabin.

The Unworthy
Literature and Fiction2022 · 288 pp

The Unworthy

Roy Jacobsen

In Roy Jacobsen’s latest novel, The Unworthy, we follow a gang of boys and girls from an apartment building on the east side of Oslo during the WWII German occupation. They live in poverty, but they manage by creatively swindling, stealing like magpies, falsifying documents and committing extensive burglaries. They don’t shy away from exploiting the Enemy, either. With this pack of children, a lauded writer has rendered a brutally frank and warm portrait of a time, a place and an everyday life that thus far has been absent from the stories told of WWII. This is a Roy Jacobsen novel of best mark. The Unworthy is wise, brutal and entertaining. A gem of a story, written by an author in his right element. ReviewsA worthy and powerful reading experienceDramatic, interesting and exciting ... a fantastic picture of an environment and a time that not everyone knows today.Nettavisen, six/six starsNew first-rate novel by Jacobsen… once more Jacobsen wields the language in a nuanced, confident manner.Stavanger Aftenblad, six/six stars About ignoranceThe Unworthy has to be one of Roy Jacobsen's best novels.Klassekampen Brutal war novel from Roy JacobsenRoy Jacobsen is, as always, a master of details, environment and working methods.VG, five/six stars Good news from the Eastern front... the narrative offers surprising, humerous and cheeky touches that show Roy Jacobsen at his best.Dagsavisen Exciting like a thrillerThe characters are credibly drawn, the milieu renderings almost filmatic.Dagbladet, five/six stars The indifferent[Roy Jacobsen] has done it again. Created an environment and characters that will be remembered.Bok365, five/six starsIn full vigour Roy Jacobsen impresses again, both as astoryteller and a portrayer of people … an organic and unpredictable literary universe, as asymmetric and restless as life itself.DN The novel is incredibly well written and composed.Jyllands-Posten, Denmark Powerful historic realism.Weekendavisen, Denmark

Another masterwork by one of Norway’s foremost authors
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Delicate Knits for Children
Crafts and Hobbies2022 · 176 pp

Delicate Knits for Children

Hawre Gyth

Delicate Knits for Children, and a Few for the Adults is a beautiful, one-of-a-kind knitting book. In this book, you’ll find instructions on how to make a vast array of different garments, mostly for the little ones, but you’ll also be able to make a number of lovely, fluffy patterns for the adults in your life too. Hawre Gyth is passionate about making sure her garments are both durable and timeless, while keeping them fashionable – so they can be worn time and time again. As you’re introduced to Hawre’s world of knitting, you’ll be shown how to make comfy tights and the most beautiful jumpers and dresses. With the patterns in this book, you can also look forward to knitting jackets, matching tops and trouser sets, bodysuits, knee-socks, scrunchies, bonnets and various other small bits and pieces. And as a bonus, a lot of the patterns are ideal for using up your leftover yarn!

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