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Under Pain of Death
Mystery and Crime2022 · 368 pp

Under Pain of Death

Hanne Gellein

At Moveien care home the residents seem frightened, scared, and confused. Lately there have been exceptionally many deaths following an unusually tough flu season, and at the same time there is little money for maintenance. One of the patients with dementia, Alma Lien, broke through the closed doors and was found frozen to death outside. The string of deaths worries pathologist Silje Andersen, and she suspects something might be seriously wrong. But how can she prove it? Elderly people dying is completely natural. Under Pain of Death is Hanne Gellein’s second crime novel and is a character-driven psychological crime novel inspired by reality. It shows to what extent a distorted human mind can decide to defend its gruesome actions. Religious fanaticism, distorted self-image, and the art of trusting oneself are key themes in this novel.

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Edward Rubikon's Mysteries: Time Vampires
Children's Books2022 · 176 pp · Age 6 - 12

Edward Rubikon's Mysteries: Time Vampires

Aleksander Kirkwood Brown

Ghostbusters meets tranger Things in a suspense series for readers aged 9+Edward’s best friends, Kasper and Nadira, have disappeared. And the weird thing is that no one remembers them, not even their parents. Except for Edward, and now he is the only one who can save them! Edward throws himself into a dangerous mission with time travel and extraterrestrial beings. But how do you change something that’s already happened? And what is a time vampire anyway?Edward Rubikon brilliantly combines readable and well-written stories, and a relatable universe with great characters and exciting stories - told via texts, images and comic strip chapters.

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Ego
Literature and Fiction2022 · 160 pp

Ego

Ebba Eiring

What happens between people when someone dies, gets married, ventures out on a sailing trip for two, finds themselves responsible for a stepchild, jumps on a train some place on the other side of the world, or when someone returns to their old stomping grounds and childhood home, after years of being away? These short stories explore the nature of close relationships, those between: flatmates, best friends, parents and children, partners, siblings. Ebba Eiring writes astutely about those that can fall apart, and those that may just stand the test of time. His girlfriend has left, and the young man is standing alone in his apartment wearing sweatpants, with a withering avocado plant and quite some aggression he needs to vent. On his way to the store, he meets again the girl who many years ago was standing at the bus stop, suitcase packed, getting away from the village. Siv would like to have Martin all to herself, be his girlfriend, have sex on the sofa or the kitchen counter just when they feel like it. But every other week Vilde is there. Vilde is Martins little daughter, and with her there everything is different. Awkward and weird. Siv wants to be a good bonus mom, but on the inside, she is a grumpy bitch. Ebba Eiring writes with sharp wit about things that might be broken, and things that might last.

Elias & Benjamin
Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2022 · 208 pp

Elias & Benjamin

Lars Petter Kjær

How do you process grief after a suicide? And how do you deal with the feelings of guilt, powerlessness, shame? The feeling of not having done enough? Lars Petter Kjær lost both of his sons to suicide in the space of six months. In this book, he reveals how painful suicide is for the those left behind, and he shares his grieving process with the reader by writing about his children’s upbringing, his role as a father, the feeling of losing control, and the destructive desperation he suddenly found himself having to deal with. The twins where very close. They were both resourceful, but where also suffering from high functioning autism (Asperger). It could be hard for them to understand both their own feeling as well as the feelings and reactions from others. Kjær is a psychologist and a father who has been an active part of his children’s lives. He is an optimist and used to getting things done. He has a wish to understand his children and does his best so that they can take part in life, in activities and vacations, everyday joys and the possibility of things getting better. In this book the worst you can imagine has happened. But faced with such a total crisis Kjær chooses that life must go on. He writes his way through the grief and unwraps layer upon layer of the children’s lives, his role as a father, the process of grief, the powerlessness, and the destructive desperation he is himself thrown into. Suicide is one the most common cause of death for young men, and in this book the author also points to how destructive suicide is for relatives losing their family members to suicide. But this book is a book that is meant to help, a book about working one’s way through grief and choosing life.

Dear Ditch
Literature and Fiction2022 · 184 pp

Dear Ditch

Gro Dahle

Dear Ditch is a collection of poetry about the municipality. With a distinctive warmth and humanism Gro Dahle writes about humans, animals, and landscapes, while displaying failure and deficiencies, failed politics, both well-meaning and calculated. And hope! Somewhere a line must be drawn, says the municipality. Because somewhere the municipality must begin. The term “municipality” used to be a fairly dry word, but when so many municipalities in Norway were combined in 2020 it became loaded with emotions, engagement, new content. In this collection of poetry, we meet the local GP, the principal, the janitor, the hairdresser, the badger, the maple tree, the mayor, the buildings in the area, the roads and the pipes – and the dead.

Embla
Children's Books2022 · 64 pp · Age 9+

Embla

Arild Midthun / Bjørn H. Samset

Climate researcher Bjørn H. Samset and cartoonist Arild Midthun have joined forces to create Embla, an exciting graphic novel that shows us what is happening to our planet while also giving us research-based knowledge about the choices we will have to make. Through an exciting fictional tale, Bjørn H. Samset and Arild Midthun want to share knowledge about the climate changes that our planet is going through and show what challenges we will face when choosing a strategy for the future. On a trip to New York, someone attempts to mug young blogger Embla, and suddenly she finds herself in the world of the gods and jötnar, where she encounters opponents and challenges the likes of which she could never have imagined. It is she—as a human—who must save the world. An original and important eye-opener for young readers!Midthun and Samset have accomplished the feat of turning the climate issue into an educational and visually engaging comic book.Serienett.no I was thrilled to see this book - my hopes were extremely high - and it doesn't disappoint. Wonderful work throughout. Hugely recommended. Mike Perkins

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Finally Summer, Rikka
Children's Books2022 · 160 pp · Age 9 - 12

Finally Summer, Rikka

Maiken Nylund

Finally Summer, Rikka is about being 11 years old and moving between childhood and adolescence. Heartbreak, divorce and friends who change: the stories about Rikka are important and relatable—and full of empathy and love. The summer holidays are finally here, but Jimmy has moved away and doesn’t want to be Rikka’s boyfriend anymore. Dad has to work, Liva can’t be bothered with anything, and suddenly all Rikka’s siblings have better things to do with their holidays. In the end, only Rikka goes to Grandma’s for two weeks—just like she always has. These summer holidays haven’t started at all like Rikka had thought they would! Suddenly she finds herself having to do things she doesn’t quite dare … Finally Summer, Rikka is Maiken Nylund’s fourth book about Rikka.

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Are You Proud of Me, Dad?
Self Help2022 · 352 pp

Are You Proud of Me, Dad?

Tormod Huseby

It is possible to free oneself from past humiliation, neglect and abuse, and to be rid of shame and embrace all aspects of oneself. Through twelve personal stories from the therapist’s office, psychiatrist Tormod Huseby shows us how to break free of a life restricted by self-criticism, perfectionism and unfortunate strategies in order to be loved and understood, and to regain one’s freedom and love for life. The fear of being exposed as a bad person and feelings of abandonment, anxiety and depression are common among many people who were rejected or neglected as children. Tormod Huseby also shows us why he thinks that social culture fails us by not recognising our deep need for relationships and closeness.

Stories
Children's Books2022 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

Stories

Kim Fupz Aakeson

Stories is the third picture book that Dane Kim Fupz Aakeson and Norwegian Stian Hole have created together. Three masterpieces, three beautiful and moving books to touch the hearts of children and adults alike. I open the door, and there stands Grandma. ‘Grandma?’ I ask. ‘Did you run away from the nursing home?’ ‘I’m thirsty,’ Grandma says, so I pour some ice water, and we sit out in the sun. Then I say, ‘Once upon a time’. She smiles. She nods. She says, ‘Yes, once upon a time’. But that’s all she says, a smile on her lips. I say, ‘A palace?’ Grandma is getting old. She can’t drive a car anymore, or even ride a bike. In the end, she’s not very good at remembering, either—or living in her big house all alone. But she’s still good at telling stories. A beautiful picture book about how stories and memories bring grandchildren and grandparents together.

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Extraordinary Animals
Children's Books2022 · 104 pp · Age 6 - 12

Extraordinary Animals

Hanna Nyborg Støstad

A beautiful, colourful and knowledgeable children’s book about evolution. Extraordinary Animals is a fascinating non-fiction book for children aged 6–12. A picture book that takes you out into nature, a read-aloud book for the whole family, and a great supplement to books used at school. It is quite simply a beautiful and educational book that arouses both curiosity and an enthusiasm for nature. Animals might sometimes seem to behave strangely and illogically, but they have good reasons for doing what they do. Animals that find smart solutions to problems live for a long time and have lots of babies. The best solutions beat the solutions that aren’t as good. This is called evolution, and evolution means that the animal world has a lot of clever tricks! Hanna Nyborg Strøstad shows young readers how evolution works in a strikingly simple, pedagogical and engaging way.

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Faded Velvet in London
Narrative Non-fiction2022 · 192 pp

Faded Velvet in London

Øivind Bratberg

The Brits are out of the EU, done with the pandemic and ready to face the future. But can the same be said of London? The capital is in the middle of an ongoing debate about what the United Kingdom should be, in its own eyes and in the eyes of the world. The city is politically red and open to Europe in an England where the winds are blowing in the opposite direction. At the same time, it is the seat of the proudest traditions and the institutions on which the new United Kingdom is to rely. Øivind Bratberg looks at champagne socialism and culture war, life during the pandemic and the conflict over the monarchy and BBC in this non-fiction book about London.

Coloured, Stained, Now
Literature and Fiction2022 · 104 pp

Coloured, Stained, Now

Eira Søyseth

Who are we in relation to others, to our family? What does sizes such as heritage and family matter? In the poetry collection Coloured, Stained, Nowit’s all about understanding oneself as part of generations of humans, generational heritage and traces, “mother lines” as one of the poems put it. But this is also a feminist collection of poetry about being a young woman today; about concentration and distractions, about the intrusive, all-consuming, intense world where one is supposed to find one’s place. In Coloured, Stained, Now there’s a narrator with ink on her fingers. She views herself but is also being viewed. She seeks to understand herself in the chaotic present, but is discoloured and stained by her past and present, by family and stares, both others and her own. Which external parts do you have to explore to find your inner self? In the middle of a summer full of lilacs, beer and falling in love, a conversation, in the middle of her own birth. She’s in the middle of all the adhesive, sticky and glittery which makes up the now, in the middle of something coloured and stained.