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01/07/2025

Aslak Nore’s World War II thriller "The Wolf Snare" (Piége à loup, Le bruit du monde 2025, tr. Céline Romand-Monnier) has been nominated for the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France!

Will he follow in the footsteps of other crime greats such as Frederick Forsyth, Elemore Leonard, P.D. James, Michael Connelly, Camilla Läckberg, and Dennis Lehane? Fingers crossed!

Read more about the book: https://winjeagency.com/books/161-aslak-nore-wolfsangel

☀️Joie à Marseille ☀️
Piège à loup dans la sélection du Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 2025 💥
Fondé en 1948 par le critique et romancier Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe, ce prix est destiné à récompenser les meilleurs romans policiers français et étrangers publiés dans l'année.
Un immense merci aux membres du jury !
Aslak Nore pour succéder à Eugenia Almeida, Dennis Lehane et tant d’autres grands noms du polar ?
Fingers crossed... 🤞🏿🤞🤞🏼

24/06/2025

Vaim, the first novel by Jon Fosse since he won the Nobel Prize in 2023, is coming out in Norwegian on September 5th!

Read more about the book (sold pre-publication to 15 languages!) here: https://winjeagency.com/books/212-jon-fosse-vaim

18/06/2025

Our very own Jon Fosse was the most translated Norwegian author in 2024! Thank you to all publishers, translators, and co-agents—and of course NORLA for their support.

NORLA’s Translation Grants in 2024

Jon Fosse was the most translated Norwegian author in 2024, according to NORLA’s awarded translation grants. Pictured here is the Italian edition of Collected Poems, translated by Andrea Romanzi and published by Crocetti Editore in 2024.

Fosse, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature 2023, tops the list with 45 translations, confirming his position as one of Norway’s most sought-after authors globally. Karl Ove Knausgård follows with eight translations and is a key voice in the international literary scene.

For more detailed information about NORLA's Translation Grants in 2024 see here:

https://norla.no/en/news/news-from-norla/translation-subsidies-in-2024

Det Norske Samlaget Winje Agency Colombine Teaterförlag

Photo: Agnete Brun

10/06/2025

For the first time in 11 years, the prestigious Glass Key has been awarded to a Norwegian author—our very own Eva Fretheim for "The Bird King" (Tiden Norsk Forlag)! The book was also this year’s winner of the Riverton Prize for best Norwegian crime fiction.

The Glass Key is an annual literary award for the best crime novel in the Nordic countries. The prize is awarded to an author writing in Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, or Norwegian. It was established by the Scandinavian Crime Society (SKS).

“I am overwhelmed and incredibly happy. This is more than I ever could have dreamed of,” Eva says.

Congratulations!

Read more: https://winjeagency.com/journal/eva-fretheim-awarded-the-prestigious-glass-key-award-for-best-nordic-crime-novel
Read about the book (now sold to 5 languages): https://winjeagency.com/books/259-eva-fretheim-the-bird-king

06/06/2025

Ruth Lillegraven’s “Clara” trilogy is finally complete!

"My Next Life" is the third volume in the series about Clara Lofthus and can be read as a standalone book. We are thrilled that it was picked up pre-publication in both Germany (Ullstein - coming out in October this year) and Poland (Wielka Litera)! The first two books, "Deep Fjord" (Alt er mitt, 2018) and "Blood Ties" (Av mitt blod, 2021), were both huge successes nationally and internationally.

Read more about the book: https://winjeagency.com/books/261-ruth-lillegraven-my-next-life

Congratulations, Ruth Lillegraven!

05/06/2025

Jon Fosse’s new novel, "Vaim" will be published in Norwegian and many more languages this coming autumn.

Last Sunday, The New Yorker presented an excerpt in Damion Searls’ translation, along with an interview with the author. Enjoy!

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/elias-fiction-jon-fosse

https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/jon-fosse-06-09-25

I need to open the door now, it’s not the end of the world, it’s just that it’s been such a long time since anyone’s knocked on my door.

20/05/2025

Aslak Nore recommended by the Financial Times!

"Donald Trump’s threats against Greenland have thrust the Earth’s northernmost reaches back into the spotlight. As the polar ice-caps melt, the superpowers and international corporations circle greedily around its potential mineral riches. Aslak Nore’s The Heirs of the Arctic (MacLehose, translated by Seán Kinsella) mixes a Succession-style family saga with a geopolitical thriller. The book is the second in a series about the powerful Falck dynasty but Nore, a bestselling author in his native Norway, drip feeds enough back story for this volume to stand on its own. The narrative moves smoothly between the snowy wastelands of the Arctic and the family infighting for control of the business. Meanwhile, a foreign spy is buried deep within the family foundation, digging out and leaking information. Vivid scene-setting adds to an intelligent, enjoyable mix with a sharp twist at the end."

Read the full article:

Crime in the war-ravaged Balkans of the 1990s, a plot against the UN, geopolitics in Greenland and a Danish police procedural

15/05/2025

Eva Fretheim’s books have now been sold to FOUR countries!

The latest publishers to acquire this crime series are Bokförlaget Forum in Sweden and A.W. Bruna Uitgevers in the Netherlands, following earlier deals with Gyldendal (Denmark) and Rowohlt (Germany). This is a brilliant start to Eva's fabulous authorship; not only have publishers been acquiring all three titles, but they also highlight this as the kind of crime fiction they’ve been eagerly awaiting. We're only just getting started, and it’s a joy to be bringing this beautiful body of work out into the world!

Susan Sandérus, commissioning editor at A.W. Bruna, says:
"Eva Fretheim’s work is something special. She combines superb writing, sharp plotting, and perfect pacing with unforgettable protagonists. This is thriller writing at its best: original, immersive, and driven by authentic, lifelike characters."

Johanna Gustavsson, senior editor at Forum, is also thrilled:
"I was hooked from page one. Among the wide array of Scandinavian crime fiction, it’s rare to come across something that stands out quite like this. It’s firmly rooted in the genre, yet at the same time it offers a completely unique and fresh voice."

Read about the books:
The Paper Dolls (2025): https://winjeagency.com/books/260-eva-fretheim-the-paper-dolls
The Bird King (2024): https://winjeagency.com/books/259-eva-fretheim-the-bird-king
Queenland (2022): https://winjeagency.com/books/258-eva-fretheim-queenland

09/05/2025

Pedro Carmona-Alvarez’ novel "Chiquitita" has been shortlisted for the prestigious Bibliotekets litteraturpris! Established in 2022, this prize is the Norwegian public libraries' award for exceptional literature, awarded annually to a book from the past five years. The winner will be announced in October - fingers crossed!

Read more about the book (now sold to 7 languages) here: https://winjeagency.com/books/163-pedro-carmona-alvarez-chiquitita

08/05/2025

We’re in love with the cover of the English version of Helle Helle’s "they", tr. Martin Aitken, to be published by Akoya Publishing in February 2026!

Read about the book: https://winjeagency.com/books/109-helle-helle-they

02/05/2025

Vigdis Malmstrøm is heading to Germany in a 3-book pre-empt to Rowohlt Verlag! 🇩🇪

The success continues for Eva Fretheim with the second sale in as many weeks. The series has now been sold to Denmark (Gyldendal) and Germany, with more deals in the works.

Rowohlt editor Iris Homann says:
"We feel so honored and grateful to be chosen as the publisher for Eva Fretheim's impeccable crime fiction series around the likeable - and yet rough - investigator Vigdis Malmstrøm! What a delight to read such clever, elegant, and exciting crime novels. Eva Fretheim can write amazingly well. You will be captivated from the first lines by this atmospherically and psychologically dense Norwegian universe. Eva Fretheim doesn't write formulaic crime novels. With her Vigdis-Malmstrøm-series, she has delivered an outstanding gem of Scandinavian suspense literature. We have been looking for a series like this for a long time. We're glad that we have found it."

Congratulations to Eva and Rowohlt! 🇩🇪🎉

Read about the books:
The Paper Dolls (2025): https://winjeagency.com/.../260-eva-fretheim-the-paper-dolls
The Bird King (2024): https://winjeagency.com/books/259-eva-fretheim-the-bird-king
Queenland (2022): https://winjeagency.com/books/258-eva-fretheim-queenland