Winje Agency

16/12/2025

We are thrilled (but not surprised!) that Jon Fosse’s "Vaim" has been named a best book of the year by The New Yorker, Financial Times, and Publishers Weekly (English tr. by Damion Searls, pub. Transit Books US / Fitzcarraldo Editions UK).

The international edition has now come out in 8 markets this year and been sold to 19 languages and counting, with rave reviews across the board.

"In this three-part, single-sentence novel, Fosse explores the repercussions of one event: Jatgeir, a fisherman from a remote Norwegian village goes to the city and is approached by his first love, who married another man and moved away. She asks Jatgeir to take her back to the village and he does. That decision reverberates through his life, the life of his reclusive friend, and the life of the woman’s husband. These three men are Vaim’s narrators, and their internal monologues move in a hypnotic way through time and in and out of memory." - The New Yorker

"The repetitive, ritual practice of sitting in communal silence is also one of the best metaphors for what reading Fosse is like. Through his quiet, rhythmic prose, something almost divine becomes faintly visible…. In the end, Vaim is as strange and surprising as life itself, drifting away from any expected course." - Financial Times

"Nobel winner Fosse centers this spectacular story of loneliness, love, and death on three linked characters living in small-town Norway... This is unforgettable."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Read more about "Vaim" here: https://winjeagency.com/books/212-jon-fosse-vaim

25/11/2025

Hipp hipp hurrah—Lina Wolff’s "The Corpses We Planted" (Liken vi begravde, Albert Bonniers Förlag) has won this year’s prestigious August Prize for Best Novel in Sweden! 🎉 🇸🇪 We couldn’t be happier that this incredible novel is getting the recognition it deserves.

From the jury’s motivational statement:
"Two orphaned sisters grow up among pedophiles and sadists in darkest Skåne, where an unsolved double murder weighs heavily on the village. With fluid prose and dramatic twists, Lina Wolff elicits laughter from the depths of despair. ‘The Corpses We Planted’ is a furiously entertaining and ingenious novel."

This is the third time Lina has been nominated for this prestigious award and the second time she’s won; she also received the prize in 2016 for "The Polyglot Lovers". With this victory, Lina joins the exclusive circle of authors (alongside Kerstin Ekman and Per Olov Enquist) who have won the Fiction Prize twice.

Read more about the book (sold to 7 languages) here: https://winjeagency.com/books/257-lina-wolff-the-corpses-we-planted

Congratulations, Lina!

Photo: Andreas Sundbom, AXL Media

18/11/2025

It is with great joy that we share the news that Ida Frisch’s novel "Black Dog" (Tiden Norsk Forlag, 2025) has been pre-empted by Akoya Publishing (UK & Commonwealth rights)!

Founder and publisher Camilla Hagen says: “It’s a luminous, haunting work that lingers in both language and feeling. There is something profoundly unique in how she captures time and silence, the cyclical rhythms of life and loss, and how she allows the unsaid to speak so powerfully. It’s a work that recalls Fosse and Vesaas in its distilled emotional force, yet entirely its own in its tone and clarity.”

Akoya is a brand-new independent publisher who is already making big waves in the industry. With their curated list of high-quality translated literature, we think this will be the perfect home for Ida’s incredibly unique novel.

The book was also recently picked up by Denmark’s Batzer & Co.

Read more: https://winjeagency.com/journal/uk-s-akoya-publishing-pre-empts-black-dog

Congratulations, Ida and Akoya!

13/11/2025

Hurrah! The third book in Aslak Nore’s Falck Saga, "The Alliance" (ASCHEHOUG FORLAG), just received a well-deserved 6/6-star review! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Brilliant and highly topical. Aslak Nore has written yet another sparkling thriller that uses today’s situation in Ukraine, Russia, and Norway as the perfect backdrop. Extremely captivating and terrifyingly realistic. (…) Nore demonstrates exceptional skill in building and maintaining suspense to the very end. This is a captivating and sweeping thriller that skillfully uses the current and unsettling state of affairs we live in to prompt reflection on this and that along the way. (…) Aslak Nore has solidified his place as a top-tier suspense author." -Nettavisen

Read more about the book here (now sold in 7 markets): https://winjeagency.com/books/206-aslak-nore-the-alliance

The first two books in The Falck Saga have been sold in 18 markets—take a look at a selection of the international covers for "The Sea Cemetery"!

Congratulations, Aslak!

30/10/2025

Happy German publication day to book 3 in Ruth Lillegraven’s Clara Trilogy, “My Next Life” (Düsteres Tal, Ullstein Verlag, tr. Günther Frauenlob)!

Early readers are enthusiastic:
"A layered, thought-provoking thriller with atmosphere, depth, and moral ambiguity."

"Although the characters aren’t exactly easy to root for, this thriller kept me hooked with its tense plot, unexpected twists, and haunting atmosphere. A dark, gripping read that reminds us everyone has their own shadows."

"A top-notch psychological thriller. Please, dear Ruth Lillegraven, write your next book soon!"

The book has also been sold to Poland’s Wielka Litera and is scheduled for release in 2026. The first two books in the series ("Everything is Mine" and "Blood Ties") have sold in 9 countries plus film rights (Nordisk film), and received or been nominated for multiple awards.

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

Congratulations, Ruth!

30/10/2025

Amalie Laulund Trudsø’s “An Artist’s Home” (Kunstnerhjem, Gutkind Forlag 2025) is on its way to Germany in a pre-empt to Rowohlt Verlag! 🇩🇪🎉

Friederike Ney, fiction editor for Rowohlt Kindler, is thrilled:
“A beautiful novel about a woman’s life, motherhood, and art. Elegantly written, full of heart and warmth, with a main character you can only root for, and brimming with atmosphere. We can’t wait to publish Amalie Laulund Trudsø’s novel in Germany. A true literary gem.“

This deal comes on the heels of last week’s sale to Norway’s Samlaget.

Congratulations, Amalie and Rowohlt! 👏

Read more about the book here: https://winjeagency.com/books/262-amalie-laulund-trudso-an-artist-s-home

28/10/2025

With its most recent sale to Denmark, Lina Wolff’s August Prize-nominated novel "The Corpses We Planted" (Liken vi begravde, Albert Bonniers Förlag) has now been sold to seven markets! 🎉🎉

Gads Forlag editorial director Julie Paludan-Müller says:

"‘The Corpses We Planted’ is an utterly magnificent book. It brings to mind writers like Agota Kristof and Olga Tokarczuk; yes, it truly is a novel of that caliber. Lina Wolff unfolds a distinctive kind of grotesque social realism, filled with both horror and tenderness, stirring up grand themes with irreverent brilliance. And one can’t help but completely fall in love with the book’s narrator—Jolly is simply unforgettable."

The book is also heading to Finland (Kustannusosakeyhtiö ), France (Éditions Les Léonides), Italy (Iperborea Casa Editrice), the Netherlands (Uitgeverij Atlas Contact), Norway (Forlaget Oktober), and the United States (Other Press).

Read more: https://winjeagency.com/books/257-lina-wolff-the-corpses-we-planted

Congratulations to all!

22/10/2025

We’re beyond excited to announce the first sale of Danish author Amalie Laulund Trudsø’s "An Artist’s Home"—to none other than Det Norske Samlaget in Norway! 🇳🇴 🇳🇴

"Amalie Laulund Trudsø paints a warm portrait of both sisterhood and family, rich with beautiful details. We devoured ’An Artist’s Home’ and can’t wait to invite Norwegian readers into this incredible literary universe!" -Maren Ingeborg Hvamstad, fiction editor, Samlaget

Read more about the book here: https://winjeagency.com/books/262-amalie-laulund-trudso-an-artist-s-home

Congratulations, Amalie and Samlaget! 🎉

21/10/2025

Lina Wolff’s novel "The Corpses We Planted" (Liken vi begravde, Albert Bonniers Förlag 2025) has been nominated for The August Prize for best Swedish Novel!

From the jury’s motivational statement:
"Two orphaned sisters grow up among pedophiles and sadists in darkest Skåne, where an unsolved double murder weighs heavily on the village. With fluid prose and dramatic twists, Lina Wolff elicits laughter from the depths of despair. ‘The Corpses We Planted’ is a furiously entertaining and ingenious novel."

This is the third time Lina has been nominated for this prestigious award, which she won in 2016 for "The Polyglot Lovers".

Read more about the book, which has already been sold to 4 markets (with offers in several others): https://winjeagency.com/books/257-lina-wolff-the-corpses-we-planted

The winner will be announced on November 24th. Congratulations, Lina!

Photo: Andreas Sundbom, AXL Media

17/10/2025

Check out these amazing interviews with our two NORLA Selected Title authors for Autumn 2025, Ida Frisch (Black Dog, Tiden Norsk Forlag) and Jon Fosse (Vaim, Det Norske Samlaget)!

"I’ve been wanting to draw attention to the value of quiet, ordinary lives, and to write a book that brings one such life into focus. A difficult life, but nonetheless one filled with beauty, hope, and wonder."

Read the full interview with Ida: https://norla.no/en/news/news-from-norla/ida-frisch-selected-title-author

"A long time ago, I was also asked who I write for – then, I said that I write for God. That might not be as foolish as it sounds. I don’t imagine myself addressing another person, yet the writing is still a kind of address, and thereby an address to no one, to nothing, and thus, in a sense, to God."

Read the full interview with Jon: https://norla.no/en/news/news-from-norla/jon-fosse-selected-title-author

We are happy to present our selected title author Ida Frisch. She has written Black Dog (original title: Sort hund). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.

13/10/2025

We are over the moon to share that Ida Frisch’s "Black Dog" (Sort hund, Tiden Norsk Forlag) is heading to Denmark, where it will be published by Batzer & Co! 🇩🇰

Publisher Arild Batzer says:
"Once I started reading ‘Black Dog’, I couldn’t put it down, and ended up finishing it in one sitting. Reading it made me so happy—ecstatic, even! ‘Black Dog’ is a refreshing and original novel that fits perfectly in our portfolio."

Batzer is one of Denmark’s most prestigious publishing houses. Their authors include Elizabeth Strout, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jack Kerouac, and no fewer than six Nobel Prize-winners—including our own Jon Fosse. That’s some pretty impressive company to keep!

Congratulations to all! 🎉

Read more about "Black Dog": https://winjeagency.com/books/264-ida-frisch-black-dog

24/09/2025

Every six months, NORLA selects Norwegian books of current interest for book fairs and literary events. We couldn’t be prouder that both Ida Frisch’s "Black Dog" (Tiden Norsk Forlag) and Jon Fosse’s "Vaim" (Det Norske Samlaget) were chosen for this autumn!

Read more about both books on our website. Congratulations, Ida and Jon - we can’t wait for the rest of the world to dive into your latest work.

Every six months, NORLA selects Norwegian books of current interest for book fairs and literary events. Ida Frisch’s Black Dog and Jon Fosse’s Vaim were chosen for this autumn!