We are delighted to share the news that five Rights and Brands represented authors and illustrators have been nominated for the prestigious Swedish literary prize Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2024. The full list of nominees was announced at the Frankfurt Bookfair in Germany last week. Linda Bondestam, Siri Kolu, Jenny Lucander (FIN), Sven Nordqvist (SWE) and […]

The winner of the Swedish Crime Novel of the Year 2023 award was announced during the Gothenburg Book Fair and we are pleased to present Sofie Sarenbrant as the winner of the Swedish Crime Novel of the Year 2023 for her book The Parasite! The Parasite is the latest part in Sofie Sarenbrant’s hugely popular series […]

We at Rights & Brands are delighted to share that Land of Snow and Ashes (Tuhkaan piirretty maa, 2020) by Petra Rautiainen has been shortlisted for the Petrona Award this year, which recognises the best Scandinavian crime fiction novels published in the UK! Seven crime novels from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland have […]

Breakable Films has acquired the rights to Sofie Sarenbrant’s hugely successful crime series about detective Emma Sköld. The first book about Emma Sköld, Vila i Frid, was published in 2012 and has been followed by ten more books that together sold over 5 million copies in 16 countries.   Sofie Sarenbrant’s latest book in the […]

We are absolutely delighted to share the news that Jenni Räinä’s novel Marsh Memories (Suo muistaa, 2022) is one of the eight nominees for the 2023 Botnia Prize.  Marsh Memories (Suo muistaa) is the author’s debut fiction novel in which she embeds the themes of the climate crisis and protection of the environment into the stories of fictional […]

On the 23rd of May, BBC Culture published an impressive list of 100 greatest children’s books of all time, and it reveals to include five classic Moomin novels, and three beloved works by author Astrid Lindgren and illustrator Ilon Wikland.  The following works by author and illustrator Tove Jansson were included, according to their place […]

We are delighted to share that Pekka Juntti has won the Lapland Literature Prize 2023 for his critically acclaimed debut novel Wild Dog (Otava 2022)! Our sincerest congratulations to the author! The ceremony was held in the library of Sodankylä, where a Sodankylä native and former Olympic winner Pertti Ukkola presented the award to Juntti, […]

Coming this spring! “Ett hem: Carl & Karin Larssons värld” where the Swedish author and influencer Elsa Billgren invites you to one of Sweden’s most famous estates. Welcome to Carl Larsson-gården – home to two of the greatest artists Sweden has ever seen.   “This is a dream come true”, Elsa Billgren says about the […]

On Friday, December 9, a new exhibition opened at Liljevalch’s art gallery in Stockholm. The scenographic exhibition is called ‘ABC – Ö’ and wants to inspire children to learn letters using 13 different ABC books by authors and illustrators such as Gunilla Bergström (Alfie Atkins) Stig Lindberg, Stina Wirsén, and Tove Jansson.   The books […]

We at Rights & Brands are delighted to share that Anna Soudakova’s Protect My Shadow (in Finnish Varjele varjoani) has been shortlisted for the Toisinkoinen Literary Prize, awarded for second novels. Our warmest congratulations to the author! This past October, Toisinkoinen highlighted in their blog review that: “Protect My Shadow is a beautiful and thoughtful […]

“The Moomin Phenomenon” is the newest Moomin podcast. The podcast consists of five episodes that dive into different aspects of the Moomin world to answer the question “How did these little trolls become world celebrities?”   The narrator of the podcast is Jennifer Saunders, widely recognized for her role as Edina Monsoon in the tv-series […]