August Prize News Today

This fever-dream Swedish novella demonstrates an incomparable ability to give name to the things we feel but have been unable to find the right words for.

This years International Booker prize shortlist is neatly varied, offering generational sagas, magical realism, and personal and political narrativ

To welcome in the new year, we look back at one of our favourite conversations from 2023, with Lydia Sandgren. The Swedish psychologist and author spent 10…

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These mysteries run the gamut, from quirky Gothic to small-town cozy to chilly Nordic noir.

Tobias Carroll recommends new and exciting reads from Angola, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.

The Girl in the Eagles Talons Fiction

In ancient times, Nordic people believed that the World Tree was an ash and the protective guardian tree a linden—a Tilia. The biography of Linnaeus should surely begin with a linden.

In this book excerpt, read about the undercover reporting of Ester Blenda Nordström, the woman dubbed Sweden's first investigative reporter.

The Swedish psychologist and author spent 10 years writing her debut novel, which won the prestigious August Prize in 2020 and sold more than 100,000 copies…