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2013-04-24

More prizes for The Engelsfors Trilogy! Fire by Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg have been awarded The Best Teenage Book 2012 by Bokjuryn (The Book Jury). 33000 children have voted and 500 teachers and librarians have reported the votes.

“We are extremely excited and grateful for this amazing price! It was great to win it for The Circle, and this feels even bigger.” says Mats Strandberg.

2013-04-22

The Engelsfors Trilogy is the sixth Swedish best-selling children's/young adult book series of all time, according to the Swedish Arts Council's "NEW Swedish books for young readers, Spring 2013" which recognizes overseas sales in different categories. The Engelsfors Trilogy, which so far released two parts, The Circle and Fire, has been on the market for three years, while the competitors, Pippi Longstocking, Alfie Atkins and Pettson and Findus climbed the list for several decades. According to the list The Engelsfors Trilogy is sold to 24 countries and since the list was published, another country has been added.

2013-04-15

The film rights for the whole ENGELSFORS TRILOGY are sold to the new film production company RMV Film, owned and run by former ABBA-member Benny Andersson and his son Ludvig Andersson. Everyone is really excited to get going. Both Mats Strandberg and Sara B. Elfgren will take an active part in the project. The director is Levan Akin and he and Sara B. Elfgren will start working on the manuscript right away. Producers will be Cecilia Norman Mardell, Benny Andersson and Ludvig Andersson. Open castings will be held over the whole country. The plan is to start filming in the beginning of 2014 and the film is planned to open in 2015.

2013-03-12

The Great Readers’ Prizes goes, for the second year in a row, to Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg! The readers have made up their minds and their choice is clear. Fire, the second part of The Engelsfors Trilogy, has been elected winner in the youth novel category 2012 and the ceremony will take place at Stadsbiblioteket in Stockholm March 27th. The prize was founded 2007 by bokcirklar.se and it's the readers who select the winners. Grand congratulations!

2013-01-18

Grand Agency welcomes Martin Olczak! Martin Olczak, who has written numerous successful children books and scripts for several TV series, makes his debut as a novelist this fall. We are delighted to find a narrative style which reminds us of The Da Vinci Code, a plot reminiscent of And then There Were None and a riddle and mystery in the style of Zafon. More information will follow.

2013-01-07

Fire, the second book in the Engelsfors Trilogy by Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg is nominated to the Book Bloggers Literary Prize 2012. Fire is one of eight nominated titles. The poll is open till January 31st. It’s the second year in a row for the Engelsfors Trilogy to be nominated and last year, the first book in the series, The Circle, won the prize.

2012-12-13

Hringurinn (The Circle) has received an Icelandic award! The book sellers in Iceland have appointed it the best book of the year in the category "translated fiction for teenagers/young adults". Congratulations authors Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg.

2012-11-26

Welcome to Grand Agency - Åsa Hellberg! We are filled with joy of getting the opportunity to work with Sonja's Last Will and Sonja's Secret – two feelgood stories that go right into your heart. More information will follow.

2012-11-22

Storytellers of Sweden. Click here for live broadcasting from todays seminar with several of Grand Agency’s authors. An arrangement by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

2012-11-21

Welcome to Grand Agency: Kalle Dixelius. In the fall of 2013 Kalle Dixelius will release the suspense novel The disappearance of James McDougal at Ordfront Förlag. His previous book, Toff’s book, was published in 2009. More information will follow.

2012-10-22

Grand Agency proudly present our August Prize nominee - Cilla Naumann!

Cilla Naumann's new title Running With Oars (Springa med åror) is nominated in the category 'Best Swedish Fiction Book of the Year'. The winners of the August Prize will be announced at the gala on November 26th. Read more about the prize and the nominees at www.augustpriset.se. Congratulations and best wishes of good luck from Grand Agency.

2012-10-21

Grand congratulations Tove Alsterdal, whose thriller novel TOMB OF SILENCE (I tystnaden begravd) has been nominated to Best Crime Novel of the year by the Swedish Crime Writers Academy. The price ceremony will take place at the academy’s autumn meeting November 24th.

2012-10-12

What happens when the EU wins the Nobel Peace Prize? Read all about it in Eirik Wekre's new crime novel The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Trollmannens Læregutt). Trustworthy, exciting and highly up-to-date. Incredible timing! Link here.

2012-09-19

Multiple awarded and winner of the Guldbagge Award director Björn Runge will make his debut as an author in 2013. His novel, with the working title The Most Simple, will be published by Lind & Co. Grand Agency greets Björn welcome and promises that more information will follow.

2012-09-04

Grand Agency welcomes Petrus Dahlin and Lars Johansson.

Petrus Dahlin's and Lars Johansson's common debut, YA novel The Shadow, is about revenge, love and voodoo. The Shadow will be released at the Gothenburg Book Fair, Bok & Bibliotek, later in September by Rabén & Sjögren. More information will follow.

2012-05-26

Fire by Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg is number one on Svenska Dagbladet's critics's list for YA titles. Congratulations!

2012-05-07

When Beauty Came To Town by Anna Jansson sailed straight in to third place on Svensk Bokhandel’s top list for hardcover books for April. The book, which is the thirteenth in the series about Maria Wern is set during the Medieval Festival in Visby and mixes myth and murder but also passion and ethical dilemmas. Congratulations Anna!

2012-04-27

”This is the nicest price we have ever received, since it’s the readers that have voted for us”, said by Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg after it was announced that they won the Book Jury Price 2011 in the category teenage books.

Book Jury Price is based on the voting by children and young readers up to 19 years, for their favorite books from last year's publication. More than 31 000 persons participated in this year's ballot. The result of the vote were announced at a press conference on World Book on April 23. More about the price: www.bokjuryn.se

2012-04-27

Congratulations Inger Frimansson, Riding On Golden landed at sixth place at the Book Jury Price 2011 in the category of 9-12 years.

2012-04-04

Fire by Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg is number one on the top list long before the book has been released. Number two in the Engelsfors trilogy climbed straight to the top of Svensk Bokhandel's list over children and teenage books for March. The book will be available in stores at the end of April so the listing is based on preorders on Internet. The series fans and committed readers have secured their copy of the first edition.

2012-03-22

Congratulations to Tove Alsterdal and her Konurnar á ströndinni (Women On The Beach) which is number one on the Icelandic best seller list (fiction and non fiction).

2012-03-14

Congratulations to Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg whose book The Circle have been awarded Great Reader's Prize 2011 in the category youth novel. The ceremony took place at Stadsbiblioteket in Stockholm. The prize was founded 2007 by bokcirklar.se and it's the readers who elect the winners.

2012-02-03

Grand Agency greets Pontus Ljunghill with a warm welcome!

Pontus Ljunghill has recently debuted with the crime novel An Invisible at Wahlström & Widstrand and the critics are unanimous in their praise. With nagging tension and melancholic tone Pontus Ljunghill writes himself into the long and successful Swedish crime tradition.

2012-01-30

Price and nomination rain over The Circle. The first part of Sara B.Elfgren’s and Mats Strandberg's Engelsfors Trilogy, The Circle, has been awarded Book Bloggers Literary Prize. The prize was established in the autumn 2010 by the blog Breakfast Book Club. Thirtyfour different book bloggers have nominated eightyseven titles. A jury of fortyseven bloggers (last years nominees) has selected this year's winners.

The Circle has also been nominated for Book of the Year by the magazine QX and The Stockholm Prize awarded by Stockholm's entertainment news magazine Nöjesguiden. The QX-price will be handed out at the Gay Gala in Stockholm on February 6th, 2012. Three nominated books compete against each other. The final round of The Stockholm Prize is also a three book competition. The winner will be announcedand rewarded at the Nöjesguiden Gala, February 25th, 2012.

Congratulations from Grand Agency and good luck with the nominations.

2012-01-31

For the second year in a row Inger Wolf are invited to the crime and noir festival Barcelona Negra that takes place 2-11 February. During the festival Barcelona becomes the world capital of crime fiction and authors from all over the world are seen swirling together. Among other things Inger Wolf will participate in a seminar called “The seemingly tranquil North” held on February 7th.

2012-01-19

Henrik Lange will participate in the largest and most prestigious comics festival in Europe. The Angoulême – Festival International de la bande dessinée (the International Festival of Comic Strip of Angoulême) takes place in Angeoulême in west France January 26-29, 2012. Henrik Lange has been invited by his French publisher Editions çà et là and he will be part of a number of the various seminars, round table talks, conferences and other events that take place during the festival.

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