Awards for A Faraway Island
A FARAWAY ISLAND by Annika Thor won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in the USA for the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a foreign language.
This award, established in Mildred L. Batchelder's honor in 1966, is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.
A FARAWAY ISLAND has been selected as an ALA (American Library Association) Notable Book. More about this
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American launch
Annika Thor and Sara Kadefors went to New York City to launch the American translations of their books. Sara Kadefors’ award-winning book Sandor slash Ida, called R U 4 Real? in English, was published by Penguin imprint Dial in May 2009. Annika Thor’s first book in a bestselling series of four books, En ö i havet, was published by Random House imprint Delacorte Press in November 2009 under the title A Faraway Island.
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The Hypnotist - from book to movie
Lars Kepler’s immensely successful crime novel Hypnotisören (The Hypnotist) will be adapted for the screen by Svensk Filmindustri (SF) in co-production with Sonet Film. SF has also acquired an option on the film rights for the following books in the series about Detective Inspector Joona Linna.
“The interest in the film rights has been huge since before the book was published”, states Jenny Thor at BGA. “We are convinced that SF and Sonet Film in cooperation will adapt the book in the best possible way.”
“The quick and suggestive tempo in strongly suspenseful movies are the greatest source of inspiration for us when writing as Lars Kepler. The very idea of The Hypnotist being turned into a movie, makes us both happy and full of expectations ,” commented Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril, authors behind the pseudonym Lars Kepler.
“The Hypnotist is an enormously suspenseful story with a driven filmic narrative, and has everything it takes to be turned into a fantastic movie. We are delighted and proud that the authors have chosen us as partners in this project”, says Tobias Lennér, CEO Sweden at SF.
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Prizes and awards
Lotta Geffenblad has been awarded The Elsa Beskow Prize 2009 for her collected work as an illustrator and author. The prize is given by the Swedish Librarian organisation.
Jan Lööf has received Unghunden, The Comic Book Prize for best children's comic books.
Ulf Nilsson and Eva Eriksson were rewarded with The Maria Gripe Prize for their work together.
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