Birgitta Thompson

The powerful mixture of fantasy and grim social realism works well in this haunting novel.

Who in their right mind would speak up for a paedophile island?

Sigrid Combüchen has finally won the prestigious August Prize for this cleverly composed work delving into the details of a ladies’ novel without plunging into the chicklit category.

Mikael Niemi's take on the YA novel is full of humour, often black.

Marianne Jeffmar's novel tells the love story of Johan and Brita who meet each other in a vicarage in the northern province of Ångermanland in the 1920s.

This anthology is one of several books published to mark the centenary of Astrid Lindgren’s birth in November 1907, focusing on her role as one of Sweden’s foremost public campaigners.