The One Needful Thing is among the best novels of the year!

December 7 2020

The One Needful Thing is among the best novels of the year!

“A painful and witty portrait of a family at their breaking-point, after years of caring for a demanding autistic boy. The frank, funny prose, warmth and potpourri of contradicting emotions bubbling under the surface, makes the novel a moving light read about being exhausted” says Maya Troberg Djuve in Dagbladet.

This much praised novel is also nominated to the P2 Audience Novel Award and The Young Readers Critic’s Prize.
The winner of both prizes will be selected in 2021.

Other entries

September 15 2026

"Hafni says" out in English to rave reviews

Helle Helle’s Hafni says (Hafni fortæller, Gutkind 2023) is now out in English (UK: Akoya, NA: New Directions, AU/NZ: Giramondo, tr. Martin Aitken) – and reviewers are showering the book with praise!

September 10 2026

Stine Pilgaard’s "Wild Horses" is a hit in Denmark!

Happy publication day to Stine Pilgaard’s Wild Horses! The first Danish reviews are in, and critics are unanimously raving about Pilgaard’s humour, linguistic talent, and warmth.

September 4 2026

"Vaim Hotel" out in Norwegian

Vaim Hotel is out in Norway! The second book in Jon Fosse’s Vaim trilogy has surprised and delighted reviewers here in Norway, and multiple foreign editions will already be coming out in the next few months.

September 1 2026

Danish reviewers raving about "The Corpses We Planted"

Danish reviewers can’t get enough of Lina Wolff’s The Corpses We Planted (Ligene vi begravede, tr. Andrea Fehlauer, Gads Forlag)!

August 19 2026

Stine Pilgaard’s "Wild Horses" pre-empted by Kagge in Norway

Stine Pilgaard’s new novel, Wild Horses, is already enjoying success – even before coming out in Danish on September 10th! The book was sold in a pre-empt to Norway’s Kagge Forlag.