Stephen Page and Morten Hesseldahl stressed the core values of publishing—author relationships, reading—at London Book Fair’s 2019 Quantum conference.
Morten Hesseldahl, CEO of Gyldendal: ‘Stop Safeguarding an Old Culture’
After some time working in other media and cultural sectors, Morten Hesseldahl returns to the book industry as CEO of Denmark’s oldest publishing company, Gyldendal, with fresh observations.
NORLA Takes Norwegian Literature to New York City
At a book trade event in New York, NORLA presented a selection of Norwegian writers and offered American publishers a closer look at Norway’s literary market.
Denmark’s Bogforum: Bringing Readers, Authors and Publishers Together
At Denmark’s largest book fair, Bogforum, director Andreas Nordkild Poulsen is working on engaging readers and giving publishers and authors a public forum.
It’s Springtime for Romance in Denmark
Romantic fiction in Denmark has mainly lived in kiosks alongside magazines — until now. New imprints are bringing it into the open.
Obscene Act: The Tragic Fall of Norway’s Agnar Mykle
By Lewis Manalo •The latest in our series, “The Best Authors You (May) Have Never Heard Of,” focuses on Norwegian novelist Agnar Mykle, whose career was ruined by a famous obscenity trial in the 1950s. •In the early 1960’s English editions of Mykle’s The Song of the Red Ruby sold an astounding one million copies. Norwegian novelist Agnar Mykle wrote …