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5 Spring 2019 THE most popular titles 2018 A new
record! 271 titles were awarded grants for translation and production by the Swedish Arts Council in 2018. Take a look: a hotlist of the books that were the most popular amongst foreign publishers applying for support. Fiction and Poetry Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde, Det var vi (What we owe). Publisher: Wahlström & Widstrand. Rights: Ahlander Agency. Johannes Anuyru, De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar (The Rabbit Yard). Publisher: Norstedts Förlag. Rights: Norstedts Agency. Niklas Natt och Dag, 1793. Publisher: Bokförlaget Forum. Rights: Salomonsson Agency. Anne Swärd, Vera. Publisher: Albert Bonniers Förlag. Rights: Nordin Agency. Athena Farrokhzad, Vitsvit (White Blight). Poetry. Publisher: Albert Bonniers Förlag. Rights: Athena Farrokhzad. Ida Börjel, Ma. Poetry. Publisher: Albert Bonniers Förlag. Rights: Albert Bonniers Förlag. Children’s and Y A Frida Nilsson, Ishavspirater (The Ice Sea Pirates). Chapter book). Publisher: Natur och Kultur. Rights: Koja Agency. Ulf Nilsson and Gitte Spee, Kommissarie Gordon. Det första fallet (Detective Gordon: A Case in any Case). Chapter book. Publisher: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag. Rights: Bonnier Rights. Rose Lagercrantz, Vi ses när vi ses (See you Whenever). Chapter book. Publisher: Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag. Rights: Bonnier Rights. Narrative non-fiction Elisabeth Åsbrink, 1947. Publisher: Natur och Kultur. Rights: Hedlund Literary Agency. Ingmar Bergman, Laterna Magica. Publisher: Norstedts förlag. Rights: Hedlund Literary Agency. Dick Harrison, Ett stort lidande har kommit över oss. Historien om trettioåriga kriget (The Thirty Years’ War Revisited). Publisher: Ordfront. Rights: Kontext Agency. Comics and graphic novels Liv Strömquist, Kunskapens frukt (The Fruit of Knowledge). Publisher: Galago. Rights: Am-Book. Daria Bogdanska, Wage Slaves. Publisher: Galago. Rights: Am-Book. Henrik Bromander, Smålands mörker (Darkness). Publisher: Galago. Rights: Henrik Bromander.