Bitter Flowers: Gunnar Staalesen with Thomas Enger

Gunnar Staalesen and Thomas Enger

Bitter Flowers: Gunnar Staalesen with Thomas Enger

Gunnar Staalesen and Thomas Enger

11:30am

Friday, June 3, 2022

Internationally acclaimed Norwegian author Gunnar Staalesen, a mainstay in the Nordic Noir crime fiction genre, will present the latest installment in his long-running Varg Vaum series. Bitter Flowers (translated by Don Bartlett) follows PI Varg Vaum as he faces one of the most challenging, traumatic investigations of his career. Fresh out of rehab, Varg must piece together apparently unrelated threads of evidence when a man is found drowned, a young woman disappears and the cold-case of a missing child is revived. Tune in to this virtual conversation on a classic Nordic Noir series, led by bestselling Norwegian author Thomas Enger.

Interviewer: Thomas Enger

This digital event is free with registration. Please return to this page on June 3 at 11:30am ET to watch the event. The video will be available to view until June 8 at 11:59pm ET.

This event will be presented in English with captions, with support from NORLA, Nordic Bridges and Harbourfront Centre.

NORLA logo   Nordic Bridges Logo    Harbourfront centre logo

 

Conversation

Internationally acclaimed Norwegian author Gunnar Staalesen, a mainstay in the Nordic Noir crime fiction genre, will present the latest installment in his long-running Varg Vaum series. Bitter Flowers (translated by Don Bartlett) follows PI Varg Vaum as he faces one of the most challenging, traumatic investigations of his career. Fresh out of rehab, Varg must piece together apparently unrelated threads of evidence when a man is found drowned, a young woman disappears and the cold-case of a missing child is revived. Tune in to this virtual conversation on a classic Nordic Noir series, led by bestselling Norwegian author Thomas Enger.

Interviewer: Thomas Enger

This digital event is free with registration. Please return to this page on June 3 at 11:30am ET to watch the event. The video will be available to view until June 8 at 11:59pm ET.

This event will be presented in English with captions, with support from NORLA, Nordic Bridges and Harbourfront Centre.

NORLA logo   Nordic Bridges Logo    Harbourfront centre logo

 

Conversation

Featured Authors

Gunnar Staalesen
Gunnar Staalesen was born in Bergen, Norway (where he still resides with his wife). He made his debut at the age of twenty-two with Seasons of Innocence and in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over twenty titles, which have been published in twenty-four countries and sold over four million copies, with twelve film adaptations starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Espen Seim. Staalesen has won three Golden Pistols (including the Prize of Honour) and the Petrona Award for Nordic Crime Fiction. Gunnar Staalesen’s Festival appearance is generously supported by NORLA – Norwegian Literature Abroad. 

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Thomas Enger
Thomas Enger is a former journalist. His debut novel, Burned, became an international sensation before publication and marked the first in the bestselling Henning Juul series. He is an award-winning YA author in his native Norway, and his English thriller Inborn was adapted for the adult fiction market from Killer Instinct. Most recently, Thomas has co-written a bestselling series of thrillers with ex-police officer and author Jørn Lier Horst. Enger’s trademark is his dark, gritty voice paired with key social messages and tight plotting. Besides writing fiction, Enger also works as a music composer, and lives outside of Oslo.

Read more about Thomas Enger

11:30am

Friday, June 3

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