Bonnier News - Månpocket

August Prize Nominees Named

By Bert Menninga on 2011-10-17
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Bonnierförlagen books nominated in several categories for Sweden's top book award, the August Prize.

Today the nominees were announced to Sweden's No. 1 book award, the Augustpriset 2011.

Climate-Friendly Paperbacks

By Bert Menninga on 2011-03-22
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Swedish paperback publishers Månpocket and Bonnier Pocket switch to environmentally friendlier book making.

Today Swedish paperback publishers Månpocket and Bonnier Pocket launch a new concept called Klimatsmart pocket: Climate-friendlier paperback books. A climate-friendly paperback is FSC certified, produced with a carbon offset and supports the World Widelife Fund's environmental work. Within a year, it will include some 7 million paperbacks that are made in a more environmentally friendly fashion.

Lasse Hallström to Direct The Hypnotist

By Bert Menninga on 2011-02-07
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Lasse Hallström will direct his first Swedish film in 24 years, The Hypnotist, with SF and Sonet Film.

The 2009 Swedish bestseller The Hypnotist, a thriller by Lars Kepler published by Albert Bonniers Förlag, will be the first Swedish feature film from director Lasse Hallström in 24 years.

Graphic Novel with Novel Marketing

By Bert Menninga on 2010-04-23
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Ad campaign art blurs the line between the real and the illustrated.

Ad featuring art by Peter Bergting (detail)

An author whose regular novels have swept Sweden by storm. An illustrator who is Sweden's most popular fantasy artist. Put them together to create a graphic novel and you have Jens Lapidus and Peter Bergting's Gängkrig 145 (gang war 145), now out in paperback from Månpocket.