av LYS editorial team | 2021, mar, sön | Nordic Noir
What is required to travel around the world? Tickets, passports, savings, and whatnot.What if we told you there exists a secret passage? One that can fly you to any place that you can think of. Your dream destination does not even have to exist on a map. It can only...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, mar, mån | Nordic Noir, Svensk kultur
Here, please enjoy a free download for playing Swedish breakfast bingo. Please share this link with your friends and followers or talk to us on social media. We are @lysandelagom on Twitter and @lys_publishing on Instagram. If you want to join our give-away and win...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, mar, fre | Nordic Noir
Before Netflix and TV screens took over, reading was the purest form of entertainment. Now, even many of us bookworms have fallen out of the habit of reading. Why bother, when there’s a movie on almost all the classics ever written? But all the subtle details, the...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, mar, tor | Nordic Noir
Imagine you are a writer, and parallel to drafting your book — a crime novel — you are blogging under the name of the main character. Not to trick anyone, just for the fun of it and to explore your fictional character’s feelings and experiences. One day, you publish a...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, mar, tis | This Land is No Stranger
In the best classic noir novels, firearms can rise to the level of main characters. Given the restrictive laws in many Nordic countries, Scandinavian mystery writers tend to be a little less gun-happy than their American counterparts. Still, it sometimes seems that...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, mar, mån | This Land is No Stranger
Sarah Hollister co-wrote the crime novel This Land is no Stranger together with New York-based Gil Reavill. In this interview, she tells us where she found the inspiration for their Nordic Noir novel and how the idea evolved over time An interview by the LYS editorial...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, feb, sön | Nordic Noir
Rarely does the world experience something as devastating as the recent global pandemic. Pandemic’s adverse effects on health and emotions were equitable as they affected everyone around the globe without discrimination. While you can adopt healthy habits to become...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, feb, tor | This Land is No Stranger
The unwieldy antlers, the mystical presence, the traditional Nordic companion. It could only be a moose. Or a reindeer. Unravelling the truth about both creatures is an exercise in mythical and actual history, pop culture, and lived experience which often reveals an...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, feb, tis | Nordic Noir
Nordic Noir has a unique cult following, but why is there such a rush to remake original programming with English speaking actors. Characters from Lisbeth Salander, to Sarah Lund, and Wallander have all been anglicised in some way, but what’s the reason behind this...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, feb, fre | Nordic Noir
Most people give in to the debate between reading and watching the movie adaptation without realizing there is a middle ground. While a real page turner novel is irreplaceable, an actual series does a great job at bringing the story to life without skipping too many...
