Ewa Sherman
@ewashe.bsky.social
Translation, books, NordicNoir, Norway, Iceland, Scandinavia, cats, moose 🫎, food, nature, lighthouses & offshore wind are my things. Oh, and I’m #PetronaAward judge https://nordiclighthouse.blog/
Reviews come and go but a novel like this stays with you forever. Love, After All by Ewald Arenz tr. from German by @racheltranslates.bsky.social It left me feeling broken but also uplifted @orendabooks.bsky.social @westcamel.bsky.social #RivetingReviews www.eurolitnetwork.com/rivetingrevi...
#RivetingReviews: Ewa Sherman reviews LOVE, AFTER ALL by Ewald Arenz, translated by Rachel Ward – European Literature Network
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‘The Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder maintains an impressive balance between mystery, police procedural, and noir. It blends these elements seamlessly, resulting in a well-written, witty, and highly entertaining read.’ Via @westwords.bsky.social 🇮🇸 @graskeggur.bsky.social @ravencrime.bsky.social
Quentin Bates (@graskeggur.bsky.social)
Writer of books and other stuff, translator of other people's books. Á það til að þusa á Íslensku. If you send me a DM, I won't see it. So please don't. graskeggur.com
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West Words Publishing Services@westwords.bsky.social · last wk.The Hotel Manager's Guide to Murder by Erlendur Arason maintains an impressive balance between mystery, police procedural, and noir. @ewashe.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social #ErlendurArason #Blekverk westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/t...
A great blue heron checks its surroundings after waking up from a nap during a spectacular sunrise at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #BirdOfTheDay #CHE #ECK #bird #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands #wildlifephotography
Happy #Caturday & Happy Publication Day to Erlendur Arason, the #Icelandic author who has just appeared on the #NordicNoir scene thanks to the efforts of the translator extraordinaire @graskeggur.bsky.social. Zelda approves that no cats have been hurt in making of The Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder
This seagull toddler got caught in a mouse trap. Its wing was probably damaged but was not broken. I let it into the tall grass and I hope this noisy little bird has survived. Parents and the rest of the screeching family followed.
This post is 5 years old. Still relevant I think #Utøya #Oslo #Norway 🇳🇴 nordiclighthouse.blog/2021/07/22/u...
Utøya, Oslo, Norway
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks by a white supremacist in Oslo’s government district and on the island of Utøya. In the last week the Norwegian media have been full of me…
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The Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder by Erlendur Arason
Having stayed in several hotels in Reykjavik over the years I never had any issues to write home about. Once I was asked to relocate to a bigger room because the heating packed up but I think it wa…
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Have you heard of the Icelandic crime fiction writer Erlendur Arason? Yes? No? His book The Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder will be available later this week, in excellent English translation by @graskeggur.bsky.social 🇮🇸, famous for his own writing & @corylusbooks.bsky.social’ literary adventures.
We went to the beach, climbed down and then up some rocks, saw long cargo boat and loads of ducks, ate wild strawberries, sat in the water and got shaken by massive waves 🌊 It was lovely 😻 #NorwegianWeatherReport 🇳🇴
Some people follow the football news, some people read books. And others do both. #PetronaAward team follows #Scandinavian crime fiction goals 📚 @ravencrime.bsky.social @eurocrime.bsky.social @westwords.bsky.social
It would be an exaggeration to say that Zelda 🐈 treats her / our home as a hotel. In the heat of the summer she uses it as a roadside café: she brings me local gossip, I give her food.
Continuing with a different team of #Vikings after last night’s match ⚽️ 😎 #Norway 🇳🇴 #Denmark 🇩🇰 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m-c...
Danish Road Safety Council / Helmet has always been a good idea
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So that’s what I did with some great people last Saturday, before #Norway 🇳🇴 - #Brazil 🇧🇷 match. Now it seems everyone is ready to watch Norway 🇳🇴 - #England 🏴 match. I know nothing else about #football ⚽️ 😉 #HeiaNorge
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‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works?
The long read: Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nat...
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My Welsh friend Siân came for a visit and she’s staying for several days at a wonderful villa by the fjord. Tonight we had simple dinner outside and she said that the sound of waves is like a massage for the soul 🌊
As far as I’m aware that’s the current situation after the agreement has been reached🦟 🪰
What do trains, art, ex-military and dark internet have in common? And the Royal Household? My latest book review: @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social nordiclighthouse.blog/2026/05/23/t...
The Hawk is Dead by Peter James
What do trains, art, ex-military and dark internet have in common? Roy Grace never dreamed a murder investigation would take him deep into Buckingham Palace.Her Majesty, Queen Camilla, is aboard th…
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Yes! The Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder #Iceland 🇮🇸
Quentin Bates@graskeggur.bsky.social · 2mo agoA cool first review for the Hotel Manager's Guide to Murder, with a month to go before publication! ‘This promises to be the start of an extraordinarily addictive series of Nordic/Scandinavian crime thrillers,’ says Ali Karim in Shots. www.shotsmag.co.uk/book_reviews...
Super busy week. Followed by very relaxing weekend in #Åmotsdal, #Flatdal & #Notodden 🌲🏔️🌳 #Telemark with my mum and good friends 😊 #NorwegianWeatherReport 🇳🇴
What do trains, art, ex-military and dark internet have in common? And the Royal Household? My latest book review: @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social nordiclighthouse.blog/2026/05/23/t...
The Hawk is Dead by Peter James
What do trains, art, ex-military and dark internet have in common? Roy Grace never dreamed a murder investigation would take him deep into Buckingham Palace.Her Majesty, Queen Camilla, is aboard th…
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Reminder from someone who read The Tin Drum on Miami’s South Beach and The Brothers Karamazov on the La Jolla Cove: any book can be a beach read.
‘You can’t make everyone happy’ You’re not pizza 🍕’
Ólafur Waage@olafurw.com · 3mo agoPizza doesn't need influencers or evangelists or "tech bros", because it's pizza, and pizza sells itself.
Gratulerer med dagen #Norge 🎉 17. mai #syttendemai #NationalDay #ConstitutionDay in #Norway 🇳🇴 is about celebrating democracy and freedom which should never be taken for granted. It’s about friendship, kids, families. With ice cream, cake & hot dogs. Photos from 2023 & 2025 with my Norwegian family ❤️
