New independent Akoya Publishing has acquired North of the Winter Sun: What I Heard in the Waves by Veronica Skotnes, a Norwegian who from the age of 17 has been sailing solo in the North Sea.

By Adam Nossiter Dag Solstad, a Norwegian novelist who teased form and style to create a world of alienation and disenchantment, enthralling and sometimes baffling his compatriots, died on March ...