Nordic Noir

I'm happy to announce that nordic_noir is now an affiliate community of smallfandombang! Thanks goes to the mod there, spikedluv. :)

Small Fandoms Bang is a big bang community for small fandoms. A big bang is a long fanfic (≈ more than 10.000 words). Writing a long story can be something of a challenge and even more if you are writing for a small fandom, and so the smallfandombang community is there to provide encouragement, help and cheer-leading to make you reach your writing goals. And as the nordic_noir fandoms are generally small and have much too few big bangs (in my opinion :D), the community could be very useful for Nordic Noir fans. So go for it: that longfic your plotbunnies have been nibbling at!

The crime festival in Oslo is celebrated March 7. - 9. 2013 and has a packed program.

Among the Scandinavian crime authors announced are Lars Kepler, Jens Lapidus, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Anne Holt, Gunnar Staalesen, Jørn Lier Horst, Tom Egeland, Tom Kristensen, Knut Faldbakken, Chris Tvedt, Torkil Damhaug, Hans Olav Lahlum, Viveca Steen, Helene Thursten, Ninni Schulman, Sara Blædel, Hjort and Rosenfeldt, Elsebeth Egholm, Cilla and Rolf Börjlind, Antti Toumainen, Karin Wahlberg, Stefan Tegenfalk, Håkan Östlundh, Lars Petterson, Christoffer Carlsson, Erik Valeur, Jørgen Gunnerud, Jan Mehlum, Knut Nærum, Trude Teige, Eystein Hanssen, Jan-Erik Fjell, Øystein Wiik, Sigbjørn Mostue and Johnny Brenna, Bernt Rougthvedt, Tomas Enger, Jørgen Brekke, Aslak Nore, Birger Baug, Helge Fauskanger, Arne Garvang, Odd Harald Hauge, Asle Skredderberget, Ørjan N. Karlsson, Gard Sveen, Tore Aurstad and Carina Westberg.

There's also some great British crime authors coming: Val McDermid, Tom Rob Smith, Sophie Hannah and John Harvey,

The best part is of course that it's free entrance! \o/

New members keep dribbling in, and it's great to see more Nordic Noir-fans. A warm welcome to you all! And if you'd like to present yourself, your favorite Nordic Noir-novels, characters, movies or series, news or gossip, hop to it! It doesn't have the be "the most important post evar", it can be  a simple picture of your favourite, a question, a drabble - I'm sure you get the gist.

I have asked a few other communities if they want to become our affiliates. Here's the list so far (Yay for them!):
beforeyouwrite - A fanfic community for rare pairings and fandoms.
bookfanfiction - A fanfiction archive for fic based on books.
moviefanfiction - A fanfiction archive for fandoms based on movies.
scandafandom - A multifannish community for fans speaking Scandinavian languages.
smallfandomfest - A multi-fandom fest community for small fandoms.

They are all well worth visiting. And smallfandomfest has a Pimp your Small Fandom!!!-round going right now (up until April 30.), so you can use this opportunity to get more fans interested in your special-but-small fandoms and your beloved OTP's. (Wallander and Varg Veum is already taken.) And if you do one for a Nordic-Noir-series, remember to repost it here, for us to squee over too!