Ulf Brånebro writes Nordic noir that lingers in silence. His fiction explores guilt, masculinity, emotional restraint, and the quiet brutality of rural life—where secrets endure longer than memory and routine often hides complicity.

His debut novel, The Ones Who Get Chosen, launched the Coffinville series, set in a dying Swedish village shaped by tradition, shame, and unspoken violence. Brånebro’s prose is spare, deliberate, and emotionally restrained, drawing comparisons to the bleak honesty of Per Petterson and the atmosphere of Tove Alsterdal.

He rarely gives interviews and prefers to let the work speak for itself. If his stories have a message, it’s this: not everyone who stays silent is innocent—but they all carry something.

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Rupert A. Pembroke is a wine lover with a sharp tongue, a sharper pen, and absolutely no patience for overpriced plonk or pocket-square sommeliers. He holds a wine certificate (which sounds more impressive than it is) but far more valuable: he’s logged thousands of hours drinking, swearing at wine lists, and rescuing dinner parties from pairing disasters. His books are not manuals for snobs—they're manifestos for the rest of us: the curious, the casual, the joyfully underbudget. Whether he’s calling BS on Grand Cru grandstanding or turning a £6 Portuguese white into seaside poetry, Rupert’s mission is clear—wine should be fun, not a final exam in fermented grape anxiety.

Drink what you like. Pair it with what’s hot. And never, ever trust a wine with its own Instagram manager.

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