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Hushbird Forlag
Oslo, Norge
The publishing house Hushbird was established to represent the artist and creator of graphic stories Dina Norlund (1995–2023).
At Kunstbok Oslo, we primarily wish to present Dinas World. This monumental volume of more than eleven hundred pages is the publisher’s first release, and constitutes a complete collection of Norlund’s art, alongside all of her previously unpublished full-length graphic stories.
In addition, we will present new editions of her earlier graphic stories in their original English language versions: The Snow Cat Prince, Fern and the Moon Rabbit, Sprout and Mermay.
Dina Norlund was born in 1995 and built a career as an artist, designer and creator of graphic stories. During her short life she produced an extraordinary body of work. Alongside her artistic practice, she was also an active teacher on social media, and at the height of her career had close to two hundred thousand followers. Many of these went on to pursue artistic careers of their own under her influence, and still use her videos as sources of inspiration today. This aspect of her work will form the core of a documentary film currently in production, with a planned premiere in the first quarter of 2028.
As an artist, Dina Norlund developed a colourful and highly figurative imaginative style, inspired both by Japanese and European art and comics. Her hybrid creatures, often accompanied by fictional biological details and evolutionary histories, remain among her most distinctive, and quite unique characteristics. As a writer and storyteller, she took worldbuilding seriously, establishing her own distinct universe: a home for her abundance of creatures, and the foundation for her rich narrative imagination. This is explored in depth in the major art book Dinas World.
Norlund published most of her books in English, having lived abroad for several years, but has also been published in Norway with Snøkattprinsen (Egmont 2021 / Bonnier 2025) and the posthumous collection Vill (Egmont 2024). Now, her artistic legacy reaches its natural conclusion with the publication of the art book Dinas World.
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Dinas World (2026)
ISBN– 978-82-694612-0-6
Dina Norlund (1995–2023) was a Norwegian artist and creator of graphic stories. In this book her entire artistic world is presented: the paintings, illustrations, graphic novels, designs, sketches, works in progress, ideas, scripts — and all the unfinished stories she left behind.
Sprout (2026)
ISBN–978-82-694612-1-3
There is nothing unusual about Sprout, except for her name. She has a normal family and a normal life, but one day something terrible happens; a sprout starts growing from the top of her head.
Sprout is a short story about the changes that occur when you enter your teenage years. The author referred to the genre of Sprout as "Urban fantasy / slice of life"
Fern & the Moon Rabbit (2026)
ISBN– 978-82-694612-2-0
A small story about a young troll named Fern, and her mysterious quest to return the moon to the night sky.
Dina Norlund´s first book, originally published in 2018 by Hushbird Ltd UK.
Mermay (2026)
ISBN–978-82-694612-3-7
Art collection - 31 mermaids.
The originals were painted in watercolour. The
book consists of forty-one pages, and the sequence of art-
works follows the order in Dina’s small, inexpensive sketch-
book.
In Mermay, we encounter Dina Norlund´s art at some of its most
sublime. These creatures are not simply combinations of dif-
ferent species and ideas; they are personalities. Each carries
its own sense of past and future within the execution.
The Snow Cat Prince (2020)
ISBN–978-82-429696-5-1
This is the original edition of Graphic Novel The Snow Cat Prince, published by Hushbird Inc UK in 2020.
The story follows the young Snowcat prince Syv on his journey across the Blue Plains to recover the magical crown seized by the Sandfoxes thousands of years ago. The land of the Snowcats has fallen into hardship and decline after the death of the old king. Syv’s malicious older brothers, eager to rid themselves of their inconveniently popular sibling, send him alone on this dangerous quest. What follows is a grand adventure — a long journey that will grant Syv both self-knowledge and courage.
