NORLA’s offices are closed until Wednesday May 18, due to the holidays Whitsunday and Norway’s Constitution Day.
(Photo: Per Øystein Roland)
On Thursday, April 18, NORLA and the Norwegian Embassy in den Haag are organising a seminar for dutch publishers on current Norwegian Children’s and YA-literature.
NORLA’s Selected Titles will be presented by NORLA’s representative and Dutch translators, followed by speed-dating with the publishers. The seminar will be concluded with a lunch.
NORLA annually hands out an award to a talented emerging translator of Norwegian literature. The award is given for translations directly from Norwegian as an encouragement towards continued efforts.
The 2024 award will be given to a translator of non-fiction.
NORLA have the pleasure of inviting American publishing editors to a book trade meeting in connection with the PEN World Voices festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
Author Vigdis Hjorth is on the program, and several meetings will be arranged between Norwegian literary agents and representatives from the American publishing industry.
The book trade meeting is organized in collaboration with the Norwegian Consulate General in New York.