Application deadline: Sample translation of Norwegian literature
Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.
NORLA will also be taking part this year in the book fair Non/fiction in Moscow.
Please contact us to schedule meetings with NORLA during the book fair.
Author and journalist Bår Stenvik will take part in the book fair to launch the Russian edition of his book Bluff.
The book is translated from the Norwegian by Anastasia Naumova and published by Alpina Publisher through translation subsidy from NORLA.
In addition to his program at the book fair, Bår Stenvik will take part in the international festival of literature, Spoken Word.
The historian and expert in the field of Svalbard, Thor Bjørn Arlov, will also be in Moscow during the book fair to to launch the Russian edition of his book The History of Svalbard.
The Norwegian program offers several readings by Bår Stenvik and Thor B. Arlov, a seminar for librarians on the books of 2016, a smaller semianar on books on psychology, and several events for children, including a consert with songs from. There will also be held four sessions at the Norwegian stand with translators of Norwegian literature, where a total of twelve translators take part.
See more info (in Russian) on the Norwegian book fair program on Facebook.
See Norwegian books recently published in Russian through NORLA’s translation subsidies here.
Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.
The Writers’ Guild of Norway (in Norwegian: Dramatikerforbundet) may award grants for the translation of Norwegian dramatic works to other languages. The primary purpose of the grant scheme is to contribute to the presentation/production of Norwegian drama abroad.
This year’s Gothenburg Book Fair takes place on September 25–29, with drama as one of its main focuses. The Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting – NCNP (Dramatikkens hus) will be participating, hosting an exciting program of Norwegian events. More details about the drama stage can be found here (in Swedish). Please see all English language events here.
From NORLA, Margit Walsø and Oliver Møystad will be attending the book fair. Please get in touch if you would like to schedule a meeting.
You can find us in the International Rights Centre, at table E06.