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.
NORLA will be at The Nordic Common Stand at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. You’ll find us in Hall 3.1, stand B70.
The stand will also feature a new catalogue presenting a selection of new books from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland available in German translation.
Nordic Reception: Thursday, 8 October, 17:00–18:30 at The Nordic Stand.
In collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London, NORLA is hosting a special industry event highlighting contemporary Norwegian children’s and young adult literature on November 5.
The event will take place at the Norwegian Ambassador’s Residence.
Norway is Guest of Honour at this year’s Les Boréales festival in Normandy, taking place from 12–22 November.
A strong line-up of Norwegian authors will take part in the festival: Ingeborg Arvola, Martin Baldysz, Brit Bildøen, Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst, Oliver Lovrenski, Aslak Nore, Lars Ramslie and Maria Navarro Skaranger.
During the festival, NORLA will also organise a translation seminar for students at the University of Caen on 17 November. The seminar will have a special focus on Brit Bildøen’s Gult farevarsel (Yellow Warning, Vigilance orange). Bildøen and her French translator Marina Heide will take part in the seminar, which is organized in close cooperation with the University.
The Norwegian Embassy in Paris is a partner in Norway’s Guest of Honour programme.