Norwegian authors and NORLA to Nordische Literaturtage

On 27–30 November the Nordic Literature Days at the Hamburg House of Literature will take place.

This year four of NORLA’s New Voices will introduce themselves at this festival: Andreas Tjernshaugen, Tiril Broch Aakre, Birger Emanuelsen and Nina Lykke.
On the evening of Tuesday, 28 November, the four Norwegian authors will present their work to German readers. Two of them will be available in German for the event: Andreas Tjernshaugen’s The Secret Life of Small Birds (Meisenes hemmelige liv) and Nina Lykke’s Nei og atter nei (No and again no).

Read more about the four authors and the New Voices programme here.

Upcoming activities

February 26

Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for non-fiction

Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for non-fiction, for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 2 February.

March 1

Application deadline: Sample translation of Norwegian literature

Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.

NORLA at The London Bookfair

The London Book Fair (LBF) is one of the largest and most important international trade fairs for the book and publishing industry, where the entire global publishing and media community comes together to make deals, network, and explore future content and trends.