Summer holidays at NORLA
NORLA’s offices are closed in July for our summer holidays.
We would like to thank you all for a pleasant collaboration so far this year.
We will be back in the office on Monday, 4 August.
December 5 2017
Norway
Book trade meeting in Stockholm
On Tuesday, 05 December, a book trade meeting for Swedish publishers will be held at the Norwegian embassy in Stockholm. The focus will be on children’s books.
Librarian Siri Odfjell Risdal from the House of Culture Sølvberget in Stavanger will give an introduction to contemporary Norwegian children’s and young adult literature, and as many as five Norwegian children’s books authors will participate: Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen, Elisabeth Helland Larsen, Ingunn Thon, Erna Osland and Sigbjørn Mostue will all be presenting relevant titles. Norwegian agents will also be present to inform more about these and other books relevant for Swedish publishers.
Upcoming activities
July 1-August 3
August 1
Application deadline: Author and lecturer visits to institutions of higher learning abroad
NORLA administrates the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ scheme for travel grants for authors and lecturers who will visit institutions of higher learning abroad where instruction is given in the Norwegian language.
September 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.
Read more here.