NORLA will be very active at the book fair in Frankfurt 2017, in that only two years remain before Norway will be Guest of Honour.
We will have a particular focus on follow-up of the many publisher visits to Norway we received last spring and on supporting Norwegian publishers and agents in their work of selling Norwegian books to foreign publishers. This applies in particular to the German publishers in the period leading up to 2019. NORLA will of course be represented at the Norwegian book trade’s joint stand in hall 5.0, A53, where we will also present the autumn’s focus titles.
We are simultaneously preparing the culture programme for the autumn of 2019 and will use the opportunity to continue our conversations with Frankfurt’s large museums, theatres and concert houses. We will also be accompanied by writers’ organizations and Norwegian institutions that are interested in becoming acquainted with the book fair in Frankfurt. State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Culture, Mr. Bård Folke Fredriksen, and State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Laila Bokhari plan to attend the book fair on the 11th October.
Margit Walsø and Halldor Gudmundsson will give the first presentation of the Norwegian Guest of Honour project at the book fair’s Business Club and participate in a seminar in which different Guest of Honour nations will present their literature.
We are very much looking forward to greeting contacts both old and new!
Contact us if you want to schedule a meeting with us from NORLA.
Information on this year’s Norwegian booktrade participants may be found at the Norwegian Publishing Association’s website.
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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.