NORLA will be attending the London Book Fair at Olympia 10th-12th. April and, as before, we can be found at the Norwegian stand: 6F70.
We look forward to meeting both established and new contacts. Please contact us to book meetings!
Curious about which Norwegian books have been published in English recently?
On our Flickr-profile you will find the covers of books that have been published with translation support from NORLA (from 2011 onwards).
Visit the book fair’s website.
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.
See the full festival programme.
NORLA will take part in this year’s China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair with its own stand.
The fair will also feature the illustration exhibition first presented at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in spring 2026, when Norway was Guest of Honour. This brings the initiative showcasing Norwegian children’s and young adult literature and illustration to a new international audience.