Nordic Literature Festival in Moscow

The highly reputed magazine Inostrannaja Literatura (International Literature) is publishing a special issue focussing on Nordic literature, and to mark the occasion, a mini-festival will take place featuring Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Danish writers.

Roskva Koritzinsky and Mikkel Bugge from Norway, who have both had translated texts published in Inostrannaja Literatura, will be attending from Norway. Participants from the other Nordic countries will include Stina Stoor, Maria Zennstrom, Khashayar Naderehvandi, Gunnar Ardelius and Sjon. There will be a range of events on both days at several locations in Moscow.

See the complete festival programme (in Russian and Norwegian) here.

Visit the magazine’s website.

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.