Between Tradition and Experiment: Contemporary Norwegian Children's Literature Event Conversation

Welcome to an evening dedicated to contemporary Norwegian children’s literature at the Nordische Botschaften / Felleshus at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin!
23. January. 2019 — 19:00.

The event on Facebook.

Participants
Sverre Henmo
Kristin Ørjasæter
Gry Morsund
Stian Hole
Ines Galling
Ute Wegmann

Organisers
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin
Foundation International Youth Library (Stiftung Internationale Jugendbibliothek)
Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books (Norsk barnebokinstitutt)
NORLA

This first preliminary event for Norway Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 will focus on children’s literature, through two conversations about storytelling in illustrated children’s books and perspectives on children’s books and markets in Norway and Germany.

The program for the evening is:

19.00: Welcome by NORLA

19.05: Storytelling through images

Participants:

Stian Hole, author and illustrator, Oslo – known for titles like Garmann’s Summer and Morkel’s Alphabet. Hole is also nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2019.

Gry Moursund, author and illustrator, Oslo – known for illustrating the picture books about the three Billy Goats, written by Bjørn F. Rørvik. She is nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2019.

19.50: Intermission

20.10: Perspectives: Books, Children, Markets – Norway and Germany

Participants:

Ines Galling is in charge of German and Scandinavian literature for children and young adults at the International Youth Library Foundation in Munich.

Sverre Henmo is head of publishing for children’s literature at the Aschehoug Publishing House in Oslo.

Kristin Ørjasæter is director and researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books.

Moderated by Ute Wegmann, journalist, author and program host at German radio station Deutschlandfunk in Cologne.

The event will be held in German and Norwegian.

Free entrance at: Nordische Botschaften /Felleshus
Rauchstraße 1 , 10787 Berlin (see map).

Upcoming activities

November 22-November 24

Paris, France

Norwegian Literature at the Musée d’Orsay

On Friday, November 22, Margit Walsø and Andrine Pollen will introduce NORLA, along with Norwegian literature and the publishing industry, to Scandinavian Studies students at the Sorbonne University. Students will also meet authors Katrine Nedrejord and Lars Saabye Christensen, who will present themselves and their literary works. Katrine Nedrejord’s book The Sami Problem (original title: Sameproblemet ) will feature in a workshop on translation.

On Saturday, November 23, Marta Breen will deliver a lecture titled Women’s Place, followed by a discussion on ecology and minorities, between Kathrine Nedrejord and translator Marianne Ségol-Samoy, who has translated works by Nedrejord and also Jon Fosse into French.

Marianne Ségol-Samoy will also join a conversation with Gabriel Dufay, an actor, director, and Jon Fosse enthusiast, about the Nobel Prizes in Literature.

November 25

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 1 November.

November 26-December 4

Guadalajara, Mexico

NORLA and Norwegian participants to Mexico

From December 1-4, NORLA and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Mexico will once again be present with a stand at the Guadalajara Book Fair in Mexico, which is the world’s largest Spanish-speaking book fair.