From 21st-24th of March, 18 Norwegian authors and illustrators will be participating in the Leipzig Book Fair. You will be able to meet authors, illustrators and NORLA at the Nordic countries stand in hall 4 (stand C400).
Read more and see the complete program on our Frankfurt 2019-website.
A complete program is also available as PDF here
During this year’s book fair, the German audience will be presented with a number of Norwegian authors who currently have books published in German. And in addition, to a comprehensive program at the Nordic countries stand, there will be readings throughout the city during “Leipzig liest,” the reading festival. Anne B. Ragde and Pål Moddi Knutsen will be taking part in this year’s Nordic reading night at Werk 2, and NORLA is hosting two evening events – a Norwegian evening on the theme of freedom of expression at UT Connewitz with Marta Breen, Nancy Herz, Pil Cappelen Smith and Pål Moddi Knutsen; and an evening at Litteraturhaus with Geir Gulliksen, Johan Harstad, Anne B. Ragde, Mona Høvring and Lars Mytting.
On Thursday March 21st, there will be a theme night concerning Norway and the Holocaust, at Grieg Begnungsstätte, with the authors Bjarte Bruland and Sigurd Sørlie.
Also on Thursday, FILI (Finnish Literature Exchange) and NORLA (Norwegian Literature Abroad) will host a joint panel discussion at the Nordic collective stand, Halle 4, C 400,at 11:30-12.30: Children and reading — Challenges and success stories.
FILI will be represented by Director Tiia Strandén and NORLA by Director Margit Walsø.
Contributors to the panel are:
Publisher Carsten Wilms from Kullerkupp Kinderbuch Verlag,
Director Ilmi Villacis, from the Finnish reading centre,
Publisher Saara Tiuraniemi from Tammi Publishers in Finland,
and Norwegian author Linde Hagerup.
Moderator: Director Tiia Strandén from Finnish Literature Exchange.
The panel will be held in English.
Åse Birkenheier will present her translation of Asbjørnsen and Moes’ Folktales 1 & 2 on Saturday March 23rd, at Grieg Begegnungsstätte, while Siri Pettersen will be taking up the black sofa.
Visit the Leipzig 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.
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.