Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for fiction
Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for fiction, for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 April.
February 4-February 6 2019
Norway
Nordic Children's Book Conference in Stavanger
At the Nordic Children’s Book Conference, NBBK, in Stavanger, NORLA presents the event “Borderless Women’s Rights”, Wednesday 6 February at 14:30.
Marta Breen and Jenny Jordahl have published the non-fiction cartoon Women in Battle (2018). Foreign rights to the book have been sold to 21 countries. But in the United States, Jordahl had to draw clothes over naked nipples, and in Russia the book is only allowed for the over 18’s.
What kind of limitations meet Nordic literature abroad, and where to draw the line – quite literally – for censorship?
Meet Breen and Jordahl in converstation with their Russian translator Evgenia Vorobyeva. Moderator: Hilde Østby.
NB: Entry to the event requires a conference pass / day pass. Read more.
Hege Langrusten from NORLA will be attending the conference, February 5-6.
The complete program for the conference is available (in Norwegian only) here.
Read more about Women in Battle here.
Upcoming activities
April 16
Oslo, Norway
April 18
Haag, The Netherlands
Dutch Translation Seminar in den Haag
On Thursday, April 18, NORLA and the Norwegian Embassy in den Haag are organising a seminar for dutch publishers on current Norwegian Children’s and YA-literature.
NORLA’s Selected Titles will be presented by NORLA’s representative and Dutch translators, followed by speed-dating with the publishers. The seminar will be concluded with a lunch.
May 1
Deadline: Nominate candidates for NORLA’s Translator's Award 2024
NORLA annually hands out an award to a talented emerging translator of Norwegian literature. The award is given for translations directly from Norwegian as an encouragement towards continued efforts.
The 2024 award will be given to a translator of non-fiction.