Ivo de Figueiredo in the Czech republic

Ivo de Figueiredo will visit Brno (April 22) and Prague (April 25), on the occasion of the launch of the Czech translation of his critically acclaimed book Henrik Ibsen. The Man and the Mask.

The author will give lectures at the universities in both Brno and Prague, and take part in public events leading up to Ibsen-productions at the theatres in both Prague and Brno.

See the full programme (in Czech) here.

Henrik Ibsen. The Man and the Mask is translated from the Norwegian by Karolína Stehliková and published by Karonilum Press through translation subisdy from NORLA.
Read more about the book (in Czech) here.
And read more about the translator (in Norwegian) here.

More about Ivo de Figueiredo here.

See pictures from the event in Brno, April 22, here.

Upcoming activities

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.

December 4-December 6

Rome, Italy

NORLA at the Rome Book Fair and Italian Book Trade meeting

From December 4–6, NORLA will attend the Rome Book Fair, Più libri più liber, for the first time, motivated by Norway’s upcoming role as Guest of Honour at the Bologna Book Fair in 2026. Alongside a tour of the fair, NORLA will meet with small and medium-sized publishers.

On Thursday, December 5, NORLA is hosting a book trade meeting in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Rome. The aim is to provide information on NORLA’s activities and to establish connections between Italian publishers and Norwegian literary agents.

February 1 2025

Application deadline: Translation subsidy and Production subsidy

Please note that there are new application deadlines in 2025, with three deadlines in total, for Norwegian books in all genres:
1 February, 1 June and 1 October.