American celebration in New York of Norway as this year's Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse

In collaboration with the Frankfurt Book Fair’s New York office and the Norwegian Consulate in New York, NORLA is organizing a seminar for American publishers to mark Norway as a Guest of Honour at the Frankfurter Buchmesse. Three publishers publishers will talk about publishing translated literature: Richard Stoiber of German Matthes & Seitz, Peter Blackstock of American Grove Atlantic and Håkon Harket of Norwegian Press Publishers. The author of Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects, Anne Sverdrup-Tygeson, will also participate.

Upcoming activities

September 8

Application deadline: Sample translation of Norwegian literature

Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.

September 15

Application deadline: Translation grants for Norwegian contemporary drama

The Writers’ Guild of Norway (in Norwegian: Dramatikerforbundet) may award grants for the translation of Norwegian dramatic works to other languages. The primary purpose of the grant scheme is to contribute to the presentation/production of Norwegian drama abroad.

September 25-September 29

Sweden

NORLA at the Gothenburg Book Fair

This year’s Gothenburg Book Fair takes place on September 25–29, with drama as one of its main focuses. The Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting – NCNP (Dramatikkens hus) will be participating, hosting an exciting program of Norwegian events. More details about the drama stage can be found here (in Swedish). Please see all English language events here.

From NORLA, Margit Walsø and Oliver Møystad will be attending the book fair. Please get in touch if you would like to schedule a meeting.
You can find us in the International Rights Centre, at table E06.