CANCELLED: Book trade meetings in The Netherlands and Belgium

The book trade meetings in The Netherlands and Belgium are cancelled.

The Norwegian Embassies in The Hague and Brussels, Dutch translator Paula Stevens and NORLA are organizing half-day seminars for Dutch and Belgian publishers of children’s and young adult literature.
This is the first time a publishing seminar is being held in Brussels, and at NORLA, we are very happy that it is happening now!

The seminar in The Hague will be held on Tuesday March 24.
The seminar in Brussels will be held on Wednesday March 25.

Upcoming activities

September 1

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.

October 1

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.