NORLA once again takes part in the Jaipur Literary Festival!

JLF claims to be the world’s largest free literature festival, with an overwhelming number of writers, participants and audiences from India and the rest of the world. This year, the entire festival will be arranged digitally. A side program at the literature festival is the industry meeting Jaipur BookMark, where publishers and booksellers from all over India and other countries meet to discuss industry issues, present and sell books, etc. This year, NORLA will lead a panel on children’s literature entitled Imagine: The Child’s World.

There are three Norwegian panelists: Evy Tillman, Oslo Literary Agency, Anette Garpestad, Cappelen Damm Agency and Svein Størksen, Magikon publishing house. Indian participants are Anil Varma from the Hindi Book Center, publisher Richa Jha, Pickle Yolk Books and author Deepa Agarwal.

The Norwegian Embassy in Delhi is Country Partner for Jaipur BookMark, and Ambassador Hans Jacob Frydenlund will give the opening speech for this year’s digital BookMark.

The program will be live streamed.
Time: Tuesday 23 February, 13:30-14:30 (CET).

Visit Jaipur BookMark

Upcoming activities

June 10-June 13

Oslo, Norway

NORLA Fellowship in Oslo 2025: Children and YA literature

Norway will be Guest of Honour at the Bologna Children´s Book Fair in 2026. NORLA invites foreign publishers and editors of children and YA literature to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 10 -13. The fellowship will focus on Norwegian children & YA literature. On the program will be visits to Norwegian publishing houses, presentations by Norwegian authors, meetings with literary agents, as well as an extensive social program in Oslo.

August 1

Application deadline: Author and lecturer visits to institutions of higher learning abroad

NORLA administrates the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ scheme for travel grants for authors and lecturers who will visit institutions of higher learning abroad where instruction is given in the Norwegian language.

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.