Are you a Nordic publisher, editor, sub-agent or scout who is interested in publishing and working with Norwegian literature?
Then save the dates 26 – 28 May 2021!
We are still living in a pandemic situation, which makes it difficult for us to invite you to The Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer and the brand new right’s centre: Lillehammer Rights.
In the meantime, we encourage you to register your interest for the digital Lillehammer Rights 2021 and save the dates 26-28 May.
Register you interest here.
Registration deadline is 15 April.
If accepted, you will get the opportunity to meet with Norwegian literary agents and NORLA and get a taste of the literary life in Lillehammer!
More information to follow.
Read more about The Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer
In collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London, NORLA is hosting a special industry event highlighting contemporary Norwegian children’s and young adult literature on November 5.
The event will take place at the Norwegian Ambassador’s Residence.
Norway is Guest of Honour at this year’s Les Boréales festival in Normandy, taking place from 12–22 November.
A strong line-up of Norwegian authors will take part in the festival: Ingeborg Arvola, Martin Baldysz, Brit Bildøen, Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst, Oliver Lovrenski, Aslak Nore, Lars Ramslie and Maria Navarro Skaranger.
During the festival, NORLA will also organise a translation seminar for students at the University of Caen on 17 November. The seminar will have a special focus on Brit Bildøen’s Gult farevarsel (Yellow Warning, Vigilance orange). Bildøen and her French translator Marina Heide will take part in the seminar, which is organized in close cooperation with the University.
The Norwegian Embassy in Paris is a partner in Norway’s Guest of Honour programme.
NORLA will take part in this year’s China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair with its own stand.
The fair will also feature the illustration exhibition first presented at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in spring 2026, when Norway was Guest of Honour. This brings the initiative showcasing Norwegian children’s and young adult literature and illustration to a new international audience.