Meet Lars Mytting, the author of one of the greatest non-fiction publishing successes in Scandinavia ever: the non-fiction book Norwegian Wood (original title: Hel ved, 2011). In 15 months, over 200 000 copies of the book were sold in Norway and Sweden. And foreign rights are sold to several countries.
Saturday 26 September:
Meet Mytting at Wigtown Book Festival at 3pm.
See all details here.
Sunday 27 September:
Meet Mytting at Forum Books in Corbridge at 4pm.
See all details here.
Signed books will be available from Toppings Bookshop in Ely and Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge from Monday onwards.
Read more about the Lars Mytting, Norwegian Wood and the UK-events here.
The book is translated from the Norwegian by Robert Ferguson, and published by MacLehose Press through translation subsidy from NORLA.
Read more about the book here.
NORLA annually hands out an award to a talented emerging translator of Norwegian literature. The award is given for translations directly from Norwegian as an encouragement towards continued efforts.
The 2024 award will be given to a translator of non-fiction.
NORLA have the pleasure of inviting American publishing editors to a book trade meeting in connection with the PEN World Voices festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
Author Vigdis Hjorth is on the program, and several meetings will be arranged between Norwegian literary agents and representatives from the American publishing industry.
The book trade meeting is organized in collaboration with the Norwegian Consulate General in New York.
NORLA invites foreign publishers, editors, and scouts of adult fiction to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 4th – 7th.
Read more here.