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.
We look forward to welcoming a new group of translators to our Translator Hotel at Bondeheimen in Oslo, where they will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in Norwegian literature, language, and culture.
The spring session will take place from May 12–25, with four available spots.
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.
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.