On Wednesday 23 November, the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing and the Consulate General in Shanghai will host a hybrid event for Chinese translators and the publishing trade.
The event includes three Norwegian participants (digitally): Children’s book author Hanne Gjerde Buch, as well as NORLA’s Director, Margit Walsø. In addition, author Erika Fatland will present her non-fiction book Sovietistan, which is available in Chinese translation.
There will also be a presentation of NORLA’s Selected Titles, both for adults and for children’s and young adults. The children’s books will be exhibited at the Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair on the Consulate General’s stand, December 2 – 4.
See our Chinese language presentations of NORLA’s Selected Titles in all genres here
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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.