NORLA's translator conference

26-28 June 2023, NORLA is hosting a large-scale conference for translators of literature from Norway, at Lily Country Club, Kløfta.

For the first time, translators who wish to participate in the conference have be invited to apply. The deadline was 28 November and all applicants will receive response in early January.
We will invite 150 translators who will be chosen to reflect the position and dissemination of literature from Norway in the different language markets, and also contribute to the recruitment of new translators of Norwegian literature.

The conference is financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Upcoming activities

February 5-February 8

Oslo and Bergen, Norway

German journalists to Oslo and Bergen

We look forward to welcoming fourteen German journalists to Norway as a prelude to the Norwegian Guest of Honour program at the Leipziger Buchmesse (March 27–30). The press trip consists of two days in Oslo and two in Bergen, where participants will meet many Norwegian authors and take part in the LitFest Bergen festival. The journalists will also have the opportunity to meet literary agents and other key players in the book industry, as well as representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

February 15

Application deadline: Translation grants for Norwegian contemporary drama

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.