NORLA's activities during the Norwegian Literature Festival in Lillehammer

We are happy to host visits by several international groups during the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer:

As in previous years, NORLA is inviting foreign publishers to apply for a fellowship during the Norwegian Festival of Literature. This year the focus is on children’s and young adult literature, and the program runs between 23-26 May.
The participants will be introduced to Norwegian authors and have meetings with literary agents for children’s and young adult literature, They will also have the opportunity to attend several cultural and social events in the beautiful surroundings of Lillehammer. In addition, the participants will also take part in a kick-off event for Norway as the Guest of Honour at the Bologna Book Fair in 2026.

We also are happy to invite translators of Norwegian literature to apply to participate in our program during the festival in Lillehammer. NORLA covers the travel costs, board and lodging, for ten participants, from Tuesday 23 – Friday 26 May.
The translators are free to follow the festival’s extensive program at their own leasure. They will also be able to participate in sections of this year’s fellowship program.

This year we have the pleasure of inviting to an Opening Conference for Norway as Guest of Honour in Bologna 2026, a kickstart event open to all. The conference takes place Wednesday 24 May, 9:00-12:00 at the Kulturhuset Banken in Lillehammer.
Please register here if you would like to join us.
Read more and see detailes program here

As in previous years, we have also invited literary journalists to visit the festival. This year there are four journalists participating, from the USA, Italy, Portugal and Croatia.

We are looking forward to fruitful days at Scandinavia’s largest literature festival!

Upcoming activities

November 22-November 24

Paris, France

Norwegian Literature at the Musée d’Orsay

On Friday, November 22, Margit Walsø and Andrine Pollen will introduce NORLA, along with Norwegian literature and the publishing industry, to Scandinavian Studies students at the Sorbonne University. Students will also meet authors Katrine Nedrejord and Lars Saabye Christensen, who will present themselves and their literary works. Katrine Nedrejord’s book The Sami Problem (original title: Sameproblemet ) will feature in a workshop on translation.

On Saturday, November 23, Marta Breen will deliver a lecture titled Women’s Place, followed by a discussion on ecology and minorities, between Kathrine Nedrejord and translator Marianne Ségol-Samoy, who has translated works by Nedrejord and also Jon Fosse into French.

Marianne Ségol-Samoy will also join a conversation with Gabriel Dufay, an actor, director, and Jon Fosse enthusiast, about the Nobel Prizes in Literature.

November 25

Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for non-fiction

Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for non-fiction, for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 November.

November 26-December 4

Guadalajara, Mexico

NORLA and Norwegian participants to Mexico

From December 1-4, NORLA and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Mexico will once again be present with a stand at the Guadalajara Book Fair in Mexico, which is the world’s largest Spanish-speaking book fair.