Festival directors from across the world to attend Bergen International Literary Festival

Bergen International Literary Festival have invited festival directors from four different countries to attend this year`s festival. They will be joining the festival program as well as meeting Norwegian authors and industry players to discuss potential collaborations going forward. The invited directors are from Scotland, Nigeria, Ireland, USA/Frankrike. NORLA has contributed with a visitor`s grant through our new grant scheme for international delegates.

We are looking forward to meeting the delegates in Bergen on the 9th of February and telling them more about how NORLA contributes to bringing Norwegian literature out in the world!

Upcoming activities

February 1

Application deadline: Translation subsidy and Production subsidy

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.

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.