Norwegian authors and NORLA to Leipzig Book Fair

Norwegian authors and NORLA will participate also this year at the Book Fair in Leipzig, Germany. Look forward to meeting the following six authors: Tor Fretheim, Gard Sveen, Tore Rem, Ingvild H. Rishøi, Audhild Solberg and Arne Svingen.
Oliver Møystad will take part from NORLA.

See details for all events with Norwegian authors below and here.

Children- and Young Adult Literature:

Thursday, March 17
10:00 – 11:00 Arne Svingen | Die Ballade von der gebrochenen Nase
Theater der Jungen Welt

11:00 – 11:30 A. Audhild Solberg | Bandbattle
Lesebude 1, Halle 2, F315

12:30 – 13:00 Arne Svingen | Die Ballade von der gebrochenen Nase
Nordisches Forum, Halle 4, D300

15:30 – 16:00 Tor Fretheim | Die Stille nach Nina Simone
Lese-Treff, Halle 2, G501

Friday, March 18
10:00 – 11:00 Tor Fretheim | Die Stille nach Nina Simone
Veranstaltungstonne der DAA

10:30 – 11:30 A. Audhild Solberg | Bandbattle
LeISA – Soziokulturelles Zentrum Die VILLA

Fiction / Non-fiction:

Friday, March 18
13.00 – 13.30 Ingvild Rishøi “Winternovellen”
Nordisches Forum, Halle 4, Stand D300

19.00 – 19.30 Tore Rem “Knut Hamsun. Die Reise zu Hitler”
naTo, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 46 04275 Leipzig Süd

21.30 – 22.00 Ingvild Rishøi “Winternovellen”
naTo, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 46 04275 Leipzig Süd

Saturday, March 19

13.30 – 14.00 Amalie Skram “Professor Hieronimus”. Presentation by publisher Sebastian Guggolz
Nordisches Forum, Halle 4, Stand D300

14.00 – 14.30 Gard Sveen “Der letzte Pilger”, Kriminalroman
Nordisches Forum, Halle 4, Stand D300

15.00 – 15.30 Tore Rem “Knut Hamsun. Die Reise zu Hitler”
Nordisches Forum, Halle 4, Stand D300

15.30 – 16.00 Ingvild H. Rishøi “Winternovellen”
Nordisches Forum, Halle 4, Stand D300

16.30 – 17.00 Tore Rem “Knut Hamsun. Die Reise zu Hitler”
Stand Eulenspiegel-Verlag

19.00 Große skandinavische Kriminacht:
Gard Sveen “Der letzte Pilger” with Cilla & Rolf Börjlind and Helene Tursten.
Moderator: Antje Deistler, Lesung deutscher Text: Roeland Wiesnekker
Chocolate, Barfußgäßchen 12, 04109, Leipzig (City Centre)

Sunday, March 20
10.30 – 11.00 Tore Rem “Knut Hamsun. Die Reise zu Hitler”
Forum Sachbuch, Halle 5.0, Stand C200

11.30 – 12.00 Amalie Skram “Professor Hieronimus”. Presentation by publisher Sebastian Guggolz
Nordisches Forum, Halle 4, Stand D300

12.30 – 13.00 Ingvild Rishøi “Winternovellen”
Nordisches Forum, Halle 4, Stand D300

At Flickr you may enjoy the book covers of Norwegian books published in German through translation subsidies from NORLA since 2011.

The complete book fair program is available here.

See the book fair’s complete event program for children/young adult literature here.

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.