Holiday hours at NORLA
At NORLA we will close for the Christmas holiday Thursday afternoon, December 19.
The office will reopen on Monday, January 6.
September 16
Oslo, Norway
Arabic translator’s seminar
NORLA will be hosting our third Arabic translator seminar in the series on Monday, September 16th, following up Norway’s role as Guest of Honour at the Cairo International Book Fair in January. During the seminar, participants will discuss their experiences with translating from Norwegian to Arabic. Following this, two Egyptian publishers, Sherif Bakr from Al Arabi Publishing, and Mohamed El-Baaly from Sefsafa Publishing, will be talking about their work with translations for the Arabic-speaking world.
Upcoming activities
December 20-January 5 2025
January 15 2025
Application deadline: Author and lecturer visits to institutions of higher learning abroad
NORLA administrates the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ scheme for travel grants for authors and lecturers who will visit institutions of higher learning abroad where instruction is given in the Norwegian language.
February 1 2025
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.