Summer holidays at NORLA
NORLA’s offices are closed in July for our summer holidays.
We would like to thank you all for a pleasant collaboration so far this year.
We will be back in the office on Monday, 4 August.
October 24-October 27 2024
Krakow, Poland
Extensive Norwegian Program at the Krakow Book Fair
From October 24-27, NORLA will participate in the Krakow Book Fair in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Warsaw. The book fair coincides with the Joseph Conrad Festival in Krakow. NORLA and the embassy will have a stand at the book fair, with various activities including a bookstore, book signings, Norwegian language courses, and more.
In addition, NORLA will be hosting a seminar for non-fiction publishers and Norwegian literary agents on Thursday, October 24, featuring the authors Bjørn Berge and Ingvild Holtan-Hartwig.
Authors Kjersti Anfinnsen, Karl Ove Knausgård, Maja Lunde, and Lars Saabye Christensen have been invited by their Polish publishers to participate in the book fair and/or the Conrad Festival.
Upcoming activities
July 1-August 3
September 1
Application deadline: Sample translation of Norwegian literature
Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.
September 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.