NORLA will hold a press conference at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin on Monday 20 January, at 11:00.
We look forward to preseting the Norwegian program for Leipziger Buchmesse taking place in March 2025, where Norway is Guest of Honour.
Taking part in the press conference are authors Vigdis Hjorth and Simon Stranger, Norway’s ambassador Laila Stenseng, director of the Leipziger Buchmesse Astrid Böhmisch, Thomas Böhm and representatives from NORLA.
Read more about Norway’s Guest of Honour project here.
Following NORLA’s presentation of the Norwegian Guest of Honour program for Leipziger Buchmesse (March 27-30), there will be a literary event at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin with two of the authors on the program.
The German audience get to meet Vigdis Hjorth and Simon Stranger in conversation with Thomas Böhm.
The event takes place in the Felleshus, on Monday January 20 at 19:00, and is completely sold out. Read more (in German).
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.
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.