Press conference: launch of Norway's Guest of Honour program for this year's Leipzig Book Fair

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.

Upcoming activities

February 26

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 2 February.

March 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.

NORLA at The London Bookfair

The London Book Fair (LBF) is one of the largest and most important international trade fairs for the book and publishing industry, where the entire global publishing and media community comes together to make deals, network, and explore future content and trends.