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.
February 3
Oslo, Norway
Welcome to an event in Oslo with Norwegian and German authors: "You Have a New Friend Request!"
In late summer 2024, three Norwegian and three German authors were paired together. Since the autumn, they have exchanged letters about writing, daily life, the world, and life itself.
They met in person for the first time in Leipzig in October, where they shared their thoughts and letters with an attentive and inspired audience. Now, they are bringing this unique literary exchange to Oslo and readers in Norway are invited to meet the authors and hear their perspectives on the world and the future.
Meet the three Norwegian authors Peter F. Strassegger, Kristin Vego, and Helene Imislund in conversation with Matthias Jügler, Kristina Schilke, and Janin Wölke.
Moderators: Andrine Pollen and Oliver Møystad (NORLA).
Location: Cappelen Damm, Akersgata 47/49, Oslo
Date: February 3, 2025
Time: 18:00–19:30
Admission: Free
See the Facebook event (in Norwegian only)
The event is organized by NORLA in collaboration with Sächsischer Literaturrat, Goethe-Institut, and the two publishing houses Gyldendal Norsk Forlag and Cappelen Damm.
This concept was originally created by the Netherlands and Flanders when they were Guest of Honour at the Leipziger Buchmesse in 2024. It is now being carried forward as Norway takes on the Guest of Honour role in March 2025.
Upcoming activities
July 1-August 3
August 1
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.
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.