NORLA Fellowship in Oslo, June: Children and YA literature - Call for applications

Norway will be Guest of Honour at the Bologna Children´s Book Fair in 2026. NORLA invites foreign publishers and editors of children and YA literature to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 10-13.
Application deadline: Friday, February 28th, 2025, at 12.00 (CET).

Please apply using the form here

The fellowship will focus on Norwegian children & YA literature. On the program will be visits to Norwegian publishing houses, presentations by Norwegian authors, meetings with literary agents, as well as an extensive social program in Oslo.

This year, participants of all languages are welcome to apply, if your area of interest is children & YA literature. Italian applicants are especially encouraged.

The fellowship covers accommodation for three nights in Oslo (June 10-13).
Travel costs must be covered by each fellow.  

(Summer in Oslo. Photo: Per Øystein Roland)

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.