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).
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)
NORLA aims to recruit more translators of Norwegian Literature. We now invite interested participants to apply to take part in our seminar for new translators, which will be held in Oslo from April 23-26, 2025.
Translators of Norwegian literature are invited to apply for two-week stays at Hotell Bondeheimen, which is centrally located in downtown Oslo and close to many central cultural institutions.
Application deadline for stay May 12-25 is February 28, 12:00 (CET)
Please note that the offer is only available for translators who translate directly from Norwegian, and who have translated at least two titles.
Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.