NORLA at the Jaipur Literary Festival and the Delhi World Book Fair

NORLA is once again taking part in the Jaipur Literature Festival, “the world’s grandest literary show,” which takes place from 15 to 19 January.
It is said to be the world’s largest free literary festival, with an overwhelming number of authors, participants, and visitors from India and all over the world. From Norway, Anne Beate Hovind from the Future Library and Ivo de Figueiredo are participating. He will also go on to the literature festival in Kerala.

A side programme at the literature festival is the industry meeting BookMark, where publishers and book professionals from across India and other countries meet to discuss industry issues, present and pitch books, and more. Oliver Møystad from NORLA will speak about Norwegian children’s and young adult literature in conversation with Truda Spruyt from the communications agency Collective Wisdom in London. There will also be opportunities to present Norwegian books and authors to the Indian publishing industry.

Along the way, NORLA will visit the Delhi World Book Fair to take part in the launch of Kjell Askildsen’s short story collection En plutselig frigjørende tankein in Hindi. The book is being published by Sambhavna Prakashan (ed. Teji Grover), and the stories have been translated via English by Abhishek Agarwal and others.

Upcoming activities

January 21-January 23

Finland

NORLA to meet Nordic colleagues in Helsinki

Representatives from NORLA’s staff will be attending a seminar with our Nordic colleagues – members of the NordLit network – January 21-23.
The employees at the Nordic literary offices meet annually, and this year the meeting will take place in Helsinki, Finland.

We look forward to exchanging experiences and future plans with our colleagues!

The Nordic literary offices all administer The Nordic Council of Ministers’ funding scheme for the translation of literature and drama from one Nordic language to another.
Read more about the scheme here.

February 9-February 11

Bergen

NORLA at the Se og les Conference

Se og les is a children’s and young adult literature conference and professional meeting place focusing on reading, literary mediation, and current issues related to how children and young people engage with literature.

March 10-March 12

Great Britain

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.