Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery is visiting Beijing and Shanghai in connection with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cultural exchange and export between Norway and China. From NORLA, Andrine Pollen will participate.
On Saturday, 30 May, an event will be held at the library in Beijing designed by Snøhetta. Authors Simon Stranger and Kristin Roskifte will take part, and both will also participate in a number of additional programme events and book launches during their stay.
An exhibition of illustrations from Norwegian children’s books will also be presented at the residence of the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing. The exhibition will feature one work by each of the 49 illustrators who participated in the Norwegian Guest of Honour exhibition at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April.
More about Simon Stranger.
The author will participate in a launch event for the Chinese translations of the children’s books Kokotopia 1–4, illustrated by Helena Lindholm. In addition, he will take part in two events related to his novel Keep Saying Their Names (original title: Leksikon om lys og mørke).
More about Kristin Roskifte.
See the 49 illustrators here.
More about the Norwegian-designed library in Beijing here.
In collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London, NORLA is hosting a special industry event highlighting contemporary Norwegian children’s and young adult literature on November 5.
The event will take place at the Norwegian Ambassador’s Residence.
Norway is Guest of Honour at this year’s Les Boréales festival in Normandy, taking place from 12–22 November.
A strong line-up of Norwegian authors will take part in the festival: Ingeborg Arvola, Martin Baldysz, Brit Bildøen, Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst, Oliver Lovrenski, Aslak Nore, Lars Ramslie and Maria Navarro Skaranger.
During the festival, NORLA will also organise a translation seminar for students at the University of Caen on 17 November. The seminar will have a special focus on Brit Bildøen’s Gult farevarsel (Yellow Warning, Vigilance orange). Bildøen and her French translator Marina Heide will take part in the seminar, which is organized in close cooperation with the University.
The Norwegian Embassy in Paris is a partner in Norway’s Guest of Honour programme.
NORLA will take part in this year’s China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair with its own stand.
The fair will also feature the illustration exhibition first presented at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in spring 2026, when Norway was Guest of Honour. This brings the initiative showcasing Norwegian children’s and young adult literature and illustration to a new international audience.