Previous activities

The planning for Norway as Guest of Honour at the Leipziger Buchmesse is well underway. During the literature festival Kapittel in Stavanger from September 19th to 22nd, the German-Norwegian program series titled Auf dem Weg nach Leipzig (On the Way to Leipzig) will be presented. This is a festival within a festival, organized by Kapittel in collaboration with the Norwegian-German Willy Brandt Foundation and the Goethe-Institut. NORLA is partner.

The aim is to introduce German literature to Norwegian readers and foster discussions about literature and current societal issues in Norway and Germany/Switzerland/Austria through meetings between Norwegian and German authors. In the author conversations, German-speaking authors will meet their Norwegian colleagues, such as Judith Hermann / Monika Isakstuen, Christoph Ransmayr / Erik Fosnes Hansen, and Simon Strauss / Simon Stranger.

The complete program will be continuously updated here

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Athens will be hosting a book trade meeting for Greek editors of children’s and young adult literature on Wednesday, September 18th. NORLA will participate digitally with a 30-minute introduction on Norwegian children’s and young adult literature, selected titles, and NORLA’s work.

Eight international non-fiction editors will visit Norway September 17 – 20 to participate in NORLA’s fellowship program in Oslo and Stavanger. On Wednesday, September 18th, they will meet with non-fiction editors and authors in Oslo. On Thursday, September 19th, the group will travel to Stavanger to attend the literature festival Kapittel and to meet authors, as well as explore the city and enjoy a boat tour on Lysefjorden.

NORLA will be hosting our third Arabic translator seminar in the series on Monday, September 16th, following up Norway’s role as Guest of Honour at the Cairo International Book Fair in January. During the seminar, participants will discuss their experiences with translating from Norwegian to Arabic. Following this, two Egyptian publishers, Sherif Bakr from Al Arabi Publishing, and Mohamed El-Baaly from Sefsafa Publishing, will be talking about their work with translations for the Arabic-speaking world.

Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.

The Norwegian Guest of Honour project for the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair is in the works. We are now looking forward to a Norwegian-Italian book trade meeting taking place in Oslo from September 9th – 11th. The program comprises a range of events, like visits to Norwegian publishing houses, as well as meetings between Norwegian and Italian editors. The event is a collaboration between Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Oslo and NORLA.

Read more about the event in New Italian Books

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 are back in the office on Thursday, 1 August.

Have a great summer!

Meet us in South Korea during the Seoul International Book Fair, 26-30 June. This year, Norway is the book fair’s “Spotlight country” (along with Oman), and Norwegian authors Kristin Roskifte and Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson will be taking part in the programme. Welcome to our stand no. B18!
Please contact us if you would like to arrange a meeting with NORLA.

NORLA looks forward to take part in the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), 19-23 June 2024. Visitors may also meet the award-winning author and illustrator Kristin Roskifte.
Welcome to our stand no. E1 A22!
Please contact us if you would like to arrange a meeting with NORLA.

From June 4th to 7th, NORLA’s Fellowship will be taking place, this time in Oslo – it has previously been held in Lillehammer.

Our offices will be closed on Friday, May 17, due to Norway’s Constitution Day. We are also closed for Whit Monday, on May 20.
We will be back on Tuesday, May 21.

Happy 17th of May and Holidays!

NORLA have the pleasure of inviting American publishing editors to a book trade meeting. Author Vigdis Hjorth is on the program, and several meetings will be arranged between Norwegian literary agents and representatives from the American publishing industry.
The book trade meeting is organized in collaboration with the Norwegian Consulate General in New York.

NORLA annually hands out an award to a talented emerging translator of Norwegian literature. The award is given for translations directly from Norwegian as an encouragement towards continued efforts.
The 2024 award will be given to a translator of non-fiction.

On Thursday, April 18, NORLA and the Norwegian Embassy in den Haag are organising a seminar for dutch publishers on current Norwegian Children’s and YA-literature.
NORLA’s Selected Titles will be presented by NORLA’s representative and Dutch translators, followed by speed-dating with the publishers. The seminar will be concluded with a lunch.

Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for fiction, for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 April.