Previous activities

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.

NORLA is once again looking forward to participating in the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy, where the Norwegian book industry will be assembled on one stand.
You are welcome to visit us in Hall 30 / A12 – B7!
Please contact us if you would like to arrange a meeting.

Please note that there are new application deadlines in 2024, with three deadlines in total, for Norwegian books in all genres:
1 February, 1 April and 1 November

Our office is closed for the Easter holidays as of Wednesday, March 27. We will be back on Tuesday, April 2.

Wishing you all a Happy Easter!

Are you going to the book fair in Leipzig this year? If so, you will be able to meet a big team of Norwegian authors, as well as NORLA. Welcome Halle 4, Stand C305!
All seven Norwegian authors participating have recently published their book in German:

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

Our Senior Adviser Oliver Møystad and Dirctor Margit Walsø will be attending this year’s London Book Fair.
Please contact Oliver in advance, should you like to book a meeting. NORLA is present at table D 102 in IRC.

On Wednesday March 13, Margit Walsø will take part in a panel discussion titled “ENLIT: Supporting Literary Translation Across Europe”, at the book fair’s Literary Translation Centre, 16:30 – 17:15.

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

NORLA invites foreign publishers, editors, and scouts of adult fiction to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 4th – 7th.
Application deadline is Monday, February 26, 2024, at 12.00 (CET).

Please note that there are new application deadlines in 2024, with three deadlines in total, for Norwegian books in all genres:
1 February, 1 April and 1 November

We look forward to presenting a broad and attractive programme, targeting both a general audience and the book industry.