NORLA annually hands out an award to a translator of Norwegian literature. The award is given for translations directly from Norwegian.
In 2018, the award will be given to a talented young translator of non-fiction as an encouragement towards continued efforts.
We would very much like to hear from you about deserving candidates!
NORLA’s offices are closed for Easter as of Wednesday March 28.
We open again Tuesday April 3.
The open architectural competition for the design of Norway’s pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019. The competition has been arranged by NORLA, in cooperation with DOGA. The Norwegian Association of National Architects (NAL) are assisting NORLA throughout the competition and will assume the role of competition officer and legal secretary in addition to quality assurance of the competition program itself.
The deadline is 28th of March, at 15:00 (Norwegian time).
NORLA is participating at the children’s book fair in Bologna, Italy. This year, for the first time, the Norwegian book industry will be assembled at one large stand at the book fair. Welcome to Hall 21-A51!
Contact us if you wish to arrange a meeting.
See our selected spring titles for children and young adults
On March 17-19 the book fair Paris Livre takes place. On March 19 there will be arranged a seminar on theatre, where among others Johan Harstad will participate. On March 20, NORLA arranges a publishers’seminar in cooperation with the Norwegian embassy. Anne Cathrine Straume from Norwegian public broadcasting will talk about Norwegian contemporary literature, and Johan Harsted, Helga Flatland, Simen Ekern and Ylva Østby will present their latest books. Norwegian agents will also be present.
The next day, Wednesday March 21, there will be a seminar for translatos and students at the Sorbonne. The same lecturer and authors will be present, and editor-in-chief Eva Bredin from JC Lattès will join in to talk about how she works together with the translators.
Between the 15th and 18th of March, no less than thirteen Norwegian authors will take part in the Leipzig Book Fair. Meet the authors and NORLA at the Norwegian stand in Hall 4 C400!
This year Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit will also visit the Leipzig Book Fair, as ambassador for Norwegian literature abroad
See the complete Norwegian program here.
Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.
NOTE that agents and publishers in Norway can also apply to NORLA, for support for extended sample translations; made possible by funds from the Ministry of Culture as a step towards making Norwegian literature exports an industry.
Translators of Norwegian literature may also apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations from books of interest. For translators, there are no application deadlines.
Read more (in Norwegian) here.
Andrine Pollen is a contributor during the seminar: “Frankfurt 2019 – About Norwegian Literature Abroad.”
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world’s largest book fair. in 2019, Norway will be the Guest of Honour and Norwegian literature from all genres will be showcased all over Germany throughout the year. NORLA, Norwegian Literature Abroad, promotes Norwegian literary education through active promotional work and support for translation, and is responsible for implementing the Norwegian Guest of Honour project.
Come and hear more about Norwegian literature as seen from the outside!
More information in Norwegian here.
Meeting of NORLA’s committee of experts for non-fiction (for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 February).
Read more about the translation subsidy here.
NORLA hereby invites the editorial staffs of all publishing houses in Norway to nominate candidates for the fourth group of authors in our development program “New Voices”.
The programme forms part of the commitment to Frankfurt 2019, where an important objective is to develop new writers’ voices.
The programme is funded by Talent Norway and The Norwegian Publishers Association, while NORLA is responsible for its implementation.
Read more here.
Innovation Norway and NORLA invite the Norwegian travel and tourism industry to a meeting to discuss the opportunities the Guest of Honour project provides to the industry in the German market.
February 15 is the application deadline for translators of Norwegian literature regarding stays at NORLA’s Translators hotel spring 2018 (weeks 16-17, i.e. as of Monday April 16th through Sunday April 29th).
Please note that the offer is only available for translators who translate directly from Norwegian.
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have in previous years contributed towards the scheme.
Read more (in Norwegian) here.
A group of seven German non-fiction publishers come to Norway 6th-9th of February.
The group will receive a broad introduction to the Norwegian non-fiction book industry, and will be presented to a number of authors, editors and agents.
We very much look forward to this!
Norway is the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2019.
Who are we, when we present Norwegian children’s and youth literature in Frankfurt? And who reads what, and where, tomorrow?
On February the 7th, Andrine Pollen is leading a panel discussion with literary agent Evy Tillman (Oslo Literary Agency), the authors Taran L. Bjørnstad and Endre Lund Eriksen, as well as their translator Maike Dörries from Germany.
Read more at the conference’s web pages (in Norwegian only).
On Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th of February, the spring participants of NORLA’s New Voice program will meet for the first time. They are Lotta Elstad, Lars Petter Sveen, Øystein Morten, Heidi Sævareid and Gudrun Skretting. The five authors will receive a good introduction to presentation techniques from translator and actor Erik Skuggevik before being thrown into meetings with translators, audiences and publishers across large parts of Europe throughout the spring.
Get to know the authors better here.