Previous activities

NORLA once again invites the editorial staffs of all publishing houses in Norway to nominate candidates for our development programme for new literary voices, “New Voices”.
The programme is a part of the Frankfurt 2019 initiative, in the context of which the discovery and promotion of new literary voices is an important objective.
The programme is funded by Talent Norge and the Norwegian Publishers Association, while NORLA is responsible for its implementation.

The programmes first group of four authors was selected in the autumn of 2016 and the program started up in January 2017.

The deadline for nominations from editorial staffs is 15.03.2017.

NORLA will take part in the London Book Fair at Olympia, and you will find us at the Nordic stand, 6F70.
We are looking forward to meeting both contacts of old and new!

Please don’t hesitate to contact us to schedule meetings!

See NORLA’s selected Norwegian spring titles on our website.

February 15 is the application deadline for translators of Norwegian literature regarding stays at NORLA’s Translators hotel spring 2017 (weeks 19-20, i.e. as of Monday May 5th through Sunday May 21st).
Please note that the offer is only available for translators who translate directly from Norwegian.

Read more (in Norwegian) here.

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

Translators of Norwegian literature may also apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations from books of interest.
There are no application deadlines. Read more (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.

Read more about the translation subsidy for Norwegian non-fiction here.

Thomas Enger and Hans Olav Lahlum are participating at the NOIR LITERATURE FESTIVAL in New Delhi from January 27th – 29th , together with around 30 other writers and speakers. Most participants come from India, so the Norwegian writers will form an exotic element at the festival. Crime fiction is a young and growing genre in India, so the writers can count on a large and enthusiastic audience.

Both writers are published by British publishers, so their book can also reach an Indian audience.
This is the third year this festival is arranged, NORLA and Norwegian writers were present already in 2015.

Visit the festival’s website or Facebook page for more details.

NORLA’s talent programme for the development of new literary voices «New Voices» (Nye stemmer) is a part of the project of Norway as Guest of Honour nation at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2019. The programme has been established in collaboration with Talent Norge and the Norwegian Publishers Association. The recruitment of new talents is a key element in the work of Norway as Guest of Honour nation and an important part of this endeavour is the promotion of new literary voices internationally.

Director Margit Walsø, and Senior Advisers Andrine Pollen and Per Øystein Roland will be out of office January 17-20, attending a seminar with our Nordic colleagues.
The employees at the Nordic literary offices meet annually, and this year the meeting will take place in Nuuk, Greenland.

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.

NORLA administrates the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ scheme for travel grants for authors and lecturers who will visit institutions of higher learning abroad where instruction is given in the Norwegian language.
Read more here.

This spring, NORLA’s staff look forward to attending several book fairs, events and literary festivals around the world. See detailed list below.

Feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting!

We hope to see you!

Asle Skredderberget will be participating at the New Literature From Europe Festival in New York, which takes place between the 7th and the 10th of December.

Have a look at the events he will be part of here.
On facebook:
8th of December: Inventing Realities
10th of December: Character Building
10th of December: In the Mother Tongue: A European Reading

Read more about the New Literature From Europe Festival here.
Read more about Asle Skredderberget and his books here and here.

(Photo: Christian Andersen)

NORLA will also be taking part this year in the book fair Non/fiction in Moscow.
Please contact us to schedule meetings with NORLA during the book fair.

Author and journalist Bår Stenvik will take part in the book fair to launch the Russian edition of his book Bluff.
The book is translated from the Norwegian by Anastasia Naumova and published by Alpina Publisher through translation subsidy from NORLA.
In addition to his program at the book fair, Bår Stenvik will take part in the international festival of literature, Spoken Word.

The historian and expert in the field of Svalbard, Thor Bjørn Arlov, will also be in Moscow during the book fair to to launch the Russian edition of his book The History of Svalbard.

The Norwegian program offers several readings by Bår Stenvik and Thor B. Arlov, a seminar for librarians on the books of 2016, a smaller semianar on books on psychology, and several events for children, including a consert with songs from. There will also be held four sessions at the Norwegian stand with translators of Norwegian literature, where a total of twelve translators take part.

See more info (in Russian) on the Norwegian book fair program on Facebook.

See Norwegian books recently published in Russian through NORLA’s translation subsidies here.

The book fair in Guadalajara is the largest in the Spanish speaking world − and on the whole, one of the most pleasantly enjoyable fairs. NORLA will take part in the Guadalajara International Book Fair, as we have done the past two years, along with some of our Nordic sister organizations.
Please contact us if you would like to schedule a meeting. You will find NORLA at the foreign rights centre, table 99.

This year, two Norwegian authors will also be joining us in Guadalajara: Simon Stranger and Carl Frode Tiller. Stranger’s novel for adolescents Barsakh will be published by the Mexican publisher Nostra Ediciones / Panorama Editorial, translated by Pablo Osorio, and the first volume of Tiller’s trilogy Innsirkling (Encirclement) will be published by the Spanish publisher Sajalín Editores S.L, translated by Cristina Gómez Baggethun.
The Norwegian literary agency, Oslo Literary Agency, will also be taking part in the fair and will be present at the foreign rights centre, table 121.

See details on events featuring Simon Stranger here.
And details on events featuring Carl Frode Tiller here.

Pablo Osorio is NORLA’s Translator of the Month in November. If you read Norwegian, see our interview with him here.

See Norwegian books recently published in Spanish through NORLA’s translation subsidies here.

You may read more in Spanish about the Norwegian participation at the book fair here.

NORLA will once again take part in the book fair in Shanghai, which in its entirety is dedicated to literature for children and young people. Last year’s attendance resulted in massive interest in Norwegian authors and books and also many foreign right sales (read more). This year, author and illustrator Anna Fiske will present her books at the fair, and continue on a launch tour to Beijing and Guangzhou.
See a video interview with Anna Fiske.

Author Endre Lund Eriksen is also back in China this year. In 2013, his cartoon series about the Monsters in Dunderly (illustrated by Endre Skandfer) was published in Chinese book version by Tsinghua University Publishing House and became a major success (read more here). And now, the animation of the Dunderly-series will be shared with Chinese children and parents.

Read more about the Norwegian events in China here.

Would like to schedule a meeting with NORLA at our stand 2D0? Please contact us.

The following Norwegian literary agents will participate at this year’s fair, two of which have received a stipend from NORLA:
Evy Tillman Hegdal from Oslo Literary Agency
Eirin Hagen from Hagen Agency
Silje Mella from Cappelen Damm Agency
Svein Størksen from Magikon Publishing hose

See NORLA’s selection of titles presented at this year’s book fair in Chinese and English.