Previous activities

Please note that there are new application deadlines in 2025, with three deadlines in total, for Norwegian books in all genres:
1 February, 1 June and 1 October.

Following NORLA’s presentation of the Norwegian Guest of Honour program for Leipziger Buchmesse (March 27-30), there will be a literary event at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin with two of the authors on the program.
The German audience get to meet Vigdis Hjorth and Simon Stranger in conversation with Thomas Böhm.
The event takes place in the Felleshus, on Monday January 20 at 19:00, and is completely sold out. Read more (in German).

NORLA will hold a press conference at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin on Monday 20 January, at 11:00.
We look forward to preseting the Norwegian program for Leipziger Buchmesse taking place in March 2025, where Norway is Guest of Honour.

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.

Representatives from NORLA’s staff will be attending a seminar with our Nordic colleagues – members of the NordLit network – January 14-17.
The employees at the Nordic literary offices meet annually, and this year the meeting will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland.

We look forward to exchanging experiences and future plans with our colleagues!

At NORLA we will close for the Christmas holiday Thursday afternoon, December 19.
The office will reopen on Monday, January 6.

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From December 4–6, NORLA will attend the Rome Book Fair, Più libri più liber, for the first time, motivated by Norway’s upcoming role as Guest of Honour at the Bologna Book Fair in 2026. Alongside a tour of the fair, NORLA will meet with small and medium-sized publishers.

On Thursday, December 5, NORLA is hosting a networking event in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Rome. The aim is to provide information on NORLA’s activities and to establish connections between Italian publishers and Norwegian literary agents.

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

From December 1-4, NORLA and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Mexico will once again be present with a stand at the Guadalajara Book Fair in Mexico, which is the world’s largest Spanish-speaking book fair.

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

On Friday, November 22, Margit Walsø and Andrine Pollen will introduce NORLA, along with Norwegian literature and the publishing industry, to Scandinavian Studies students at the Sorbonne University. Students will also meet authors Katrine Nedrejord and Lars Saabye Christensen, who will present themselves and their literary works. Katrine Nedrejord’s book The Sami Problem (original title: Sameproblemet ) will feature in a workshop on translation.

On Saturday, November 23, Marta Breen will deliver a lecture titled Women’s Place, followed by a discussion on ecology and minorities, between Kathrine Nedrejord and translator Marianne Ségol-Samoy, who has translated works by Nedrejord and also Jon Fosse into French.

Marianne Ségol-Samoy will also join a conversation with Gabriel Dufay, an actor, director, and Jon Fosse enthusiast, about the Nobel Prizes in Literature.

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

Following Jon Fosse​’​s Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023, the Norwegian government has established a new annual initiative to honor the author​—​​a yearly Fosse Lecture with accompanying events organized by the National Library, where a Fosse Prize for Translators, worth NOK 500,​​000, will also be awarded. Through this initiative, the government aims to emphasize the importance of Fosse​’​s authorship, both in Norway and internationally.​​

NORLA is responsible for nominating candidates and is now requesting suggestions for eligible candidates for the nomination process. We welcome endorsements that meet certain criteria, with a brief justification (maximum 1 page), by October 28, 2024, 12:​​00 (CET).​​

From October 24-27, NORLA will participate in the Krakow Book Fair in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Warsaw. The book fair coincides with the Joseph Conrad Festival in Krakow. NORLA and the embassy will have a stand at the book fair, with various activities including a bookstore, book signings, Norwegian language courses, and more.

In addition, NORLA will be hosting a seminar for non-fiction publishers and Norwegian literary agents on Thursday, October 24, featuring the authors Bjørn Berge and Ingvild Holtan-Hartwig.
Authors Kjersti Anfinnsen, Karl Ove Knausgård, Maja Lunde, and Lars Saabye Christensen have been invited by their Polish publishers to participate in the book fair and/or the Conrad Festival.

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As part of the Norwegian Guest of Honour initiative at the Leipzig Book Fair 2025, we are thrilled to launch the project Du hast eine neue Freundschaftsanfrage! (You Have a New Friend Request!). Here Norwegian authors Peter F. Strassegger, Helene Imislund, and Kristin Vego exchange letters with their German colleagues Matthias Jügler, Janin Wölke, and Kristina Schilke.
Wednesday October 23, they will meet each other, face to face, and read their letters aloud in an open event in Leipzig, during the Literarischer Herbst festival.
The event starts at 20:00 and takes place at the Ost-Passage Theater. Free entry!

Read more (in German)