Read more about the translation subsidy for Norwegian fiction here.
Foreign publishers may also apply for production subsidies for children’s and young adult’s picture books by Norwegian authors and illustrators.
Read more about the scheme here.
Jørn Lier Horst and Marta Breen attend the Vienna Book Fair, Buch Wien, November 11-13, to present their books in German.
NORLA also visits the fair and we look forward to meeting Austrian publishers and translators.
Norwegian books have been translated into Czech for 100 years. The Masaryk University in Brno is offering an exhibition in the Moravian Library of this impressive collection of Norwegian literature; The exhibition ‘100 years – 100 books’ is part of the celebration of 100 years of Czech-Norwegian diplomatic relations. Exhibition organizers are Professor Miluse Jurickova and Martina Smidtova. And the selection of the 100 titles have been carefully made from the almost 1,500 Norwegian titles published in Czech dating from the oevre of Henrik Ibsen up to contemporary literature. Read more here and here (in Czech). NORLA visits Brno for the opening on November 9th.
NORLA will also visit its sister office CzechLit | Czech Literary Centre and meet Czech publishers and translators.
Thorvald Steen visits the Czech republic, and he will be in Brno to visit the exhibition on November 11th. Steen is the recipient of the prestigious Czech award Gratias Agit 2020, given in recognition of his efforts for democracy, freedom of speech, human rights and international cooperation.
Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for non-fiction for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 October.
Read more about the translation subsidy here.
NORLA will be present at this year’s Frankfurter Buchmesse. You may meet us at stand 4.0 B06.
We are very much looking forward to meeting contacts both old and new!
Please contact us should you like to book an appointment.
Read more about the translation subsidy for Norwegian non-fiction here.
Foreign publishers may also apply for production subsidies for the publication of Norwegian non-fiction containing a large number of illustrations or with exceptionally demanding technical production requirements.
Read more about the scheme here.
Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.
Meeting of NORLA’s committee of experts for fiction (for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 August.
Read more about the translation subsidy here.
On 27 and 28 August, NORLA will hold its first physical seminar after the pandemic!
August 27th-29th the festival Vinjedagane will take place at the Vinje Centre in Telemark, Norway. This years’ program will have a special focus on Vesaas and translations of his work.
Read more about the translation subsidy for Norwegian fiction here.
Foreign publishers may also apply for production subsidies for children’s and young adult’s picture books by Norwegian authors and illustrators.
Read more about the scheme here.
At NORLA our summer holiday begins on Monday, 28 June.
The office will open again on Monday, 2 August.
NORLA would like to thank you all for a pleasant collaboration so far this year.
We are happy to offer this brand new service!
The translator’s pastry shop will open on Wednesday 23 June, at 15 (Norwegian time) to translators from Norwegian. It will be an informal, hour-long meeting, held once a month on Zoom, where we will eat something nice together that each participant has baked for themselves.
Meeting of NORLA’s committee of experts for non-fiction (for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 June).
Read more about the translation subsidy here.
Literary agents and publishers in Norway can 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.
Read more here (in Norwegian only).