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, we look foreward to once again taking part participating – physically – at the children’s book fair in Bologna, Italy. The Norwegian book industry is gathered on a shared exhibition stand in Hall 29, stand C53.
Contact us if you would like to arrange a meeting.
Authors from Norway and NORLA participate in the alternative book fair in Leipzig: Leipzig reads anyway
On Thursday 17 March, there will be an event with Heidi Sævareid, Ida Lødemel Tvedt and Marie Aubert in the former cinema UT Connewitz.
And on Friday 18 March a similar event with the same authors will take place in Felleshuset at the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin.
Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for non-fiction (for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 February).
Read more about the translation subsidy here.
Jaipur Literature Festival is again taking place this year, from March 5 – March 14., in a combination of physical and digital events. Norway, through the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Delhi, is country partner.
Three Norwegian authors are invited to participate digitally: Jan Grue, Roy Jacobsen and Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson.
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. For translators, there are no application deadlines.
Read more (in Norwegian) here.
Read more in Norwegian
NORLA invites foreign publishers, editors, sub-agents and scouts to apply for our fellowship program at the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer, 31 May – 2 June 2022. This year marks the physical opening of the newly established rights centre Lillehammer Rights at Scandic Victoria Hotel, where all fellows will get a table. The rights centre is a collaboration with the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer. Additionally, we continue with the popular seminar where you will be introduced to New Voices from Norway. This year, participants of all genres and languages are welcome to apply.
What is it like for an author to have their own words translated to another language, and how far can we trust the translator to have picked up all the nuances? What is it like to translate the words of others without changing them to your own, but retaining the author’s special character?
Nina Lykke two prize-winning novels No, a Hundred Times No (original title: Nei og atter nei, 2016) and Natural Causes (original title: Full spredning, 2019) have both been translated to Polish by Karolina Drozdowska. The latter has produced a number of Polish translations of Norwegian books, and can say something about what happens when words in one language are converted into another.
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.
On Monday, January 24th, NORLA will join a panel on Tehran’s second Virtual Book Fair to talk about Children Literature Translations Grant Programs.
The panel is held by Blue Circle Agency and The Iran Book and Literature House.
At NORLA we will close for the Christmas holiday Friday afternoon, December 17.
The office will reopen on Monday, January 3.
Read our Director Margit Walsø’s Christmas Greetings here!
If you happen to read Norwegian, you will find our personal book tips here.
Digital book trade meeting in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing and the Consulate General in Guangzhou.
The focus will be on all genres, with screening of NORLA’s selected title films. Andrine Pollen will also present our activities and support schemes.
Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for fiction for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 15 November.
Read more about the translation subsidy here.
In cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate General in New York, NORLA will organize the following events in New York, Tuesday December 7: