Bologna 2026

For a limited time, NORLA guarantees that translation grants awarded to publishers of literature for children and young adults will cover 50 per cent of the translator’s fee, up to a maximum of NOK 100,000 (approx. EUR 8,300). Grants are also available for production subsidies for illustrated books. The maximum grant amount is NOK 20,000 (approx. EUR 1,650).

NORLA’s talent program, New Voices for Children and Young Adults, is aimed at Norwegian authors writing fiction and non-fiction for young readers, and its goal is to provide emerging authors with international experience through travel, networking, and a deeper understanding of the outward-facing aspects of being a writer. Nine authors and illustrators participate in the program, which runs from May 2025 until the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April 2026.

Norway will be Guest of Honour at the Bologna Book Fair, April 13-16, 2026. Illustration plays a central role in the fair, and a key element of Norway’s Guest of Honour program will be an exhibition showcasing the high quality of illustrations in Norwegian children’s literature and showcase the diversity of artistic expressions. NORLA is proud to present a highly competent jury, composed entirely of illustrators.

Next year, Norway will be Guest of Honour at the Bologna Children´s Book Fair. NORLA has invited foreign publishers and editors of children and YA literature to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 10 -13, 2025.

In 2024, the Norwegian Guest of Honour project for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2026 was in the works. Here you will find more information about events in 2024 related to the Guest of Honour initiative.

The starting signal for the Norwegian Guest of Honour initiative for the 2026 Bologna Children’s Book Fair was an international opening conference held during the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer in May 2023.