For everybody working at NORLA, sparking the joy of reading is a true privilege. And today we are happy to celebrate World Book Day by recommending books from our Selected Spring Titles.
You will find more information on all the spring titles here, and quite a few also include sample translations in English.
NORLA congratulates Kjersti Synneva Moen on winning the 2023 Pondus Prize for her graphic novel "Seize the Fucking Day"!
NORLA congratulates Jørn Lier Horst and Hans Jørgen Sandnes on winning the 2023 Teskjekjerring Award for their children's series "The Detective Agency No. 2"!
See the five titles nominated for the 2023/2024 Avid Reader Award (Bokslukerprisen)
"Beasts" by Ingvild Bjerkeland wins The 2023 ARK Children's Book Award. We offer our warmest congratulations!
On 18 April, Dutch translator Paula Stevens received Europe’s largest translation prize, the Martinus Nijhoff Prize, for her translations of Norwegian literature. We at NORLA offer her our warmest congratulations!
Our Translator of the Month for April is Chie Asada from Japan. She studied Swedish at Osaka University of Foreign studies in Japan, and she then learned Norwegian when spending a year in the South of Norway, attending a folk high school (“folkehøgskole”). At present, Chie is collaborating with a Norwegian colleague on translating works by Tarjei Vesaas. She is also teaching Norwegian at Osaka University part-time.
We are happy to offer insightful interviews with the authors and illustrators of our 24 Selected Titles of the spring.
We invite you to get better aquainted with the books and also the people who wrote and illustrated them!
Norway will be Guest of Honour at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2025, which is to take place March 27-30. The German market is one of the most important for Norwegian literary exports, and the Guest of Honour status in Leipzig gives Norwegian books and Norwegian authors a unique opportunity to reach German readers.
We are happy to present our selected title author Birger Emanuelsen. He has written Before They Disappear – An attempt to understand what children are (original title: Før de forsvinner – et forsøk på å forstå hva barn er). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Kristin Gjesdal. She has written Unruly Women. Philosophers, Romantics, Revolutionaries (original title: Opprørerne. Kvinner som endret filosofien). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Tone E. Solheim. She has written I am V-vida (original title: Eg er V-vida). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson. She has written Forests. On trees, people and thousands of other phenomenal species (original title: Skogen). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Arnfinn Kolerud. He has written Ivar Steps Up (original title: Ivar får ansvar). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Ivo De Figueiredo. He has written The Storm – A Biography of Edvard Munch (original title: Stormen – En biografi om Edvard Munch). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Kathrine Nedrejord. She has written Save the Herd! (original title: Alt for flokken). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Kjersti Halvorsen. She has written Superuser (original title: Superbruker). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2024.