We are happy to offer readable insightful interviews with the authors and illustrators of our 25 Selected Titles of the spring.
We invite you to get better aquainted with the books and the people who wrote and illustrated them!
See the nominees for the 2025 Nordic Council Literature Prize
We offer our warmest congratulations to Niels Fredrik Dahl - winner of the 2024 Nordic Council Literature Prize for his novel "Fars rygg" (English working title: "Walking Man")!
See all nominees for the 2024 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize
NORLA congratulates Kjersti Synneva Moen on winning the 2023 Pondus Prize for her graphic novel "Seize the Fucking Day"!
We at NORLA are proud and delighted to present our selected titles for the spring:
25 wonderful books which are divided into fiction and non-fiction, for both adults, children and young adults.
See all the Selected Titles here
Anja Höfer has joined us as project assistant for communication in connection with Norway’s Guest of Honour initiative at Leipziger Buchmesse 2025.
Originally from Germany, Anja brings 20 years of experience as a culture and literature journalist with Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and arte. Since 2020, she has been living in Norway and working as a freelance cultural reporter from Oslo, with a focus on contemporary Norwegian literature.
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 awarded for translating works of children’s and young adults (YA) books of the genres fiction and general non-fiction, comics and graphic novels, from the Norwegian and Sámi languages. Grants are available only for works originally published in Norway. The guarantee is related to Norway being Guest of Honour at the Bologna Book Fair 2026.
On March 14, the great Norwegian writer Dag Solstad passed away at the age of 83.
We are happy to present our selected title author Maria Kjos Fonn. She has written Margaret, Are You Grieving (original title: Margaret, er du i sorg). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.
We are happy to present our selected title author Kristin Vego. She has written Fading Light (original title: Sent på dagen). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.
We are happy to present our selected title author Johan B. Mjønes. He has written Spuria. The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.
We are happy to present our selected title author Guri Idsø Viken. She has written Crash (original title: Krakk). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.
We are happy to present our selected title author Sigbjørn Skåden. He has written Backwoods Fable (original title: Planterhaug). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.
We are happy to present our selected title author Emely Benedicte Kahrs. She has written Who By Friday (original title: Hvem på en fredag). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.
We are happy to present our selected title author Ellen Sofie Lauritzen. She has written Men Falling (original title: Menn som faller). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.
We are happy to present our selected title author Jan Ove Ekeberg. He has written Legionnaire. The Barbarians from the North (original title: Legionær – Barbarene fra nord). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.