Poem of the Week, week 19: Stein Mehren "The Kiss"
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Meet our Translator of the Month for May - Ardashir Esfandiari
Ardashir Esfandiari has translated books from Norwegian to Farsi over many years. He also writes his own poetry in Norwegian. Get to know this month’s translator!
Poem of the Week, week 18: Hanne Bramness "May"
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Poem of the Week, week 17: Triztan Vindtorn "I Want To Touch You"
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Bookstore Buddy Kath Vickers: - I consider our regulars as friends
We are pleased to present a new Bookstore Buddy; Kath Vickers works at Rossiter Books, an independent chain of three bookshops in Monmouth, Ross-on-Wye and Leominster. We got to know Kath at the last Cheltenham Networking Breakfast, and she has kindly agreed to answer a few questions about her work day.
Poem of the Week, week 16: Gro Dahle "On The Really Bad Days"
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Opening Conference for Norway as Guest of Honour in Bologna 2026
Norway will be Guest of Honour at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2026. Please join us for the Opening Conference at the Norwegian Festival of Literature in May.
Follow the opening conference on live stream here
Poem of the Week, week 15: Helge Torvund "I Was Born on a Plain"
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Translator of the Month for April - Eva Keckova
April’s translator of the Month is Eva Keckova, who translates from Norwegian into Czech. She has studied Norwegian language and literature at the University of Brno. In her thesis she focused on the Norwegian organization Nansenhjelpen, which also helped Czech refugees during World War II. As part of her research, Eva even managed to trace some of these refugees all the way to Australia.
Eva worked for a while in Norway as an interpreter during the contruction of a tunnel, and thought it was cool. She likes to travel, but as she now has four-year-old twins, she has spent the last few years mainly in the Czech Republic. Eva works as an editor at the publishing house Host, and when she is not reading or translating, she enjoys beeing outdoors.
NORLA congratulates the winners of the 2022 Ministry of Culture’s literary prizes for children and young adults!
At the end of March, the Norwegian Minister of Culture, Annette Trettebergstuen, awarded the prestigious Ministry of Culture’s literary prizes for children and young adult literature published in 2022.
A total of NOK 350,000 were awarded in seven different categories for children’s and YA literature; Best Fiction Book, Best Picture Book, Best Non-fiction Book, Best graphic novel/Cartoon, First Book Award, The Illustration Award and The Translation Award.
Poem of the Week, week 14: Jon Fosse "Night Psalm"
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– It's quite extraordinary
Last year, NORLA granted over eight million in translation support to 46 different languages. Maria Navarro Skaranger’s Emily Forever was one of the most sought-after titles in 2022.