We are happy to offer insightful interviews with the authors and illustrators of our 24 Selected Titles of the autumn.
Get better aquainted with the books and also the people who wrote them!

The Translator of the Month for October is Marta Roķe who translates to Latvian. Her translations include the children’s book series about Doctor Proctor by Jo Nesbø, and she is now in the process of finishing the William Wenton series by Bobbie Peers. Marta has studied the cultural connections between Norway and Latvia, and translation. She has many years of experience with teaching Norwegian, and she helped establish a cultural center dedicated to language — Valodu māja — House of Languages in Riga.

We at NORLA want to showcase the crucial work translators do, and in the last week of September we will join the worldwide celebration of the patron saint of translators, St. Jerome, or St. Hieronymus as he is known in Norway.
Even though our task is promoting literature from Norway, we like to use the occasion of The Interational Translation Day – in Norway called “Hieronymus Day” – to recommend good books that have been translated well into Norwegian.

NORLA is happy and proud to share the news that Norway will be the Guest of Honour in Bologna in 2026 – the world’s most important book fair for children’s literature.

We at NORLA are proud and delighted to present our selected titles for the autumn:

We are happy to present our selected title author Kirsti Kristoffersen. She has written Celebrity Crush (original title: Kjendiscrush).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Kirsti here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Nina Anderson Sjødal. She has written Vilde’s Drawer (original title: Vildeskuffen).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Nina here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Trude Tjensvold. She has written and illustrated Red Volvo (original title: Raud Volvo).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Trude here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Hanne Gjerde Buch and illustrator Jenny Synnøve Naustan. Together they have made The Eternity Game (original title: Evighetsspillet), which is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Hanne here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Marit Kaldhol. She has written On a Staircase in the Universe (original title: På ei trapp i universet), which is illustrated by Susanna Kajermo Törner.
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Marit here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Ståle Wig. He has written Havana Taxi. Life and Lies in the New Cuba (original title: Havanna taxi. Liv og løgn på det nye Cuba).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Ståle here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Cha Sandmæl. They has written The Eye of the Dragon: Betrayed (vol. 1) and Attacked (vol. 2) (original title: Dragens Øye: Forrådt & Angrepet).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Cha here.