We are happy to present our selected title author Ingeborg Arvola. She has written The Knife in the Fire – Ruijan rannalla/Songs from the Arctic Ocean (original title: Kniven i ilden. Ruijan rannalla/Sanger fra Ishavet).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Ingeborg here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Lars Petter Sveen. He has written The Art of Stuttering – Without Anyone Noticing (original title: Kunsten å stamme).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Lars Petter here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Lars Elling. He has written The Princes of Pauper’s Pond (original title: Fyrstene av Finntjern).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Lars here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Trude Lorentzen. She has written Quisling’s Suitcase. In The Footsteps of the World’s Most Infamous Traitor (original title: Quislings koffert. I fotsporene til en forræder).
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 Sigri Sandberg. She has written The Fjord – A Long Row Home (original title: Ro – om Sognefjorden og ein lang rotur heim).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Sigri here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Ellen Støkken Dahl. She has written Sleeping With the Enemy – Terrifying Tales About Sexually Transmitted Infections (original title: I seng med fienden. Eller Venus’ forbannelser, skrekkelige fortellinger om kjønnssykdommer).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Ellen here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Reidar Müller. He has written Fire and Ice – The History of the Climate (original title: Ild og is. En kort innføring i klimaets historie).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Reidar here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Cecilie Hellestveit. She has written Disquiet on the Eastern Front. The war that transforms Europe (original title: Dårlig nytt fra Østfronten. Krigen som endrer alt).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Cecilie here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Kim Hjardar. He has written Auðr – Women in the Viking Age (original title: Auðr – Kvinneliv i vikingtiden).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Kim here.

We are happy to present our selected title author Morten A. Strøksnes. He has written Lumholtz’ Ghosts (original title: Lumholtz’ gjenferd).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2022.

Read our short interview with Morten here.

This week, we have warmly welcomed four translators to Oslo for a two-week stay at Hotel Bondeheimen. And with this, the translator hotel’s thirteenth season is opened.
The translators now in place in Oslo are:

Paula Stevens (The Netherlands)
Jitka Jindřišková (Czech republic)
Mariana Windingland (Argentina)
Orhan Tekelioglu (Turkey)

September’s translator of the month is Māra Valpētere from Latvia, who translates from Norwegian. She has studied history, English philology and language teaching methodology at the University of Latvia, “The foundation course in Norwegian language and literature for foreign learners”, followed by a one-year program in Nordic languages and literature at the University of Oslo. Māra worked for a number of years as a Norwegian teacher at the Latvian Academy of Culture, and on several different Norwegian courses. She also works as a tour guide, an interpreter at conferences and seminars, and as an examiner of complaints for the Translator Accreditation Exam at the Norwegian School of Economics.