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Kåre Conradi and Sunniva Fluge Hole - Selected Title Authors

We are happy to present our selected title author Kåre Conradi. He has written An Enemy of the People – Henrik Ibsen for children (original title: Ibsens En folkefiende), which is illustrated by Sunniva Fluge Hole. The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.

Pernille Tufte Radeid and Jannicke Hansen - Selected Title Authors

We are happy to present our selected title author Pernille Tufte Radeid. She has written Unsolved Mysteries from Around the World (original title: Uløste mysterier fra hele verden), which is illustrated by Jannicke Hansen. The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.

Ane Barmen and Skinkeape - Selected Title Authors

We are happy to present our selected title author Ane Barmen. She has written Melody! (original title: Tone!), which is illustrated by Skinkeape. The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.

NORLA's Annual Report for 2023

In 2023, NORLA granted subsidies for translation of Norwegian literature into 51 different languages. A total of 553 applications for translation grants were received, of which 546 were approved, distributed among 440 fiction titles and 106 non-fiction titles.
Children’s and young adult books account for just under a quarter of all translations, regardless of genre.

News about our Guest of Honour projects

At NORLA, we are working intensively on Norway’s two Guest of Honour projects, which will take place at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2025 and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2026. In the coming months, we look forward to many exciting events related to these initiatives.

NORLA Strengthens the Team

We are very happy to welcome two new colleagues aboard!

Olga Drobot - Translator of the Month

Our Translator of the Month for August is Olga Drobot, who translates from Norwegian to Russian full-time. Among the many authors she has translated, are Henrik Ibsen, Per Petterson, Erlend Loe, Roy Jacobsen, Lars Saabye Christensen, Karl Ove Knausg​å​rd, Maria Parr, Rune Belsvik, and Bj​ø​rn F. R​ø​rvik. Olga holds a PhD in Nordic literature history from Moscow University. She loves children​’​s books and is an expert in reading to children. She also participates in the ​“​Ibsen in Translation​” project, and has recently helped organize a literature school ​— ​“​Free Word​” ​— in Armenia.​​

Guest of Honour program

Norway was the Guest of Honour at the Book Fair in Warsaw 26 – 29 May 2022.
30 authors from Norway went to Warsaw and will feature in 50 literary events during four days at the Palace of Culture and Science.

Ruth Lillegraven

Sickle
Sigd

Genre: Fiction
Category: Poetry
Publisher: Tiden Norsk Forlag
Year: 2016
Pages: 144
English sample translation available

Norway is Guest of Honour at the Leipzig Book Fair in March 2025

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.

Trude Lorentzen

Quisling's Suitcase. In The Footsteps of the World's Most Infamous Traitor
Quislings koffert. I fotsporene til en forræder

Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Narrative non-fiction / History
Publisher: Kagge
Year: Due: Primo November 2022
ISBN: 9788248929864
English sample translation available

Inga H. Sætre

Fall Technique
Fallteknikk

Genre: Children And Young Adults
Category: Young Adult Graphic Novel
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Year: 2011
Pages: 232
English sample translation available

Birger Emanuelsen(比格尔·伊曼纽尔森)

Before They Disappear - An attempt to understand what children are(在他们消失之前——试图理解孩子是什么)
Før de forsvinner - et forsøk på å forstå hva barn er

Genre: 非虚构类
Category: 叙事型非小说/散文
Publisher: 卡普勒戴姆出版社
Year: 2024年
Pages: 285页
ISBN: 9788202822231

Ingvild H. Rishøi

Winter Stories
Vinternoveller

Genre: Fiction
Category: Short Stories
Publisher: Gyldendal
Year: 2014
Pages: 136

Ambassador for Norwegian literature

Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess loves to read and is enthusiastic about books. She is eager to share her love of reading and spread good literature. She firmly believes that there is a book for everyone.

The organizers

Meet the organizers of the Norwegian Guest of Honour initative at the 204 Cairo International Book Fair.

作者:Tom Egeland

地下墓穴的秘密 the secret of the catacomb
Katakombens hemmelighet

Genre: Children And Young Adults
Category: 儿童及青少年文学 Young Adult Novel
Year: 2013
English sample translation available

Tom Egeland

The Secret of the Catacomb
Katakombens hemmelighet

Genre: Children And Young Adults
Category: Young Adult Novel (Vol I in a series)
Publisher: Aschehoug
Year: 2013
Pages: 254
English sample translation available

Norway will be the Guest of Honour at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2026

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.

Alexander Istad, Espen Meling Sele (ill.)

The Dynamite Dudes and the Buzzkiller
Gutta Krutt & Gledesdreperen

Genre: Children and Young Adult
Category: Ill. Novel (Vol. I in a series)
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Year: 2023
Pages: 392
ISBN: 9788202711993
English sample translation available
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