Thorbjørn Egner (1912-1990)
When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town
Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by
Søk etter “children's”
Taran L. Bjørnstad
40 Weeks
Uke 40
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
Haddy J. N'jie, Lisa Aisato (ill.)
A Dream For Every Season
Snart sover du. Et års godnatt
Maria Parr
Waffle Heart - Tonje Glimmerdal
Vaffelhjarte - Tonje Glimmerdal
Jostein Gaarder
It Is We Who Are Here Now
Det er vi som er her nå
Katharina Vestre, Linnea Vestre
The Animal Book of Records
Dyrenes rekordbok
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, Nina Marie Andersen (ill.)
Beetles, bugs and butterflies
Insektenes hemmeligheter
Nina Brochmann, Ellen Støkken Dahl, Magnhild Winsnes (ill.)
The Girl Book. Nina and Ellen’s guide to puberty
Jenteboka. Nina og Ellens guide til puberteten
Arabic langauge on the agenda
This week we have had the pleasure of focusing on the literary exchange between Norway and the Arab speaking world, and also on translation from Norwegian into Arabic.
Zeshan Shakar
They Call me the Wolf
De kaller meg ulven
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.
See the nominees for the 2023 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize
Trude Tjensvold
Red Volvo
Raud Volvo
Nina Anderson Sjødal
Vilde’s Drawer
Vildeskuffen
Herman Flesvig, Erlend Loe, Bård Sletvold Torkildsen (ill.)
Herman - Tales from an undiagnosed childhood
Herman: Historier fra en udiagnostisert oppvekst
Translator of the Month for March - Annika Kupits
Annika is known among Estonia’s youth as “the one who translated the William Wenton books,” thanks to the popularity of the series, which came as quite a surprise for the translator who thought that children’s literature ended with Harry Potter. Her dream has always been to translate “proper” novels, something she hasn’t yet managed to do, as she says. For the last 7 years, Annika has also worked as a librarian, museum curator and interpreter of cultural events for the visually impaired, but the hardest job has been becoming a mother. Right now she is translating Sleeping With the Enemy by Ellen Støkken Dahl, and working as a copywriter for a museum. Her desire is actually to write books herself, but until inspiration strikes, it pays to keep warm by translating other people’s thoughts.
NORLA’s Selected Titles are here!
We at NORLA are proud and delighted to present our selected titles for the spring:
24 wonderful books which are divided into fiction and non-fiction, for both adults, children and young adults.
See all the selected titles here
Tyra Teodora Tronstad
How to Deal with Stormy Spirits
Oppskrift mot ånder som knuser ting
Get to know our Selected Titles Authors of the Autumn 2022
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!