Vibeke Koehler
The Mindspinner
Tankespinneren
Søk etter “children's”
Torbjørn Færøvik
Mao’s Kingdom. A Story of Suffering
Maos rike. En lidelseshistorie
Silje Hansen Flemmen, Jannicke Hansen (ill.)
White
Hvit
詹妮·乔达尔 Jenny Jordahl
What Happened to You? 你怎么了？
Hva skjedde egentlig med deg?
Poem of the Week, week 28: Marie Takvam "I am Alone"
Enjoy a weekly poem by authors from Norway, throughout the year.
Jan Grue
Trying and Failing
Prøve og feile
Roy Jacobsen
The Unworthy
De uverdige
Brynjulf Jung Tjønn
White, Norwegian Man
Kvit, norsk mann
Torbjørn Egner (1912-1990)
Caries and Bacties
Karius og Baktus
Thorbjørn Egner (1912-1990)
When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town
Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by
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
Maria Parr
Waffle Heart - Tonje Glimmerdal
Vaffelhjarte - Tonje Glimmerdal
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, Nina Marie Andersen (ill.)
Beetles, bugs and butterflies
Insektenes hemmeligheter
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
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.