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In April 2026, Norway will be Guest of Honour at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the world’s largest book fair dedicated to children’s and young adult literature. The Guest of Honour project offers a unique opportunity to showcase Norwegian literature for young readers and to highlight the high artistic quality of illustration from Norway.

We are happy to present our selected title author Sunniva Relling Berg. She has written The Hunt for the Number Thieves (original title: Jakten på talltyvene). The book is illustrated by Marianne Gretteberg Engedal (Skinkeape), and it is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.

In April 2026, Norway will be the Guest of Honour at the Bologna Book Fair. Established in 1960, this fair is the world’s largest and most important meeting place for the international children’s book industry.

Illustration plays a central role in the fair, and a key element of Norway’s Guest of Honour program will be an exhibition showcasing illustration art from Norwegian books for children and young adults. The exhibition space, approximately 300 m², will be centrally located at the fairground. It will accentuate the high quality of illustrations in Norwegian children’s literature and showcase the diversity of artistic expressions.

We are happy to present our selected title author Mariko Miyata-Jancey and illustrator Marianne Gretteberg Engedal (Skinkeape). They have written Mieko Dances (original title: Mieko danser).
The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2023.

Read our interview with Mariko here.

Today, the Norwegian Minister of Culture, Abid Raja, awarded the prestigious Ministry of Culture’s literary prizes for children and young adult literature published in 2019.
A total of NOK 360,000 were awarded in seven different categories for children’s and YA literature; Best Fiction Book, Best Picture Book, Best Non-fiction Book, First Book Award, Best graphic novel/Cartoon, The Illustration Award and The Translation Award.