Fellowship in Oslo (Non-fiction literature)
NORLA has the pleasure of inviting foreign publishers and editors of non-ficiton literature to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 16 – 19.
March 28 2018
Norway
Deadline: Open architectural competition: Norway’s pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019
The open architectural competition for the design of Norway’s pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019. The competition has been arranged by NORLA, in cooperation with DOGA. The Norwegian Association of National Architects (NAL) are assisting NORLA throughout the competition and will assume the role of competition officer and legal secretary in addition to quality assurance of the competition program itself.
The deadline is 28th of March, at 15:00 (Norwegian time).
Read more about the competition.
Visit the competition website (in Norwegian only).
The picture shows Forum, the hall where the pavilion will be built and was taken when Iceland was Guest of Honour in 2011.
Photo: Thorsteinn J. Vilhjalmson.
Upcoming activities
June 16-June 19
Oslo, Norway
June 25
The Hague, Netherlands
Highlighting Norwegian fiction in The Netherlands
On Thursday, 25 June, NORLA and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in The Hague will host a seminar for Dutch publishers focusing on contemporary Norwegian fiction.
NORLA’s Selected Spring Titles will be presented by NORLA’s representative, as well as by Norwegian literary agents, and Dutch translators. The presentations will be followed by a speed-dating session with publishers.
After the seminar there will be a reception for invited guests celebrating Paula Stevens, winner of the 2026 Fosse Prize for Translators of Norwegian Literature.
August 1
Application deadline: Author and lecturer visits to institutions of higher learning abroad
NORLA administrates the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ scheme for travel grants for authors and lecturers who will visit institutions of higher learning abroad where instruction is given in the Norwegian language.