Finally, the book fair is here! We look immensely forward to let participants from all over the world experience the best of literature and culture from Norway!
The Norwegian Guest of Honour project is Norway’s largest cultural export project ever.
As usual, NORLA will be present at the Norwegian collective stand, 5.0 A53, where we – in meetings – will present our selected titles of the autumn. Please contact us should you wish to book a meeting.
Sign up for it via our project website, norway2019.com. Scroll all the way down and write your e-mail address in the field at the bottom right-hand side of the page.
See the complete programme day by day here
*The program taking place in the Guest of Honour Pavilion at Frankfurter Buchmesse, both main stage and stage 2 available as PDF here
*See also Frankfurter Buchmesse’s own event calendar
*The cultural program. Read more
*Authors Erika Fatland and Karl Ove Knausgård will be Norway’s literary speakers at the Opening Ceremony of the Frankfurter Buchmesse.
*Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit will arrive in Frankfurt by a literary train, accompanied by Norwegian authors. The literary train is made in collaboration with Deutsche Bahn.
Wednesday, October 16, we will host a morning mingle for translators of Norwegian literature, at the Guest of Honour Pavilion (Forum, Level 1).
Wednesday, October 16, we will announce the winner of NORLA’s Translator’s Award 2019.
Welcome to the main stage of the Guest of Honour Pavilion (Forum, Level 1) at 14.45.
Read more about the award here.
Wedneday, October 17, we invite German speaking book sellers and journalists to a reception.
Welcome to the Guest of Honour Pavilion (Forum, Level 1), at 17-19.
Thursday, October 17, we invite international and Norwegian guests to a reception.
Welcome to the Guest of Honour Pavilion (Forum, Level 1), at 17-19.
Read more about the Guest of Honour Pavilion here
NORLA will be at The Nordic Common Stand at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. You’ll find us in Hall 3.1, stand B70.
The stand will also feature a new catalogue presenting a selection of new books from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland available in German translation.
Nordic Reception: Thursday, 8 October, 17:00–18:30 at The Nordic Stand.
In collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London, NORLA is hosting a special industry event highlighting contemporary Norwegian children’s and young adult literature on November 5.
The event will take place at the Norwegian Ambassador’s Residence.
Norway is Guest of Honour at this year’s Les Boréales festival in Normandy, taking place from 12–22 November.
A strong line-up of Norwegian authors will take part in the festival: Ingeborg Arvola, Martin Baldysz, Brit Bildøen, Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst, Oliver Lovrenski, Aslak Nore, Lars Ramslie and Maria Navarro Skaranger.
During the festival, NORLA will also organise a translation seminar for students at the University of Caen on 17 November. The seminar will have a special focus on Brit Bildøen’s Gult farevarsel (Yellow Warning, Vigilance orange). Bildøen and her French translator Marina Heide will take part in the seminar, which is organized in close cooperation with the University.
The Norwegian Embassy in Paris is a partner in Norway’s Guest of Honour programme.