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✨ NORLA’s new Selected Titles for autumn are here!
Meet this season’s selected Fiction titles:

🎶 Pedro Carmona-Alvarez: Den siste valsen / The Last Waltz
A lyrical and haunting novel about love, loss, memory – and the stories that stay with us.

🍺 Thomas Seeberg Torjussen: Ølhunden Berit / A Better Man
Darkly funny, wonderfully offbeat and full of surprises: a novel that refuses to behave quite as expected.

👁️ Cecilie Enger: Et øye lukket / One Eye Closed
An intimate and finely observed novel about family, memory and everything we choose to see – or look away from.

🌊 Ida Fjeldbraaten: Koster / Koster
Sharp, atmospheric and unsettling: a story of relationships, shifting boundaries and what can surface when everyday life begins to crack.

🏠 Maria Navarro Skaranger: Jeg kommer hjem! / I’m Coming Home!
Raw, tender and unmistakably alive: a story about family, belonging and the complicated pull of home.

🫂 Linn Strømsborg: Det er ingen som passer på oss / No One is Looking Out for Us
Who takes care of us when no one is watching? A tender and clear-eyed novel about vulnerability, responsibility and the ties that hold us together.

🏘️ Tyra Teodora Tronstad: Folk som hater lokalhistorie / People Who Hate Local History
Witty, sharp and wonderfully unexpected: a novel about people, places and the stories we tell about where we come from.

🌑 Guri Idsø Viken: Utyske / Blinds
Dark, unsettling and fiercely original: a story where desire, fear and the uncanny creep beneath the surface.

🔗 Discover all of NORLA’s Selected Titles for autumn via the link in our bio. https://norla.no/en/news/news-from-norla/norla-s-focus-titles-autumn-2026

Oslo Literary Agency Forlaget Oktober Tyra T. Tronstad ASCHEHOUG FORLAG Guri Idsø Viken Winje Agency Kolon Forlag Northern Stories Gyldendal Agency Gyldendal Norsk Forlag Cappelen Damm Agency Cappelen Damm

✨ NORLA’s new Selected Titles for autumn are here!
Meet the eight selected Non-fiction titles of this season’s:

🐾 Hanna Marie Fosse Nes: Dyrlegen / Tales of a northern vet
What does it really mean to care for animals? An eye-opening journey into the fascinating, demanding and deeply human world of veterinary medicine.

📖 Mímir Kristjánsson & Sofie Marhaug: Sosialistenes guide til Bibelen / The socialists’ guide to the Bible
What does the Bible have to say about wealth, power and justice? A provocative and engaging reading of an ancient text through a socialist lens.

🛝 Charlotte Lunde: Lek på resept. Medisin for en generasjon i krise / Prescription: Play. Remedy for a generation failing to thrive
Could play be the medicine children need? A timely call to bring freedom, movement and real-world play back into childhood.

🔬 Katharina Vestre: Cellenes hemmelige liv / The Secret Life of Cells
A captivating journey into the microscopic universe inside us, where trillions of cells quietly keep the extraordinary machinery of life running.

🌱 Siri Helle: Grasboka / The Book of Grass
A fresh look at something we tend to take for granted – grass, and the surprisingly big role it plays in nature, agriculture and our lives.

⚔️ Jón Viðar Sigurðsson: Håvamål / Hávamál: A Window into the Viking Mind
Ancient wisdom for modern readers – an illuminating journey into the world, values and enduring insights of the Old Norse Hávamál.

💃 Long Litt Woon: Siste tango hjem / Last Tango Home. The Search for Belonging
A personal and thought-provoking exploration of ageing, belonging and what it means to find your way home.

🧊 Dag O. Hessen: Brefallet. Liv og død i isen / The Fall of the Glaciers
Glaciers are disappearing before our eyes. A fascinating exploration of the life within the ice – and what we stand to lose as it melts away.

🔗 Discover all of NORLA’s Selected Titles for autumn here:
https://norla.no/en/news/news-from-norla/norla-s-focus-titles-autumn-2026

Kagge Forlag Sofie Marhaug Forlaget Manifest Cappelen Damm Agency Cappelen Damm Katharina Vestre Oslo Literary Agency ASCHEHOUG FORLAG Northern Stories Dreyers forlag Skald forlag

✨ NORLA’s new Selected Titles for autumn are here!
Meet this season’s selected Children & Young Adult titles:

🔎 Kristin Roskifte: Savnet skatt / Lost Treasure
A wonderfully detailed visual adventure where every page holds new clues, surprises and stories waiting to be discovered.

🤔 Simon Stranger: Du må velge / You Must Choose
Illustrated by Eivind Gulliksen
What would you choose? Funny, surprising and sometimes impossible dilemmas that invite children to think, talk – and choose!

🌌 Ingá Elin Marakatt: Sáve fra Sápmi / Sáve from Sápmi
A compelling story of a young Sámi girl caught between tradition and modern life and a winter that puts her family and their reindeer herd to the test.

💃 Mariko Miyata-Jancey: Mieko på dansecamp / Mieko at Dance Camp
Illustrated by Marie Gretteberg Engedal
Dance, friendship and finding the courage to be yourself: both on and off the dance floor.

🐦 Mia Thrane Hansen: Sangfuglens stillhet / The Silence of Songbirds
A gripping and atmospheric story about secrets, silence and what happens when the truth can no longer stay hidden.

💥 Ragnhild Halmås: Rabalder snakker sant / Frenzy Speaks the Truth
Illustrated by Jens K. Styve
Funny, energetic and full of heart: a story about honesty, big feelings and the trouble that can follow when you tell the truth.

📚 Helene Guåker: Stella seier sanninga (stort sett) / Stella Tells the Truth (Mostly)
Illustrated by Oda Valle
A warm and funny story about loneliness, friendship and finding community where you least expect it.

👃 Elisabeth Moseng: Sans for sanser. Fakta! / Super Senses! Fun Facts About Your Senses
How do our senses actually work? A playful, fact-packed exploration of the amazing ways humans and animals see, hear, smell, taste and feel the world.

🚇 Veslemøy Mørkrid: Sneipen og drømmesuppa / Twig and the Dream Soup
A mysterious flying subway, a journey into the land of the dead, and a moving adventure about grief, courage and hope.

🔗 Discover all of NORLA’s Selected Titles for autumn here:
https://norla.no/en/news/news-from-norla/norla-s-focus-titles-autumn-2026

Kristin Roskifte Magikon Forlag Simon Stranger Cappelen Damm Agency Flamme Forlag Gyldendal Agency Gyldendal Norsk Forlag Davvi Girji Bonnier Rights TNT Forlag Jens K Styve Kagge Forlag

Norwegian Literarure Travels 🌏!

🦖 A Norwegian dinosaur success story

THE DINOSAUR BUNCH (Dinosaurgjengen) by Lars Mæhle & Lars Rudebjer just keeps on travelling:

With 1.6 million copies sold internationally and another 400,000 copies printed in Norway, the series has become a remarkable long-running success.

What makes us especially happy is not only the numbers, but the reach: these Norwegian dinosaurs have found young readers in markets ranging from China and Taiwan to Indonesia and Mongolia, alongside many European countries.

And the adventure is still growing. After 19 books in THE DINOSAUR BUNCH and 9 books in THE LITTLE DINOSAUR BUNCH, sales remain remarkably strong and are even showing growth in some markets.

Next autumn, the Dinosaur Bunch universe will expand again, with Ravensburger puzzles and board games!

🥚 Pictured here: THE EGG / EGGET, the first adventure in the series and its Chinese edition, translated by Aprildayjingjing Li.

Congratulations to Lars Mæhle and Lars Rudebjer, and to Eirin Hagen Literary Agency all the publishers who have helped these dinosaurs travel so far! 🦕🌏

Kagge Forlag Lars Mæhle Lars Rudebjer Ravensburger • Puzzles • Games • GraviTrax Ravensburger

Norwegian Literature Travels 🌏!

Today, Per Pettersons new novel You Are Home Now (Du er hjemme nå) arrives in German as Nach Hause kommen, published by Hanser and translated by Ina Kronenberger.

A subtle novel about the complicated question of where (and with whom) we are really at home.

Germany follows Denmark, where the novel appeared this summer as Du er hjemme nu, translated by Lotte Kirkeby – and was met with an extraordinary reception:

“An aesthetic and existential masterpiece by one of Norway’s greatest writers.”
— Kristeligt Dagblad

“A new Petterson classic is born.”
— Kulturen.nu

And the journey has only just begun: rights have already been sold in nine countries – Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey.

Congratulations to Per Petterson, his translators and publishers! We can’t wait to see where the book travels next.

Read more here: https://osloliteraryagency.no/book/you-are-home-now/

Forlaget Oktober Oslo Literary Agency Hanser Literaturverlage & Co Norges ambassade i København Norwegische Literatur auf Deutsch Norwegische Botschaft in Berlin

Photo: Baard Henriksen

Norwegian Literature Travels! 🌏
The Three Billy Goats Gruff 🐐🐐🐐make a splash in Italy 💦🇮🇹!

Bjørn F. Rørvik’s beloved “Bukkene Bruse på badeland” (The three Billy Goats Gruff at the Water Park) brilliantly illustrated by Gry Moursund, has travelled to Italy as “I tre capretti furbetti al parco acquatico”, published by Camelozamoa, translated by Maria Valeria D’Avino and has been warmly welcomed by the Italian press!

📰 Andersen called it “engaging and perfect for reading aloud,” while Tuttolibri – La Stampa celebrated its “rollicking plot with a taste for nonsense.”
And Letteratura e Cinema summed it up like this:
“This book isn’t looking for elegance; it’s looking for fun. And it finds it.”

Bjørn F. Rørvik was also in Bologna this spring, when Norway was Guest of Honour at the Bologna Children's Book Fair: a perfect setting to celebrate Norwegian children’s literature travelling into new languages and finding new readers.

Wishing you many more happy travels 🐐🐐🐐!

, Norwegian Embassy In Italy Cappelen Damm Agency Cappelen Damm

Norwegian Literature Travels 🌏
Sweden is celebrating Kersti Anfinnsen!

Kjersti Anfinnsen’s Dødsverk (Deathwork) is receiving an extraordinary wave of praise from Swedish critics. The novel is the third and final volume in her acclaimed trilogy about retired heart surgeon Birgitte Solheim: a sharp, darkly funny and deeply moving portrait of old age, dignity and approaching death.

Published in Sweden by Flo förlag and translated into Swedish by poet and translator Marie Lundquist, the trilogy has been widely celebrated for Anfinnsen’s unsentimental voice, black humour and remarkable ability to condense an entire life into just a few pages.

The critics say it best:

✨ “One of the strangest and most impressive literary works I have encountered in recent years.”
— Björn Kohlström, Bernur

✨ “With a poetically balanced iceberg technique, Anfinnsen condenses an entire life.”
— Lejla Cato, Expressen

✨ “I am impressed by Anfinnsen’s strong loyalty to Birgitte’s laconic inner voice.”
— Kristina Sandberg, Dagens Nyheter

A huge congratulations to Kjersti Anfinnsen and to Marie Lundquist, whose translation is itself praised by Dagens Nyheter as “crystal-clear”.

Kolon forlag Kjersti Feldt Anfinnsen Norges ambassade i Stockholm Norges ambassade i Stockholm Gyldendal Agency



Photo: Marius Fiskum

📣 Who should receive the Fosse Prize 2027?

NORLA is inviting endorsements for the Fosse Prize for Translators, celebrating outstanding translators who bring Norwegian literature and drama to readers and audiences around the world. 🌍📚

Prize: NOK 500,000
Awarded for: An outstanding body of translation work directly from Norwegian
Deadline: 15 September 2026, 12:00 CEST

Publishers, translators’ associations, universities, theatres and directors, and Norwegian foreign missions are invited to put forward candidates.

👉 Send a brief justification (max. 1 page) to [email protected]

Help us shine a spotlight on the translators who bring Norwegian voices to the world!

🔗 For more information, see link in bio 👆

Nasjonalbiblioteket Kultur- og likestillingsdepartementet - Norge

📣 OPEN CALL: Illustrators Exhibition 2027

Er du illustratør?
Nå kan du søke om å bli med på Illustrators Exhibition 2027 under Bologna Children's Book Fair, en av verdens viktigste internasjonale arenaer for illustrasjon innen barne- og ungdomslitteratur.

Utvalgte illustratører får arbeidene sine:
- vist under bokmessen i Bologna
- publisert i Illustrators Annual
- med på en internasjonal utstillingsturné

📅 Søknadsfrist: 26. oktober 2026

Vi håper mange illustratører fra Norge søker! 🇳🇴
Del gjerne utlysningen videre i nettverket ditt.

👉 Les mer: https://norla.no/nb/aktuelt/norla/open-call-bologna-children-s-book-fair-illustrators-exhibition-2027

👉 Og søk her: https://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/en/focus-on/illustrators/the-illustrators-exhibition/2027-illustrators-exhibition-how-to-take-part/1041.html

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