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20/01/2026

Lucy Moffatt has been awarded the 2025 Wigeland Prize was for her translation from Norwegian of Bjørg Vik’s «Små nøkler, store rom» (Small Keys, Big Rooms).

The jury stated that Moffatt’s translation of this intimate portrait of a young girl’s life in Oslo during and after WWII is «seamless and left the jury wanting to read more about Elsi and the other residents of a seemingly ordinary apartment building.»

The Elsi Lund trilogy stands as a major work of Norwegian post-war literature and demonstrates why Bjørg Vik is considered one of Norway’s most central authors. The critically acclaimed trilogy offers a uniquely powerful portrait of post-war Oslo as seen through the eyes of a young girl.

27/11/2025

Ursula Lindsey has written a stunning review of Vigdis Hjorth's English translations in The New York Review:

«Hjorth is such a daring, original, sneaky writer. She sets her books like traps, their existential questions camouflaged under a layer of shaggy, rambling prose...[Hjorth] has a gift for depicting painful, confusing, and mortifying relationships, putting them under a microscope, showing us more and more.»

Charlotte Barslund translates Vigdis Hjorth into English.

The Norwegian writer Vigdis Hjorth has a gift for depicting painful, confusing, and mortifying relationships.

26/11/2025

«Beasts» by Ingvild Bjerkeland is amongst Washington Independent Review of Books's 51 favourite books of 2025 🥳🙌

«The siblings anchor the book, and their emotional journey is as riveting as the physical one. Small and feisty Alva brings much-needed levity to scenes where she chatters away at top speed or proclaims she will never eat sushi, no matter how starved she is. She is also Abdi’s guiding star. ‘Alva was my responsibility now,’ he says. ‘I had to look after her; I had to make sure she had whatever she needed to survive.’» Reviewed by Priyanka Champaneri.

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

21/11/2025

We are incredibly proud to announce that Anna Fiske has received the Honorary Brage Prize, Norway's most prestigious literary award, for her innovative and distinctive work. She has authored and illustrated near to 70 books, and is published in 20 countries.

Congratulations Anna 🥳🙌

Yesterday the Norwegian literary community gathered for the Brage Prize award ceremony. The Brage Prize is perhaps our most prestigious literary award, and we are so proud to share the news that Anna Fiske received the most distinguished of all the prizes: The Honorary Brage Prize.

18/11/2025

Is «Dad and Other Terrorists» by Ingvild Bjerkeland the best middle grade novel written the past year? It may be, according to 120.000 students, who have voted for it to be one of only five super finalists for this year's Avid Reader Award.

Ingvild Bjerkeland, author of the internationally acclaimed middle grade novel Beasts, is once again a super finalist to win The Avid Reader Award. This time, she is nominated with the book Dad and Other Terrorists.

11/11/2025

Renown feminist Marta Breen has written a graphic novel about gender and religion: Born Free, which is a NORLA selected title. It's illustrated by Sunniva Fluge Hole. Get to know them a little better in NORLA's mini-interview.

We are happy to present our selected title author Marta Breen. She has written Born Free (original title: Født fri). The book is illustrated by Sunniva Fluge Hole, and it is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.

07/11/2025

«Deadly Dragon, Remorseful Dog», Karin Fossum's first book in the series about police detective Eddie Feber, has been nominated for Best Translated Crime novel in Sweden 🥳🙌

Congratulations to Karin Fossum, translator Sara Hemmel and publisher Saga Egmont!

Svenska Deckarakademin har idag presenterat vilka böcker som har nominerats till årets bästa kriminalromaner i kategorierna ”Bästa till svenska översatta”,

05/11/2025

Elin Hansson is a NORLA Selected Title Author with her book My Life as a Cat. It is Freaky Friday with cats, and it's illustrated by Oda Valle. Get to know them both a little bit better in their mini-interview with NORLA.

We are happy to present our selected title author Elin Hansson. She has written My Life as a Cat (original title: Mitt liv som katt). The book is illustrated by Oda Valle, and it is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.

03/11/2025

Torbjørn Ekelund is a Selected NORLA author, with his new narrative non-fiction book A Year of Birds. Read NORLA's mini-interview with him here:

We are happy to present our selected title author Torbjørn Ekelund. He has written A Year of Birds. Ornithological Field Notes from My Immediate Surroundings (original title: Fuglenes år. Ornitologiske feltnotater fra mine nærmeste omgivelser). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the ...

31/10/2025

Nominations for the Brage Prize, our perhaps most prestigious literary award, were announced this week. We are proud to represent three of the nominees.

28/10/2025

At the start of Erlend Loe's latest novel, the main character Tander's p***s falls off while he's taking a shower. It's very inconvenient for Tander, quite a problem... «C***s» is now one of ten contenders to become the bookseller favourite of the years.

In C***s by Erlend Loe, Tander loses his p***s during a shower. This is very inconvenient. It's quite a problem, to say the least. The novel is now nominated to win the title all Norway's favourite

24/10/2025

Get to know Ida Hegazi Høyer and her Selected NORLA book, The Second Heart, through this mini-interview.

We are happy to present our selected title author Ida Hegazi Høyer. She has written The Second Heart (original title: Det nye hjertet). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.