The upcoming series The Fortress (Festning Norge) won the award for best script at the most prestigious international series festival Series Mania in France. The series is based on an idea and script developed by John Kåre Raake and Linn-Jeanethe Kyed, and was the only Norwegian series on the programme.
With more than 20 years in the business, his track record includes feature films and drama series spanning a wide range of genres for both adults and children.
Jørgen Jæger is on a roll! With recent sales to North Macedonia and Sweden, books from his Ole Vik series have now been sold to 7 countries – over 30 rights in total.
Congratulations to Linn Skåber, who was the recipient of the Wenche Foss Honorary Award for 2022!
Things are off to a great start for Anders Totland’s A Prayer for Jacob Juul – film rights have been sold, it’s made its way to the bestseller list, and the first international sale has been secured.
Each spring and fall, NORLA chooses a selection of Norwegian books of current interest for book fairs and literary events.
We’re thrilled that TWO of our authors have been selected to the list for Autumn 2022: Ståle Wig’s HAVANA TAXI and Jens M. Johansson’s FAMILY VALUES!
We’re thrilled to announce that author and playwright Camara Lundstad Joof has received the prestigious Hedda Award for her play They Must Birth to Us or Fuck Us to Love Us – for Best Stage Text. It was also nominated as Production of the Year.
Congratulations to Linn Skåber and Denmark’s Teater V – their performance of BEING YOUNG (Til ungdommen) was announced as the winner of this year’s Reumert Award for best children’s/youth theatre!
Each spring and fall, NORLA chooses a selection of Norwegian books of current interest for book fairs and literary events.
We’re thrilled that TWO of our authors have been selected to the list for Spring 2022: Therese Tungen’s “TURN AROUND” and Thomas Reinertsen Berg’s “TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH”
Handmade by Siri Halle has been published this week to much acclaim in the media. The subtitle Learning the Art of Chainsaw Mindfulness has understandably caused a stir.
Therese Tungen’s latest book, Turn Around was launched last week.
Nikolaj Frobenius’ psychological thriller SWAN SONG was recently published the reception has been outstanding. Have a look at what the critics are saying.
Han har lenge vært en av Norges mest populære krimforfattere. Nå får Jørgen Jæger lesere også i en rekke nye land.
NORLA has again selected their prioritized titles in Norway for this spring. Eight titles within Norwegian fiction, non-fiction and children’s and YA. We are proud to say that two of the chosen titles are from Northern Stories.
Although the World is not at its best at the moment, the business has to go on. And luckily it does. Here is an update on recent sales.
Kalem Agency is a literary agency founded in Istanbul, Turkey, and is one of those who builds bridges between books and languages. They represent numerous renowned Turkish authors, and work as co-agents for foreign publishers and literary agencies They also organize ITEF, an international literary festival and a fellowship programme every year.