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.
BIG APPLE AGENCY celebrated its 33rd anniversary in 2020. They work with translation rights into Mainland China and into Taiwan and Hong Kong. We’ve asked Vincent to tell us a little more about these markets, and where to travel when we get the possibility again.
Jitka Nemeckova is working with our books in three Countries: The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. In this interview you can read more about her and her markets. And get ideas on cites to visit when in Prague. She also shares the recipe for the traditional Christmas pastry Vánočka. If you manage this, you can consider yourself a real baker!
To be a successful agency you need to cooperate with the right people. And we are so lucky to be cooperating with a lot of extremely professional co-agents around the world, so it’s about time you get to meet them! First out is Judit Herman, who is in charge of Andrew Nurnberg Literary Agency Budapest, and who handles our rights in Hungary and Croatia.
The prestigious Brage-prize has been awarded to Thomas Horne’s The Big Guide to Climate-Friendly Living . A huge congratulations to Thomas!
We are happy and proud to welcome Nikolaj Frobenius to Northern Stories, an international acclaimed novelist and screenwriter. His books has been translated into numerous languages and he has since his international literary breakthrough in 1996 received lots of international awards.
Olivia Lasky will start working as our Royalty- and Contract manager. She is currently working as Global Paid Social Media Lead at Precis Digital.
Vi er et uavhengig litterært agentur som selger rettigheter til internasjonale forlag. Vi jobber også med rettighetssalg til film/TV og teater. Firmaet er nå inne i sitt femte år, og arbeidsmengden er stadig økende. Vi søker derfor en medarbeider i 20% stilling.