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.
Here’s a round up of some of the attention it has created.
Siri just featured at the BBC’s Saturday Live interview. It begins at 33 mins – https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00159s7
Siri’s interview with Norwegian Arts: https://norwegianarts.org.uk/na-meets-siri-helle-author/
An interview in The Sunday Times.
Stylist mentioned Handmade in their March books roundup.
This also has a lovely quote: ‘A beautifully packaged book about one woman’s plan to build a mini-cabin using a chainsaw. Celebrating the importance and impact of making lasting things with your hands, it’s a delightful read that makes for a perfect present’.
Congratulations Siri!
We’re thrilled to announce that author and playwright Camara Lundstad Joof has received the prestigious Hedda Award for her play They Have to Give 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”
Therese Tungen’s latest book, Turn Around was launched last week.
After being on the shortlist for The Translation Dagger Award in August 2020, Agnes Ravatn has done it again! This time, her thriller Seven Doors has been shortlisted for the Petrona Award.