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Russian Journalists Visit Norway
Russian journalists visit Norway to learn about Norwegian publishing sector: http://bit.ly/n6SzNO
Washington Post
Washington Post: Scandinavian crime novels are extremely popular worldwide, including in the USA: http://wapo.st/9QNAHd
R$12m for Translation Grants
Brazil to give R$12 million in translation grants! New 10 year plan announced at the FLIP by Galeno Amorim, president of Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (National Library Foundation, an office of […]
Tokyo Book Fair
FILI (Finnish Literature Exchange) director Iris Schwanck and translators Hiroko Suenobu and Jun Igarashi will visit the Tokyo Book Fair 7-10/07. The FILI stand will have a special focus on […]
H.C. Andersen Literature Prize
The Chilean author Isabel Allende wins the Danish H.C. Andersen Literature Prize: http://bit.ly/jhpvLk
Best Brazilian Books 2011
Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL) best fiction 2011 for Elvira Vigna and life time award for Carlos Guilherme Motta. Full list below: Fiction: Elvira Vigna, Nada a dizer (Companhia das […]
“Totta” to be made into a film
The internationally successful Finnish book Totta (True) by Riikka Pulkkinen will be made into a film: http://bit.ly/kF8TJg
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir wins an award
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir won the 2011 Icelandic Crime Writers Award, Blóðdropinn (The Blood-Drop) for her novel Ég man þig (I Remember You). The novel has also been nominated for the Glasskey, a […]
3 Danish authors find success in the US
Danish crime writers Sara Blædel, Jussi Adler-Olsen, and the writing duo Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis score major publishing deals in the US: http://bit.ly/lMWNT8
“Norwegia Fest” in Gdansk, Poland
Norwegian cultural festival in Poland finishes tomorrow, 26/06/2011. The Polish political magazine “Krytyka Polityczna” (Political Critique) arranged this festival under the name “Norwegia Fest – The Flow of The Norwegian […]