Literature

Rebecca Dinerstein received a scholarship from Yale University to go anywhere in the world. She decided to spend a year in the very north of Norway, on top of the world, surrounded by high, snowy mountains and almost no people. Lofoten is a book of poetry about Dinerstein’s Norwegian impressions and her debut. Read more

Anna Funder explores the destinies of persecuted German writers and intellectuals before and through World War II 'in her Miles Franklin Award winning novel All that I am. Using her novel as a backdrop, she asks how we can mobilize solidarity and hospitality for persecuted writers of today. Read more

The last week author Karl Ove Knausgård has been on tour in several American cities to promote the release of his first book in the My Struggle series. On his second visit to New York he stopped by the famous radio talk show The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC. Read more

With the six books long My Struggle, Karl Ove Knausgård has been hailed as one of the most important Norwegian writers of the 2000’s. It’s been decades since any Norwegian work of literature has been debated as much Knausgård's work. Sunday the 23rd of September Knausgård will be one of the headliners at the annual Brooklyn Book Fair. Read more

Grete Prytz Kittelsen (1917–2010) is regarded as "the queen of Scandinavian design". Her sphere of influence in the history of decorative art and design stretches from the Scandinavian Design period, 1945–65, to today. This book is the first comprehensive presentation of her work. An artist with an exceptionally broad scope, she designed jewelry and one-of-a-kind silver articles for her family’... Read more

New book: “ The Eskimo and The Oil Man: The Battle at the Top of the World for America's Future” By travelling to the Norwegian High North, American writer Bob Reiss explores how the U.S. can learn from Norway when it comes to balancing energy use and environmental protection in the Arctic. Read more

The US launch of Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård was celebrated with an official reception party at the residence of Consul General Sissel Breie Saturday night. Here in conversation with acclaimed writer Siri Hustvedt. Read more

Check out the tenth MoCCA Festival at The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art this weekend! People from both Jippi Forlag and No Comprendo Press will be there. Read more

The European Division and the Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress, in partnership with the Royal Norwegian Embassy present the English translation of My Struggle. Karl Ove Knausgård will discuss and sign Book One of his internationally acclaimed memoirs. Light refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. by Monday, April 30 to rsvp.emb.washington@mfa.no Read more

A reading and Q&A at New York University with Karl Ove Knausgaard, the author of 'My Struggle'. Read more

The acclaimed Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard will be in the US for the release of 'My Struggle. Book One', the first novel in a cycle of six. Also, Knausgaard have been invited to partake in the PEN World Voices Festival (April 30-May 6), the largest celebration of international literature in the United States. Read more

Johan Harstad won the prestigous Norwegian Brage Award in 2008 for his thrilling novel "Darlah". In April the book will be launched on the American market entitled "172 Hours on the Moon". American publisher Little, Brown has bought the English world rights to Harstad's young adult novel. Read more

The Office for Contemporary Art Norway announces the publication of the book 'Whatever Happened to Sex in Scandinavia?', with a presentation at Artists Space, New York, December 2nd at 7pm. Read more

Irene Levin Berman will be touring Southern California November 15-17. She will present and sign her poignant and captivating book We Are Going to Pick Potatoes, which tells the story about her and her family's experiences during World War 2. Read more

Join the Commonwealth Club for a conversation with the top American translators of Scandinavian crime novels, Steven T. Murray (aka Reg Keeland) and Tiina Nunnally. Read more

.NO will host the official launch for the anthology Kunstner by curatorial team LOCUS, a reading by Edy Poppy from her recent short story collection, and a panel discussion with several invited artists. October 22nd at 1pm-5pm. Read more

Norwegian Out Of Step Magazine presents NYC launchparty for Out Of Step Magazine #3, Thursday, Oct.20th 9pm-12am. Read more

If you’re a Nordic Noir fan ready to move beyond Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson, don’t miss the appearance by authors from the snowy climes of Norway and Sweden at San Francisco's literary festival, Litquake 2011. Read more

The South End Rowing Club of San Francisco will be hosting author Lynne Cox on October 6 from 6-8 pm. She will be speaking about her new book, South with the Sun, on the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Among other things, Amundsen is known for beating Robert Scott in the race to the South Pole in 1911. Read more

Johan Harstad has received great acclaim for his Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to you in All the Confusion?, and this week his debut novel was launched for the American market. The United Stated has been recognized as one of the most difficult arenas for literature in translation, and the Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit graced the occasion with her valuable presence. Read more