Norway officially becomes Guest of Honour during Frankfurter Buchmesse this year. NORLA, the organisers of the Norwegian Guest of Honour project will, as usual, be part of the Norwegian book industry’s exhibition stand in hall 5.0, A53, where we will also present autumn’s selected titles.
At this year’s fair there will be several great events with Norwegian authors and musicians. We are also very excited that Norway’s Minister of Culture, Trine Skei Grande and State Secretary for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marianne Hagen, will take part.
NORLA will be accompanied by author organisations and Norwegian institutions that want to become more familiar with the Frankfurt Book Fair. And we will also host events for the German booksellers and journalists who have visited Norway earlier this year.
Press conference, Thursday 11 October, 11:00
The Norwegian Guest of Honour project will be presented. There will be speeches by Norway’s Minister of Culture, Trine Skei Grande, Director of the Frankfurter Buchmesse, Juergen Boos as well as Halldór Guðmundsson and Margit Walsø. Additionally, there will be a conversation between three prominent authors and the Director of The National Library of Norway, Aslak Sira Myhre, who is also chairman of NORLA’s board. The authors participating are Maja Lunde, Erling Kagge and Linn Ullmann. There will also be a musical program by Ferdigsnakka with Fredrik Høyer, Bendik Baksaas and Jo David Meyer Lysne.
Read more here https://www.norway2019.com/en/events/press-conference
Reading “The Dream of Norway”, Thursday 11 October, 12:00, Frankfurt Pavilion (Agora)
Straight after the press conference we invite you to stay to experience a reading with Maja Lunde, Erling Kagge and Matias Faldbakken. The conversation will be held in English, moderated by Thomas Böhm.
Read more here https://www.norway2019.com/en/events/the-dream-of-norway
Reading “Norwegian Hour”, Friday 12 Ocober, 19:00, Frankfurt Pavilion (Agora)
Friday evening, we invite you to enjoy a reading with four Norwegian authors: Monica Isakstuen, Matias Faldbakken, Tomas Espedal and Linn Ullmann. The event will be held at the new Frankfurt Pavilion on Agora. As the event is after opening hours, a free registration is needed, this can be done here: https://www.xing-events.com/Norway.html
Join us for a reading and a Norwegian drink!
Read more here https://www.norway2019.com/en/events/norwegian-hour
Finland, Georgia, Norway: Three Guest of Honour Countries at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, 12 October, 10:30, Hall 5.0 / Booth 5.0/B100.
On Friday, the Director of NORLA, Margit Walsø, takes part in a conversation about the publishing programmes of three Guest of Honour countries at the Frankfurter Buchmesse; Finland, Georgia and Norway.
Read more here https://www.norway2019.com/en/events/three-guest-of-honour-countries
Insight: Norway as Guest of Honour, 14 October, 12:00, ARTE Hall 4.1 / Stand 4.1/D14
Sunday October 14th at 12 noon, Åsne Seierstad and Halldór Guðmundsson will be interviewed live at the bookfair by the TV channel Arte Deutschland TV GmbH.
Read more here https://www.norway2019.com/en/events/insight-norway-as-guest-of-honour
Handover ceremony, 14 October, 15:30, Georgian Guest of Honour Pavilion, Forum, Level 1
This year’s bookfair will be rounded off on Sunday with the traditional handover ceremony of the Guest Scroll, in Georgia’s pavillion. We are looking forward to an exciting program: Åsne Seierstad in conversation with Georgian author Zurab Karumidze, the Norwegian Guest of Honour-film will be screened for the very first time and the ceremony closes with a musical performance with the trio Herborg Kråkevik, Mathias Eick and Kjetil Bjerkestrand.
Read more here: https://www.norway2019.com/en/events/handover-ceremony