News
National reading campaign in Norway: Sommerles

Feature — Summer in Norway means reading time for many children! The national, digital campaign Sommerles.no, organized by the public libraries in Norway, wants to give great reading experiences to as many children as possible.

A library according to the dreams of children

Feature — “We didn’t ask the kids what kind of library they wanted. Instead, we asked them what their dreams looked like,” says Reinert Mithassel.

The Magic of Books

Feature — Norwegian children's books' authors and illustrators are making their mark on the international scene.

Events
09:00–17:00
Wohlen
'Georg Grosz meets Mulysses at Slush Mountain' - Modern illustration from Norway

Exhibition — On the occasion of the Literaturtage Zofingen, the traveling exhibition "Georg Grosz meets Mulysses at Slush Mountain - Modern Illustrations from Norway" will be shown at the Kantonschule Wohlen in Switzerland from NOVEMBER 04 – NOVEMBER 30, 2019.

16:00–17:00
Frankfurt am Main
'Georg Grosz meets Mulysses at Slush Mountain' - Modern illustration from Norway

Exhibition — 2019 is Norway's year as Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse, and the first event in this Guest of Honour year will be the touring exhibition "Georg Grosz meets Mulysses on Slush Mountain. Modern illustration from Norway.”

08:00–23:00
Berlin
'Georg Grosz meets Mulysses at Slush Mountain' - Modern illustration from Norway

Exhibition — On the occasion of the 19th International Literature Festival Berlin (ILB), the traveling exhibition "Georg Grosz meets Mulysses at Slush Mountain - Modern Illustrations from Norway" will be shown at the Felleshuset Berlin from SEPTEMBER 11 – SEPTEMBER 19, 2019.

07:00–15:00
Leipzig
'Georg Grosz meets Mulysses at Slush Mountain' - Modern illustration from Norway

Exhibition — 2019 is Norway's year as Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse, and the first event in this Guest of Honour year will be the touring exhibition "Georg Grosz meets Mulysses on Slush Mountain. Modern illustration from Norway.”

16:00–17:00
Bremen
'Georg Grosz meets Mulysses at Slush Mountain' - Modern illustration from Norway

Exhibition — 2019 is Norway's year as Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse, and the first event in this Guest of Honour year will be the touring exhibition "Georg Grosz meets Mulysses on Slush Mountain. Modern illustration from Norway.”

17:00–18:00
Dreieich
Garage

Theater — Cirka Teater, Trondheim (NO) at the Starke Stücke Festival showing outstanding international theater productions for young audiences in the Rhine-Main region.

10:00–11:00
Dreieich
Garage

Theater — Cirka Teater, Trondheim (NO) at the Starke Stücke Festival showing outstanding international theater productions for young audiences in the Rhine-Main region.

09:00–10:00
Dreieich
Garage

Theater — Cirka Teater, Trondheim (NO) at the Starke Stücke Festival showing outstanding international theater productions for young audiences in the Rhine-Main region.

09:00–10:00
Leipzig
Mulysses

Reading and conversation — Welcome to a reading and a conversation with the Norwegian author and illustrator Øyvind Torseter about his book Mulysses.

14:30–15:00
Leipzig
Mulysses

Reading and conversation — The wanderings and homecoming of a middle-aged guy in search of happiness. A reading with Øyvind Torseter.

13:30–14:00
Leipzig
One brother too many

Reading and conversation — Poetic, insistent and touching, Linde Hagerup tells how it feels like for a child when everything suddenly gets different.

12:00–12:30
Leipzig
One brother too many

Reading and conversation — Poetic, insistent and touching, Linde Hagerup tells how it feels like for a child when everything suddenly gets different.

08:30–09:30
Leipzig
One brother too many

Reading and conversation — Poetic, insistent and touching, Linde Hagerup tells how it feels like for a child when everything suddenly gets different.

18:00–20:00
Berlin
Between Tradition and Experiment: Contemporary Norwegian Children's Literature

Conversation — Welcome to an evening dedicated to contemporary Norwegian children's literature at the Nordische Botschaften / Felleshus at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin!

10:00–18:00
Berlin
'Georg Grosz meets Mulysses at Slush Mountain' - Modern illustration from Norway

Exhibition — 2019 is Norway's year as Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse, and the first event in this Guest of Honour year will be the touring exhibition "Georg Grosz meets Mulysses on Slush Mountain. Modern illustration from Norway.”