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Guest of Honour Norway – a success story

Feature — Sales record in the bookstore at the fair, full house in Norway's pavilion, huge international media attention and growth in the number of visitors at the fair*. The number of private visitors increased by 9.2 per cent from last year, not least thanks to Norway's program as Guest of Honour - "a crowd-puller" according to the Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse Juergen Boos.

Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019 Summarized

Latest — We are happy to share some key figures from Norway as a Guest of Honour at this year’s Frankfurter Buchmesse. NORLA’s Guest of Honour project report will be presented in the first quarter of 2020.

A most heartfelt thanks our project colleagues
Live stream from the main stage at Norways Guest of Honour Pavilion Sunday

Latest — Every day we stream live from the main stage of the Norwegian Guest of Honour Pavilion. Click here for the stream!

Live stream from the main stage at Norways Guest of Honour Pavilion Saturday

Latest — Every day we stream live from the main stage of the Norwegian Guest of Honour Pavilion. Click here for the stream!

The Pavilion Program for Norway Guest of Honour: Main stage and Stage 2

Latest — We are very happy to share the program for the main stage and stage 2 of the Guest of Honour Pavilion at the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019 with you.

Live stream from the main stage at Norways Guest of Honour Pavilion Friday

Latest — Every day we stream live from the main stage of the Norwegian Guest of Honour Pavilion. Click here for the stream!

Interviews with the winners of a trip to Frankfurter Buchmesse

Interview — As part of the Book Year 2019, the Norwegian National Library organized a reading competition in collaboration with NORLA. The winners won a trip to Frankfurter Buchmesse. Here you can find interviews of the winners expressing their thoughts about reading, their favourite authors and attending Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Live stream from the main stage at Norways Guest of Honour Pavilion Thursday

Latest — Every day we stream live from the main stage of the Norwegian Guest of Honour Pavilion. Click here for the stream!

Live stream from the main stage at Norways Guest of Honour Pavilion Wednesday

Latest — Every day we stream live from the main stage of the Norwegian Guest of Honour Pavilion. Click here for the stream!

Norway's Guest of Honour Pavilion

Latest — Here you find information about the Norwegian Guest of Honour Pavilion with the art installations "Invisible Silence" and "Wittgenstein's Boat" at the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Norwegian films strongly present at the book fair in Frankfurt!

Latest — The largest Norwegian cultural initiative internationally ever culminates with Norway as a guest country at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Norwegian films are also an integral part of this presence.

Norwegian authors join H.R.H. Crown Princess Mette-Marit in the literary train through Germany.

Latest — 19 authors will travel across Germany in the Crown Princess’s literary train to Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Infrastructure of Feeling : Munch Machine

Latest — Infrastructure of Feeling will be reading and curating Edvard Munch’s work at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Press conference presenting the cultural program 2019

Latest — On July 4, we presented our extensive cultural program as Guest of Honour, the concept for the Guest of Honour Pavilion and the authors who will take part in the program in our pavilion.

Events
18:00–19:30
Frankfurt am Main
Mega-Author Event: Live Event with Jo Nesbø

Reading and conversation — Jo Nesbø will present his new book at BOOKFEST. Experience the best-selling Norwegian author live in the Congress Center Frankfurt and discover the fate of his detective in “Knife: A Harry Hole Novel”. The event will be hosted by hr2 host Alf Mentzer, and will feature live readings in German by actor Oliver Mommsen of Germany’s popular “Tatort” series.

08:00–20:00
Frankfurt am Main
Norway’s program in Frankfurt

Reading and conversation — Here you can find all information about the Norwegian program in Frankfurt and surrounding during the book fair 15.-20. October. www.norway2019.com/en/program