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18/05/2024

Delighted to be at the European Writers’ Festival today, supporting our author, Jógvan Isaksen!

13/05/2024

Delighted to see that Leïla Slimani has such lovely memories of being read one of our favourites, Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey Through Sweden by Selma Lagerlöf:

The Lullaby author on identifying with Jo in Little Women, being terrified of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and why we’re still in debt to Steinbeck

12/05/2024

Ahead of we’re delighted to be twinned with Norvik Press and stocking these wonderful Nordic poetry translations.

26/04/2024

We are ’twinning’ with indie bookshop Script Haven to work together on celebrating by Books Are My Bag this summer. Indies unite!

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week (Saturday 15 – Saturday 22 June), we are teaming up with indie bookseller and community hub Script Haven, in Worcester, UK. We interviewed Script Haven’…

28/03/2024

07/03/2024

Upcoming Public Lecture: Scandimania! Nordic Noir in the UK since 2008
18 March 2024, 6:00 pm–8:30 pm

Exploring the transnational success of Nordic crime fiction and television drama over the past two decades, Professor Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen's inaugural lecture is free and open to all.

29/02/2024

📢 International Summer Institute in the Faroese Language, August 2024 at the University of the Faroe Islands. Ideal for students with a Scandinavian or Germanic language background.
Apply now! Deadline: 1 March 2024.

Faroese Summer Institute - Faroese LanguageTórshavn - August 01 - 21, 2024 An International Summer Institute in Faroese Language is planned to be held at the University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn August 01 - 21, 2024. Programme: The University of the Faroe Islands will hold an internation...

16/02/2024

🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️It's International Polar Bear Day on 27 February! We'd love to see you & celebrate it together: https://norvikpress.com/2024/02/16/international-polar-bear-day/
Our blog also links to an Eventbrite page for a full afternoon of activities: https://rb.gy/p1qvlt

16/02/2024

Det Ferösche Compagnie's Búi Dam discusses Castle of Joy, coming to Barbican Centre this month

02/02/2024

And our inaugural for March:

Professor Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen reflects on his extensive research journey so far, as he prepares for his Inaugural Lecture 'Scandimania! Nordic Noir in the UK since 2008'. Taking place on 18th March 2024...

02/02/2024

Our next inaugural, next week!

Professor Geraldine Brodie reflects on her extensive research journey so far, as she prepares for her Inaugural Lecture 'Translation on Stage Today'. Taking place on 7th February 2024...

05/01/2024

This inaugural professorial lecture at UCL SELCS may be of interest to London-based literature lovers: Prof Patrick Bray on literary taste - 17 January.

Free with refreshments, but registration required:

What pleasure do we get from reading literature? Does our taste in literature provide us with useful knowledge?

21/12/2023

Our latest volume of Scandinavica is now available ! Two special issues focusing on and ‘The North’ – you can read the introduction to both here: https://www.scandinavica.net/article/90078-borealism-introducing-a-poetics-of-the-north

04/12/2023

Searching for Christmas gift ideas? We have just the thing!

It’s December, and time for our festive blog! We’ve compiled a fireside reading list for you to enjoy this season. 1. A naughty boy learns his lesson – and teaches their lessons to Swed…

15/11/2023

Stellar review of our Faroese crime novel: https://www.crimetime.co.uk/dead-men-dancing-by-jogvan-isaksen-translated-by-marita-thomsen/

03/11/2023

19/10/2023

How to translate books you don’t adore, and how to talk about it afterwards.

05/10/2023

, and a !

Exciting news: we’re unveiling the cover of our new book, and you’re invited to the in-person launch event for it! Dead Men Dancing ‘He realised that he would drown here. Someone had cr…

15/09/2023

Týskvøldið 19. septembur kl. 20 skipar FarLit fyri einum tvímálsligum tiltaki á Reinsarínum, har føroyskir rithøvundar fara at lesa tekstir

01/08/2023

It's August, and that means it's also Women in Translation Month!
We've published a blog about women in translation at Norvik Press:

August is Women in Translation month, and as editors and translators here at Norvik Press we would like to make a bit of a fuss about ours. The press has always prioritised Nordic women writers, wh…

02/06/2023

In an article first published in Swedish in Dagens Nyheter, literary scholar Birgitta Holm offers insight into a recent flurry of interest in Selma Lagerlöf, exploring why the writer’s genius will stand the test of time. Swedish Book Review presents this wide-ranging piece in English, in a translation by Sarah Death and Linda Schenck.
https://swedishbookreview.org/vintage-car-week-springtime-revival-selma-lagerlof-feature
For those looking to discover Lagerlöf’s works, the article also features a handy reading list of the author's books available in English translation 📚

by Birgitta Holm, translated and with an introduction and reading list by Sarah Death and Linda Schenck