Norway Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/norway/ International publishing news and opinion Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:37:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://publishingperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-P19-favicon-32x32.png Norway Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/norway/ 32 32 Norway: Ingunn Trosholmen, WEXFO Managing Director https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/09/norway-ingunn-trosholmen-named-next-managing-director-of-wexfo/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:45:38 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=212265 As founder Kristenn Einarsson prepares to step away, Ingunn Trosholmen is named to lead the World Expression Forum forward.

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]]> Rights Roundup: On a Comfortable and Non-Alarmist Approach to Frankfurt https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/09/rights-roundup-on-a-comfortable-approach-to-frankfurt/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 06:12:21 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=211627 Our Rights Roundup features two works from Norway, plus books of note from Germany, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Slow down and enjoy.

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]]> Denmark Drops Its 25-Percent VAT on Books https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/denmark-drops-its-25-percent-vat-on-books/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 03:38:54 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=211214 In a belief 'that we must put everything at stake' to raise its flagging reading levels, Copenhagen drops its VAT on books to zero.

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]]> Interview: Egypt’s Ahmed Bedeir on the Prix Voltaire https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/interview-egypts-ahmed-bedeir-on-sponsoring-the-prix-voltaire/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 06:02:32 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=210997 Dar El Shorouk's view: IPA's award tells courageous publishers that 'a global community sees them, values them, and stands with them.'

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]]> Rights Roundup: August’s Look at Deal News https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/rights-roundup-augusts-look-at-deal-news/ Fri, 08 Aug 2025 07:01:56 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=210934 A prelude to the start of the 2025 Frankfurt Rights Meeting, this month's Rights Roundup  focuses mainly on adult fiction.

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]]> At Norway’s WEXFO, a Vow To Fight ‘Disinformation, Censorship, Polarization’ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/at-wexfos-close-a-vow-to-fight-disinformation-censorship-polarization/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:58:00 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=209690 Urgently essential 'higher-level reading' and a new construct built on democracy and literacy, 'Dem Read,' came into focus at WEXFO.

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]]> IPA’s Prix Voltaire: Dmitri Strotsev and Nadia Kandrusevich https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/06/ipas-prix-voltaire-dmitri-strosev-and-nadia-kandrusevich/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 03:16:42 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=209541 Dmitri Strotsev of the Hochroth Minsk and Nadia Kandrusevich of Koska are the 2025 Prix Voltaire laureates.

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]]> IPA on Reported Moscow Arrests: ‘The Risks Publishers Now Face in Russia’ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/ipa-on-reported-moscow-arrests-the-risks-publishers-now-face-in-russia/ Tue, 20 May 2025 16:37:30 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=209234 The International Publishers Association alerts its world membership to reports of Russian actions against 'LGBT propaganda.'

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]]> Rights Roundup: ‘Faithful Readers’ of Max Seeck Have a TV Series Coming https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/rights-roundup-faithful-readers-of-max-seeck-have-a-tv-series-coming/ Fri, 16 May 2025 01:55:20 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=209120 Patience has paid off for Max Seeck as one of his ice-thawing Nordic noir novels is set to start production for television this year.

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]]> Norway’s World Expression Forum in a ‘Year of Resistance’ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/norways-world-expression-forum-in-the-year-of-resistance/ Mon, 12 May 2025 20:30:53 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=209019 This year's World Expression Forum (WEXFO) in June brings frank, targeted questions to the stage across myriad walks of life.

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