A Swedish poet, who suffered a stroke more than 20 years ago, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature at the age of 80. Read the full story

The first run of a brand new German translation of the Icelandic sagas has sold out at lightning speed. The translation of the sagas into German is a cornerstone of Iceland’s guest-of-honour status at the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair, which begins in the middle of October. Read the full story

Square Sails and Dragons is the well-crafted début novel by American poet Celia Lund. The book is a work of fiction based around real events, and the cast of characters includes some very familiar names. Read the full story

Iceland’s capital, the City of Reykjavik, has been declared a City of Literature by the United Nations’ culture and heritage agency, UNESCO. Read the full story

A husband and wife have written a new series of the legendary Moomin children’s books, ten years after their Swedish- Finnish author and illustrator, Tove Jansson, died. Read the full story

Fully 180 different Icelandic books and books about Iceland are being published in German this year. The German book market caters to 100 million people. Read the full story

Where the Shadows Lie is a new book from British author Michael Ridpath. It is about modern police work, the Icelandic sagas and The Lord of the Rings; all set in Iceland and in Boston. Sounds confusing, right? Read the full story

The American author Christina Sunley is in Iceland to promote her novel set in the country, The Tricking of Freya. Although critically acclaimed in North America, Sunley is virtually unknown in Iceland and aims to change that this month. Read the full story

The third in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: Chay’s interview with author Christina Sunley, whose debut novel The Tricking of Freya is getting rave reviews in Iceland and North America Read the full story

The world’s largest computer search engine will soon begin the digitalisation of Denmark’s literature for The Royal Library. Read the full story