Icelander to receive Nordic Literature Prize
Einar Már Guðmundsson has been awarded the Nordic Literature Prize from the Swedish Academy this year for his contribution to the region’s liter...
Book review: The Human Race, by O. C. Heaton
The Human Race is a 2009 science fiction cum adventure thriller novel written by O. C. Heaton. The book focuses on a monumentally important scientific...
Swede wins Nobel Prize for Literature
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.
Saga sales surge ahead of Frankfurt Book Fair
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 ...
Book review: Square Sails and Dragons, by Celia Lund
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 ...
Reykjavik declared a UNESCO City of Literature
Iceland’s capital, the City of Reykjavik, has been declared a City of Literature by the United Nations’ culture and heritage agency, UNESC...
Moomins brought back from retirement
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, ...
Huge year for Icelandic books in German language
Fully 180 different Icelandic books and books about Iceland are being published in German this year. The German book market caters to 100 million peop...