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“Scintillating images in the midst of winter darkness,”
...says a Danish review of Jón Kalman Stefánsson's recently translated Heaven and Hell.
moreMy Soul to Take nominated for Shamus Prize
Highway 1 revisited
German author Finn-Ole Heinrich has completed two video works containing scenes from his recent visit to Iceland – including an unexpected ride through the ash cloud of erupting volcano Eyjafjallajökull.
moreAuthor of the Month
Auður A. Ólafsdóttir
“Beautiful, like a painting out of the golden age,” was a critic's verdict on Auður A. Ólafsdóttir's novel Afleggjarinn (The Offspring), the story of a young man who sets out to restore a dilapidated monastic garden to its former beauty.
moreBook of the Month
When the King Came
What better cover for a murder than a royal visit? Helgi Ingólfsson's award-winning mystery is set against the backdrop of a spectacular point in Icelandic history: the height of the country's 19th century struggle for sovereignty.
moreVideo of the Month
The Saga-Steads of Collingwood & Ingólfsson
In 1897, antiquarian and artist W. G. Collingwood set out on a journey of western Iceland. A century later, photographer Einar Falur Ingólfsson retraces the Victorian's footsteps.
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