News
Because the sagas aren't set in Schwarzwald
In an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Klaus Böldl discusses an all-new German translation of the sagas, and explains why we needed it.
Read moreYrsa among the best
“It stands comparison with the finest contemporary crime writing anywhere in the world,” says the TLS of Yrsa Sigurðardóttir's Ashes to Dust.
A shot in the arm for poetry
The 6th Nýhil Poetry Festival calls together talent from across the seas.
Read moreEiríkur goes to Berlin
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl simultaneously finds favor with a German film festival jury and releases a novel in Germany.
Read moreA sword becomes a dishwashing brush
German version of a novel by Hallgrímur Helgason wins “Strangest Book Title of 2010” competition at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Read more“And thus the world sometimes discovers faraway isles...”
On October 10, the last day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Iceland formally accepted the title “Guest of Honour” from Argentina.
Icelandic short-films at the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival in Berlin.
Short films by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and Lára Garðarsdóttir are playing from October 14-17 at the Babylon Mitte in Berlin.
Read morePress conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Minister of Education, Science and Culture, was among those who spoke at a Sagenhaftes Island press conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
The Kunststiftung NRW contributes to saga translation project
A German arts foundation contributes generously to a new and complete translation of the Icelandic sagas.
Read more