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Dot Dot Comma Dash is WDR2's book of the year - 16.12.2011

Critic on German radio finds Pétur Gunnarsson's urban classic “too short,” is thrilled with everything else. Read more

Nominations for the Icelandic Women's Literature Prize - 16.12.2011

Nominations for Fjöruverðlaunin, the Icelandic Women's Literature Prize, were announced on December 14.

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Icelandic nominations for Nordic Council Literature Prize - 9.12.2011

Authors Bergsveinn Birgisson and Gerður Kristný are the Icelandic nominees this time around.

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New outing from Iceland's queen of crime - 9.12.2011

Her previous book stayed on German bestseller lists for weeks on end. Now, with a new mystery out featuring an abandoned yacht drifting into Reykjavík Harbour, Iceland's queen of crime is again set to make waves.

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Nominations for the Icelandic Literature Prize - 5.12.2011

10 books are nominated for the Icelandic Literature each year. This year's nominees were announced on December 1 at the National Gallery of Iceland.

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Ófeigur receives EU Prize for Literature - 1.12.2011

Ófeigur Sigurðsson's historical novel Jon is one of twelve European works favoured by the 2011 European Prize for Literature. Read more