Books from Iceland 2020

The Icelandic Literature Center has published the annual booklet which includes selected Icelandic titles from last year

10. March, 2020

Selected titles of fiction, non-fiction, children & YA, crime fiction and also information about Icelandic literature and grants.

Icelandic Literature Center promotes Icelandic literature abroad

The role of the Icelandic Literature Center is to raise awareness and support the publication of Icelandic literature, both in Iceland and abroad, and to enable its distribution through translation and travel grants.

Books From Iceland 2020 

The Icelandic Literature Center has published the booklet, Books from Iceland 2020. It includes Icelandic titles from last year, selected by the Center's literary advisers; fiction, non-fiction and literature for children and young adults, new Icelandic crime fiction, a list of titles recently sold abroad and an overview of Icelandic literary awards and nominations in 2019. 

Books from Iceland is published for promotion at book fairs in London, Frankfurt, Gothenburg and other literary events abroad.

Please take a look at Books From Iceland 2020.


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