Books from Iceland 2021 - The video!

5. May, 2021

Here you can watch the animated version of our selected titles in Books from Iceland 2021.

The Icelandic Literature Center selects annually a list of Icelandic books for promotion at book fairs and literature events abroad as well as digital promotion. Take a look at selected titles in different genres.

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Here is the booklet edition of Books from Iceland 2021. 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, an overview of Icelandic literary awards and nominations in 2020 & information about our grants.


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