Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir has been a professional writer since the age of 22, but this is her first novel to be translated into English. The Creator is a unique story with traces of dark humor. Set in modern day Iceland, it focuses on the lives of two Icelanders. The first is Sveinn, a natural loner, […]
My pal Nick Miners is creating a 2014 calendar with stunning aerial shots of Iceland taken in November. It’s really breathtaking photography. Please contact him if you’d like a copy. This appropriately snowy scene is the December image. It’s gorgeous, isn’t it? ©NickMiners More details at Nick Miners Photography.
Thanks to the magic of Twitter, I came across these magical pieces of Reykjavík , created by Clare Caulfield. Clare is a Yorkshire based artist and printmaker whose work is inspired by her travels to some of the world’s greatest cities, some of which she returns to again and again drawing on new ideas each […]
Its been almost a year (December 10th, to be precise) since I launched the Kickstarter campaign to publish Iceland, Defrosted. As you surely know, things have taken off somewhat since then. Not wanting to ‘blow my own trumpet’, Iceland, Defrosted has been so much more successful than I ever imagined. I don’t consider myself to be an author, […]
Ásgeir has had some help with In the Silence. Iceland’s latest adopted son, John Grant, helped translate the albums lyrics into English. Ásgeir’s 72-year-old father helped write some of the lyrics. Of Monsters and Men helped raise his profile by taking him on tour. That said, Ásgeir remains the star of the show here. In the Silence, […]
At Airwaves ‘12, I took my first trip to the Salvation Army Chapel in downtown Reykjavík. Not expecting much in this austere building, and more just wanting to get out of the fierce wind, I was delighted to see Ingunn Huld play a beautiful set of acoustics songs to the sparsely populated room. Ingunn weaved […]
The jólabókaflóð (Icelandic for “christmas book flood”) is the slew of new books in Iceland occurring in the months before christmas every year. Its in full swing now. I thought I’d put together a list of books to buy for the Iceland-lover in your life, to put in their stocking, or under the tree. Or […]
Skeljaskrímsli – the shell monster; dinosaur-like in form but hippopotamus-sized, this chap is not that different to the stereotypical view of the Loch Ness monster, if you ask me. It has shells, or scales along it’s back, a tail and four legs. It’s happy on land, or in water. Skeljaskrímsli has bulging, bulbous eyes, and […]
The fjörulalli, or shore laddie, is a Scottish-sounding wee beastie which looks like a sheep that’s fallen in the drink; either that or a fat, woolly seal. Although fjörulalli are vegetarian, they allegedly and somewhat bizarrely have a perverted penchant for pregnant ladies. They will also inseminate an unlucky sheep, although farmers report any lambs […]
You know what a Tookah is, don’t you? You don’t? Don’t worry. No one does, Emilíana Torrini has made it up. For no apparent reason. The album of the same name is Emilíana’s sixth solo album, and follows the successful Me and Arminisome five years ago. Emilíana has been part of the Icelandic collective GusGus (who […]
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