It’s pronounced “Jol-a-bok-a-flot”. Iceland’s Jólabókaflóð revisited
Here at TNPS I adhere firmly to the three-Christmases principle: The pagan winter festival that...
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Tag: Iceland book market
Iceland’s Publishers Association Book Fair sold 1 book for every 4 residents
Fully one third of all books consumed in Iceland are audiobooks. 97,829 books sold at any book...
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Iceland’s Bókmenntahátíð í Reykjavík kicks off next week with the inaugural Halldór Laxness Award among many attractions
If it’s 2019, it must be time for the bi-annual Bókmenntahátíð í Reykjavík which this year has a...
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Print sales down 43%. Ebooks sale up 60%. Will the 2017 Christmas Book Flood be good news for Iceland's publishers?
Come Christmas, and thoughts turn to northern climes. And in Iceland, thoughts turn to books, and...
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Iceland exports its authors as a prelude to exporting its books
Who’d be an Icelandic author? With a population of less than half a million and a language...
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