Bréfin frá sólskinsbörnum (The letters from sunshine children)
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An interview with scholar Christopher Crocker In June of 1916, the children’s newspaper Sólskin, a supplement to the weekly North...


- Jan 22
- 3 min
2023 Book Club Titles Announced
By Beth Finnson The first Samtal Hour of 2023 was hosted by Becky Byerly Adams and featured a presentation by Heather Goodman Lytwyn who...


- Jan 22
- 3 min
The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, February 2, 2023, will feature The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi, with Jason Doctor as our...


- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, January 5, 2023, will feature How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small...


- Nov 26, 2022
- 3 min
What the Yule Boys Have Brought Me
by Gay Strandemo Author Heidi Herman and I once again team up at Samtal Hour to discuss the Icelandic Yule Boys - Jólasveinar. To join us...


- Nov 26, 2022
- 4 min
Mathematician Michael Fell's Icelandic Library
The following article is submitted by the children of Michael and Daphne Fell: Peter Fell and Rachel Fell McDermott. They have made a...


- Nov 26, 2022
- 25 min
Our Third Annual Book Flood - Jólabókaflóð
Tis’ the season for Jólabókaflóðið or Christmas Book Flood. Iceland is one of the most literate countries in the world and has a long...


- Sep 18, 2022
- 3 min
In Valhalla’s Shadows-October Book Club Selection
-The October Icelandic Roots Book Club Gathering Features the Novelist, Poet, Teacher, Journalist, W.D. Valgardson By Heather Goodman...


- Jul 17, 2022
- 3 min
Meet Christina Sunley at the Icelandic Roots Book Club on Thursday August 4
By Heather Goodman Lytwyn The Tricking of Freya, a novel by Christina Sunley, is one of the first contemporary novels by an American...


- Jul 3, 2022
- 3 min
Icelandic Roots July Book Club Selection
By Heather Lytwyn Be Still the Water, by Karen Emilson is the focus of the next Icelandic Roots Book Club members' event on July 7,...


- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
The Icelandic Root’s Book Club begins this week!
We are excited to launch our book club with a webinar by the First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid, talking about her new book, Secrets of...


- Apr 16, 2022
- 1 min
Klúbbterta Gift Packs
-Submitted by Arden Jackson To celebrate the launch of the Icelandic Roots Book Club, Arden Jackson has created IR Klúbbterta Gift Packs...


- Apr 8, 2022
- 3 min
Join The Icelandic Roots Book Club
By Heather Goodman Lytwyn Winnipeg, Manitoba No Time to Read? If you are a member of Icelandic Roots, you will have seen the article...


- Apr 6, 2022
- 5 min
What Is A Saga?
The Chinese have the Great Wall, the Egyptians the Pyramids, the Germans have Beethoven, and the Italians Michaelangelo. Icelanders have...


- Apr 2, 2022
- 3 min
Icelandic Roots Online Book Club
Our new book club will be launched on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, with the First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid! We are so honored to host her...


- Mar 13, 2022
- 2 min
Guðríður Arrives in Vinland 2022
We are so excited to announce Guðríður's Saga is available for purchase! The children's book and complementary coloring book will be...


- Feb 26, 2022
- 5 min
How I Handled Research for My Memoir
By Sverrir Sigurdsson A memoirist is supposed to depend mainly on his memory. For me, though, I wanted my memoir to reflect not just my...


- Feb 24, 2022
- 2 min
Karitas Untitled
Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir, IR#I141956 is one of Iceland’s most acclaimed and popular writers. Her works highlight the mostly neglected...


- Jan 16, 2022
- 2 min
The Mailman is Ready For Delivery
The first book by Christopher Rodel, IR# I20590425, The Icelandic Postman, is published and ready for purchase. This book travels in the...


- Jun 7, 2014
- 2 min
Fires of the Earth: Lakagígar
An eyewitness account of 1783: “This past week, and the two prior to it, more poison fell from the sky than words can describe: ash,...
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