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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, 20224 min read

Tis’ the season for Jólabókaflóðið or Christmas Book Flood. Iceland is one of the most literate countries in the world and has a long...

Nov 26, 202225 min read

-The October Icelandic Roots Book Club Gathering Features the Novelist, Poet, Teacher, Journalist, W.D. Valgardson By Heather Goodman...

Sep 18, 20223 min read

By Heather Goodman Lytwyn The Tricking of Freya, a novel by Christina Sunley, is one of the first contemporary novels by an American...

Jul 17, 20223 min read

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,...

Jul 3, 20223 min read

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...

Jun 5, 20221 min read

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

Apr 16, 20221 min read

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 8, 20223 min read

The Chinese have the Great Wall, the Egyptians the Pyramids, the Germans have Beethoven, and the Italians Michaelangelo. Icelanders have...

Apr 6, 20225 min read

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...

Apr 2, 20223 min read

We are so excited to announce Guðríður's Saga is available for purchase! The children's book and complementary coloring book will be...

Mar 13, 20222 min read

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 26, 20225 min read

Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir, IR#I141956 is one of Iceland’s most acclaimed and popular writers. Her works highlight the mostly neglected...

Feb 24, 20222 min read

The first book by Christopher Rodel, IR# I20590425, The Icelandic Postman, is published and ready for purchase. This book travels in the...

Jan 16, 20222 min read

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,...

Jun 7, 20142 min read