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Dec 20, 20246 min read
Icelandic Roots Offered a Wide Array of Activities in 2024
The Icelandic Roots volunteers have been very busy developing content and events for the Icelandic Roots membership. The volunteers are...
Dec 14, 20243 min read
Icelandic Roots Book Club January 2025
Icelandic Roots Book Club returns on January 9, 2025. Our host, Heather, will be featuring The Writing Place with the author, Sharron...
Oct 25, 20242 min read
November Book Club Showcases Icelandic Children's Tales
By Heather Goodman Lytwyn The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, November 7, 2024, will feature Guđríđur’s Saga , Mundi: Boy of...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
Book Club Returns October 3, 2024
The first Fall session of the IR Book Club returns on October 3rd.
May 25, 20242 min read
Book Club: June 2024
By Heather Goodman Lytwyn The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday June 6, 2024 will feature Journey Across the Four Seas: A Chinese...
Mar 15, 20241 min read
Book Club: April 2024
On April 4th, 2024, the Icelandic Roots Book Club will welcome Martha Brooks who will talk to us about her first book for adults, Dear...
Feb 16, 20242 min read
Book Club Selection for March
On March 7th, 2024, the Icelandic Roots Book Club will welcome Elin de Ruyter who will talk to us about her book Mother of Light: A...
Jan 20, 20242 min read
Book Club: February 2024
by Heather Goodwin Lytwyn On February 1st, the Icelandic Roots Book Club will feature the author Margaret Willson and talk to her about...
Dec 9, 20234 min read
Book Club - January 2024
The Icelandic Roots Book Club is back for another eventful season. As winter has endeared itself to many of us, it's a great time for...
Oct 15, 20233 min read
The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, Nov 2, 2023, will feature The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women with...
Oct 15, 20234 min read
October's Interesting Icelander:
Agnes Magnúsdóttir 27 October 1795 – 12 January 1830 October’s interesting Icelander is a gruesome tale of love, greed, jealousy,...
Sep 2, 20236 min read
Icelandic Roots Online Book Club is Back - October 5
Join Heather online for the upcoming season of the Icelandic Roots Book Club. The first book this Fall is Burial Rites by Hannah Kent....
May 13, 20234 min read
Dare to Share: Do You Have a Favourite Book or Author?
The Icelandic Roots Book Club reaches its First Anniversary. Heather recaps the past year and provides a glimpse of what is to come for...
Apr 16, 20235 min read
Reading Laxness' Salka Valka
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for May 4, 2023, will discuss Salka Valka by Halldór Laxness, featuring the translator, Philip Roughton. By...
Mar 19, 20234 min read
The Windows of Brimnes: An American in Iceland
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, April 6, 2023, will feature The Windows of Brimnes: An American in Iceland by Bill Holm....
Feb 19, 20233 min read
Prophetic Dreams: A Curse or a Legacy
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, March 2, 2023, will feature Prophetic Dreams: a Curse or a Legacy with author Alfreða...
Jan 22, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20223 min read
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...
Oct 14, 20224 min read
The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans
The Icelandic Roots Book Club Nov 3 Featuring: The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans with L.K. Bertram By Heather Goodman...
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