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Drawing Mundi
By Gay Strandemo Bryndís Víglundsdóttir is a superb storyteller and my job is to keep up with her as an illustrator. After we...
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Torfhildur Hólm
The story of Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir Hólm (2 February 1845- 14 November 1918) is the third in a three-series article of famous...
Jul 8, 20239 min read
Mother of Light: A Novel
The Journey of an IR Volunteer from Genealogist to Author By Elin de Ruyter Writing a book is no easy feat, and though it appears from...
Jul 8, 20234 min read
2023 Scandinavian Festival Features Iceland!
Special Icelandic Events - Please share by Romayne Kilde, Nordic Culture Clubs Scandinavian Festival The Nordic Culture Clubs and the...
May 27, 20231 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...
May 13, 20234 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...
Apr 16, 20235 min read
The 1816 Iceland Census
The 1816 Census is a wonderful resource that includes names, household positions, the farm they are living on, their marital status, age,...
Apr 2, 20234 min read
Bréfin frá sólskinsbörnum (The letters from sunshine children)
An interview with scholar Christopher Crocker In June of 1916, the children’s newspaper Sólskin, a supplement to the weekly North...
Mar 5, 20235 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...
Jan 22, 20233 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...
Dec 11, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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...
Nov 26, 202225 min read
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...
Sep 18, 20223 min read
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 17, 20223 min read
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,...
Jul 3, 20223 min read
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...
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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 16, 20221 min read
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 8, 20223 min read
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