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A grand total of 23 UNESCO Cities of Literature are participating in World Poetry Day 2021. Reykjavík is one of those cities and will feature both online and on site events.
Icelandic author Valur Gunnarsson has been appointed a UNESCO City of Literature Virtual Writer in Residence 2021, at the UK‘s National Centre for Writing in Norwich. .
For the fourth year in a row, a group of poets will read poetry in Reykjavík from dawn to dusk on the first day of the year. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be streamen online.
This fall, ICORN writers Mazen Maarouf (Reykjavik) and Mehdi Mousavi (Lillehammer) wrote letters to each other about their lives as exiled writers. They, and two other authors, will take part in an event you can... Meira
Polish readers in Iceland can enjoy free e-books in November 2020. These are twelve bestsellers... Meira
German visual artist and writer Nele Brönner is writer-in-residence in Gröndal‘s House in Reykjavík in September 2020. You can see her work at an exhibition at Reykjavik City Library.
UNESCO Cities of Literature are excited to be celebrating International Literacy Day collectively for the first time, on Tuesday 8 September 2020, via an international social media campaign led by Bucheon UNESCO City... Meira
Nanjing International writers’ residency program was officially launched in April 2019, hosting writers from the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Ireland.
The Reykjavík City of Literature has invited Durban writer, publisher and literacy promoter Fiona Khan for a one month stay in Reykjavík in October 2020. This is the second year of the Reykjavik residency for... Meira
Five books have been shortlisted for the 2020 poetry prize Maístjarnan. The award will be handed out later this month.
Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature celebrates World Book Day by giving Icelandic readers a new illustrated poem and an audio book... Meira
During these times of social distancing, self isolation, closure of libraries and cultural institutions, many of us have more time to enjoy literature and other art from our homes.
Reykjavik City of Literature celebrates World Poetry Day with online activities on Saturday, March 21st. Some other UNESCO Cities of Literature do so also.
Writers of children's fiction from other UNESCO Cities of Literature are invited to apply for a month long residency in Reykjavík in October 2020. Application deadline is March 1st 2020.
The new year will be celebrated with poetry readings in Gröndal's House from dawn to dusk on January 1st 2020.
Harpa Rún Kristjánsdóttir is the winner of the 2019 Tómas Guðmundsson Poetry Prize for her poetry script Edda. The book was published today by publising house Sæmundur.
Canadian author, Chantal Ringuet, gives a talk at Mengi in Reykjavík on October 23rd. She is Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature's writer-in-residence from Quebéc City in October.
The brand new story Jólaálfurinn sem flutti inn by Gréta Þórsdóttir Björnsson and Halldór Snorrason has been chosen as this year's story for the Reykjavík City Library's and City of Literature's... Meira
The Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature has put up a plaque in honour of Jón Árnason, collector of Icelandic folktales, on the 200 anniversary of his birth in August 2019.
This past July, Meg Matich and Gunnhildur Jónatansdóttir from Reykjavík took part in the translation workshop LitTransformer in Lviv, Ukraine, a UNESCO City of Literature.
