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Arrangementer i Nordens Hus<\/h1>\n

Wednesday 8th of September<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Children\u2019s Program: Read and write with the Moomins The Moomin exhibition offers an interactive way to learn about the alphabet while embarking on a tour of the magical Moomin valley. Together, children and adults can learn about characters and stories from the Moomin valley and explore emotions such as disappointment, sadness and wanderlust. Guided tours for preschool and school groups can be booked by sending an inquiry to hrafnhildur@nordichouse.is The exhibition is in collaboration with the Moomin Characters. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. The exhibition runs from 08.09.2021 to 30.01.2022.<\/p>\n

16:00: Read Hour: The Invisible Child<\/h3>\n

Most of us know the Moomins, the fairy tale characters who have delighted both children and adults for years. On the occasion of International Literacy Day on September 8th, we invite you to a reading or ReadHour based on the Finnish model. Hosts will read from Tove Jansson\u2019s beautiful story about the Invisible Child. Together we follow the footsteps of the Moomins and meet the invisible Ninny, who with the help of the Moomins becomes visible again. The program begins with a conversation between Ger\u00f0ur Kristn\u00fd and Sophia Jansson about Tove Jansson and the Moomins, and after that a reading of Jansson\u2019s story will take place in various languages. The readers of The Invisible Child are Sophia Jansson, Ger\u00f0ur Kristn\u00fd, Eliza Reid, Erling Kj\u00e6rbo, Stein Olav Romslo Halla Nos\u00f8e Poulsen and Ann-Sofie Stude and they will read alternately in English, Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Faroese.<\/p>\n

The event is part of the Finnish Read Hour 2021 campaign. Information about the Read Hour\u00a0can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Share your reading experience and reading tips on social media under the hashtag #ReadHour!<\/p>\n

Thursday 9th of September<\/strong><\/h2>\n

11:00: Writing Through Grief and Loss<\/h3>\n

Patrik Svensson and Halla \u00de\u00f3rlaug \u00d3skarsd\u00f3ttir. Moderator: Bj\u00f6rn Halld\u00f3rsson.<\/p>\n

Swedish writer and journalist Patrik Svensson broke through around the world with The Gospel of the Eels, which is both a scientific analysis of the eel but also a poetic and beautiful memoir about a unique relationship between father and son, and the author\u2019s way of coping with the loss of his father. Halla \u00de\u00f3rlaug attracted a lot of attention for her book The Quiet Game, a fragmented story that deals in a candid way with love, grief, the loss of her mother and the role of motherhood. The moderator of the discussion is Bj\u00f6rn Halld\u00f3rsson, author of the book Route One, which was published earlier this year, and which deals specifically with grief and the loss of a father.<\/p>\n

12:00: Home and Away<\/h3>\n

Khaled Khalifa and Mao Alheimdsd\u00f3ttir. Moderator: Gauti Kristmannsson.<\/p>\n

Here, the meaning of the term home will be discussed. The subject is becoming more and more complex, as never in history have more people been away from their home. Or are they? What does it mean to be at home? Is home a specific place? And what happens when the place you call your home changes, and becomes completely different from what you have known? Mao Alheimsd\u00f3ttir is of Polish origin but lives and works in Iceland, here she has chosen her home. She received a new voices grant for her book Weather Reports and Funerals, soon to be published. Khaled Khalifa lives and works in Syria. He has decided to stay in his home in Damascus, despite the fact that the city and the whole country are far from being the home where he grew up.<\/p>\n

13:00: The Boundaries of Fiction and Reality<\/h3>\n

Sa\u0161a Stani\u0161i\u0107 and Vigdis Hjorth. Moderator: Fr\u00ed\u00f0a \u00cdsberg.<\/p>\n

Where is the line between fiction and reality? What is the author\u2019s position towards the blurred boundaries of imagination and truth, fantasy and facts? The novel Will and Testament is probably Vigdis Hjorth\u2019s best known work and has been translated into many languages. The books\u2019 protagonist is a woman in dispute with her family, and takes on the violence of her childhood. The book is widely regarded to be autobiographical at least in parts, although the extent of this is unclear. Sa\u0161a Stani\u0161i\u0107 attracted a lot of attention for his novel approach, original use of language and lively storytelling. Among other things, he has written about his own experience in his novels, the experience of a young boy from the Bosnian war who seeks refuge in stories and narratives.<\/p>\n

15:30: Sagenhaftes Island: Panel on Icelandic literature abroad<\/h3>\n

Christopher MacLehose, Juergen Boos, Regina Kammerer, Halld\u00f3r Gu\u00f0mundsson and Tina Flecken. Moderator: Thomas B\u00f6hm. Host: Stella Soff\u00eda J\u00f3hannesd\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n

Ten years ago, this fall, Iceland was Guest of Honour at the Frankfurter Buchmesse. The project was named Sagenhaftes Island and got much attention, both in Germany and at the fair. We will use the occasion to look back on it: what did we learn, and how useful was it for Icelandic literature abroad? Furthermore, we will discuss the concept of the Guest of Honour and the future perspectives of the book-fair, and of course the importance of literary translations. Opening remarks: Christopher MacLehose, publisher at Mountain Leopard Press. Panel discussion with Juergen Boos, director of Frankfurter Buchmesse, Regina Kammerer, publisher at btb and Luchterhand, Tina Flecken, translator of Icelandic literature and Halld\u00f3r Gu\u00f0mundsson, project manager of Sagenhaftes Island, moderated by Thomas B\u00f6hm.<\/p>\n

Friday 10th of September<\/h2>\n

11:00: Closed Communities: Barbara Demick in conversation with \u00de\u00f3ra Arn\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir<\/h3>\n

Barbara Demick is an award-winning American journalist and writer best known for her work on human rights and economic and social unrest in Eastern Europe and Asia. Demick has written three novels that deal in one way or another with ideas about war and closed societies. Demick\u2019s first novel, Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood, was published in 1996 and deals with the Bosnian war and how it divided the people of Logavina Street in Sarajevo, where for centuries families of different religions had lived in harmony. In her second novel, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (2009), the stories of the fates of six North Korean refugees are intertwined, telling of daily life and the cruel fate of this most isolated country in the world. That book attracted a lot of attention and went on a triumphant journey around the world. In her latest work, the novel Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town (2020), Barbara Demick sheds light on a culture that has long been romanticized by Westerners as spiritual and peaceful. It shows what it really means to be a modern-day Tibetan, trying to preserve their culture, religion and language.<\/p>\n

12:00: History, Psychology, Sci-fi<\/h3>\n

Sigr\u00fan P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir, Helene Flood and Alexander Dan. Moderator: \u00c1rni Matth\u00edasson.<\/p>\n

How do ideas come to life? Does the form control the story or vice versa? In this panel, various forms of fiction and narrative writing will be discussed, what the forms have in common and what separates them. What are the characteristics of these authors\u2019 writings and where are the boundaries between fiction and reality? Sigr\u00fan P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir has written both fiction and non-fiction, as well as books that straddle the border. Helene Flood broke through all over the world with the novel The Therapist where the methods of psychology are tested and Alexander Dan creates new worlds and realities in his books.<\/p>\n

16:00 \u2013 17:30: Short Stories of the World: An International Literary Festival in Five Volumes<\/h3>\n

The short stories of the world were published in five volumes between 2016 and 2020, edited by Krist\u00edn Gu\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, J\u00f3n Karl Helgason and R\u00fanar Helgi Vignisson. The 9 volumes contain 94 stories from 75 countries and cover six continents of the world, with the exception of Antarctica: Europe, Africa, Asia & Asia, Latin America and North America. This is one of the largest translation projects in recent years in Iceland, where 45 translators worked together and translated stories from sixteen languages. Program in Icelandic.<\/p>\n

Saturday 11th of September<\/h2>\n

11:00: Children’s program: Reading and writing with the Moomins – Workshop<\/h3>\n

Free workshop for 4-10 year olds<\/p>\n

Young guests are invited to take part in a conversation, games, reading and craft. The alphabet plays a front role in the exhibition and each letter and picture in the exhibition connects to a feeling and a story. In the workshop we will go through different feelings such as disappointment, sadness, and joy. Short parts of different Moomin stories will be read to investigate each feeling and each letter.<\/div>\n
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Please register by sending name, Icelandic social security number (if possible) and telephone number to hrafnhildur@nordichouse.is<\/div>\n

12:00: Tales from the Border<\/h3>\n

Leila Slimani, Nina W\u00e4h\u00e4 and Berg\u00fe\u00f3ra Sn\u00e6bj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir. Moderator: York Underwood.<\/p>\n

The stories that appear to us in everyday life are often rather homogeneous. The role of literature, however, must to some extent revolve around opening up the world further, centering voices on the fringe and creating understanding. Whose responsibility is it to write such books? Does the author herself need to be marginalized in order to discuss the subject, or is the requirement for marginalized groups to constantly explain themselves unfair? In this panel, stories from the fringes will be discussed. Leila Slimani, Nina W\u00e4h\u00e4 and Berg\u00fe\u00f3ra Sn\u00e6bj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir have all in one way or another discussed the people on the borders, whether it be geographically, socially or mentally.<\/p>\n

13:00: Children’s program: Swedish story time with Sophia Jansson<\/h3>\n

Welcome to Story time in Swedish for children at the Nordic House Childrens Library, with Sophia Jansson, niece of Tove Jansson.<\/p>\n

The story time is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Swedish is welcome to join us.<\/p>\n

This is a free event for parents and children who want to meet other Swedish speaking children. Parents are welcome to participate together with the children, or to have a look in the book shelves upstairs.<\/p>\n

13:00: Icelanders’ Self-image in Literature and a Different Perspective<\/h3>\n

Kristof Magn\u00fasson, Eliza Reid, Joachim Schmidt, Egill Bjarnason and Mao Alheimsd\u00f3ttir discuss. Moderator: Halld\u00f3r Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n

The literary island of Iceland is examined and the rich part that literature has, or had, in the nation’s identity. Is this beautification or self-delusion? How does this affect authors who come from elsewhere and who deal with Iceland, and how do they perceive the literary landscape here?<\/p>\n

14:00: Children’s program: Finnish story time with Sophia Jansson<\/h3>\n

Welcome to Story time in Finnish for children at the Nordic House Childrens Library, with Sophia Jansson, niece of Tove Jansson.<\/p>\n

The story time is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Finnish is welcome to join us.<\/p>\n

This is a free event for parents and children who want to meet other Finnish speaking children. Parents are welcome to participate together with the children, or to have a look in the book shelves upstairs.<\/p>\n

14:00: Or\u00f0st\u00edr Honorary Award: Translators and Authors<\/h3>\n

A translators program where the recipients of Or\u00f0st\u00edr, an honorary award for translators who translate Icelandic to other languages, talk with authors. Salka Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir moderates the discussion. This event is in Icelandic.<\/p>\n

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For the full festival program including all venues\u00a0click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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