{"id":3567,"date":"2016-04-07T19:27:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T19:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=3567"},"modified":"2016-04-07T19:32:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T19:32:39","slug":"evening-with-authors-the-iceland-writers-retreat","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/evening-with-authors-the-iceland-writers-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening With Authors \u2013 The Iceland Writers Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Evening With Authors\u00a0\u2013 The Iceland Writers Retreat<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nordic House April 12. At 8 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Iceland Writers Retreat will take place for the third time April 13-17. It features numerous small-group writing workshops led by renowned authors from around the world. This year, we will have ten Featured Authors who come from six countries.<\/p>\n<p>T<strong>he Featured Authors will be participating in a reading at Nordic House the day before the IWR begins. The reading is free and open to all. <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Moderated by Egill Helgason. The event will take place in English.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"ls_embed_1460057522\" data-src=\"\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/14889744\/events\/5144706\/player?width=560&amp;height=315&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/livestream.com\/assets\/plugins\/referrer_tracking.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" data-embed_id=\"ls_embed_1460057522\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The authors reading in the Nordic House are:\u00a0Ger\u00f0ur Kristn\u00fd, Elina Hirvonen, Mark Kurlansky, Vincent Lam,\u00a0Neel Mukherjee, Cheryl Strayed, Miriam Toews, Adelle Waldman, Kate Williams og Andrew Westoll.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icelandwritersretreat.com\">www.icelandwritersretreat.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Featured Authors participating in the workshops<\/span><br \/>\nIcelandic Literature Award winner Ger\u00f0ur Kristn\u00fd;<br \/>\nAuthor, journalist and documentary filmmaker Elina Hirvonen<br \/>\nJournalist and bestselling author Mark Kurlansky<br \/>\nGiller Prize winner Vincent Lam<br \/>\nBooker Prize nominee Neel Mukherjee<br \/>\nAuthor of Wild and other bestsellers Cheryl Strayed<br \/>\nGovernor General&#8217;s Award winner Miriam Toews<br \/>\nBestselling author Adelle Waldman<br \/>\nRBC Charles Taylor prize winner Andrew Westoll<br \/>\nHistorian, novelist and broadcaster Kate Williams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evening With Authors\u00a0\u2013 The Iceland Writers Retreat Nordic House April 12. At 8 pm. The Iceland Writers Retreat will take place for the third time April 13-17. It features numerous small-group writing workshops led by renowned authors from around the world. This year, we will have ten Featured Authors who come from six countries. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3568,"template":"","event-categories":[7,8],"class_list":["post-3567","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-lecture","event-categories-literature","has-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/3567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=3567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}