{"id":62724,"date":"2025-10-10T11:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/event\/myrin-bokmenntahatid-18-oktober-vinnusmidjur\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:05:52","slug":"myrin-bokmenntahatid-18-oktober-vinnusmidjur","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/myrin-bokmenntahatid-18-oktober-vinnusmidjur\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00fdrin literature festival; 18. October &#8211; workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing M\u00fdrin, an international children\u2019s and youth literature festival;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lost in the<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Moorland!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is children\u2019s literature lost or are they the guiding light of a changing world? Eighteen foreign and domestic illustrators and experts in children\u2019s literature take part in a three day program.<\/p>\n<p>Free entry to all the events during the festival.<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Program:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>18. October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10:00-10:45 <em><strong>Workshop; <\/strong><strong>Amazing Creepy Houses with<\/strong> <\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Meritxell Mart\u00ed and Xavier Salom\u00f3, <\/strong><\/em>the authors of the books <\/span>The Mysterious and Surprising House of my Grandpa, Grandma&#8217;s fun and scary house, A Terrific Gift and A Terrific House. The workshop is for children and will be in the Children&#8217;s library. The event will be in English.<\/p>\n<p>11:00-11:45 A guided exhibition tour of <strong>Pippi, democracy and children&#8217;s voices! <\/strong>in the children&#8217;s library. The guide is for all ages and will be lead by Ylva, who works in the Nordic House.<br \/>\nThe guide talks English, Icelandic and Swedish.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The guided tour is free, but please register on <em><strong>myrinfestival@gmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>12:00-12:45 <em><strong>Workshop; The Bolds with <\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>J<\/em>ulian Clary &amp; David Roberts, <\/strong>the authors of the books about the Bold family. The workshop is for mid-age children and will be in Elissa Auditorium. The event will be in english.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>13:00-13:45 <b>Let&#8217;s create a class! Idea making and drawing workshop.\u00a0<\/b><em><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authors of the My Class books, <em><strong>Yrsa \u00de\u00f6ll and I\u00f0unn Arna,<\/strong><\/em> will share their experience and help you create different characters who are in a class together and lay the foundation for your own stories.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The workshop will take place in the children&#8217;s library. The event is in Icelandic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The workshop is free, but please register on <em><strong>myrinfestival@gmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>13:00-13:30 <strong>Interview with Martin Widmark.<br \/>\n<em>Martin<\/em><\/strong> the author <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <em><strong>\u00c6sa Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Bjarnad\u00f3ttir <\/strong><\/em>translator, of the book series Lalla and M\u00e6ja&#8217;s Detective Agency &#8211; will have a workshop for middle age children.<br \/>\nThe event will be held in Elissa Auditorium and will be held in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>14:00-14:45 <strong>BAR(N)-SVAR<br \/>\n<\/strong><em><strong>Ingibj\u00f6rg \u00d6sp \u00d3ttarsd\u00f3ttir and Gunnar Helgason<\/strong><\/em> have a <strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quiz\/gameshow to create stories. An all age event in the Children&#8217;s library. The event will be in Icelandic.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15:00-15:45 Illustrator <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>El\u00edas R\u00fani <\/strong>and the author<strong>\u00a0Bjarni Fritzson<\/strong> will have an event for mid-age children. The event will be in the Children&#8217;s library and will be in Icelandic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Illustration by<\/p>\n<p>Brimr\u00fan Birta Fri\u00f0\u00fej\u00f3fsd\u00f3ttir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing M\u00fdrin, an international children\u2019s and youth literature festival; Lost in the\u00a0Moorland! Is children\u2019s literature lost or are they the guiding light of a changing world? Eighteen foreign and domestic illustrators and experts in children\u2019s literature take part in a three day program. Free entry to all the events during the festival. Program: 18. 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