This super-short Gunnhildur story (she makes a brief appearance) is on the Big River place for a few pennies – couldn't set the price any lower. But it's free on Kobo, Smashwords and a few other places... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G7KW1C8Y

Heard that Harlequin France may be replacing translators with AI? Not cool. If reading a book not published in its original language, check the copyright page for the translator's name (or their business's name). Some of my favourite translators include Rachel Ward (German to FULL TEXT IN ALT.

As a multiple language speaker it's also frustrating to see people using AI for translation because the English speaking world tends to treat translators like workers for hire instead of co authors of text and this feels like more of it. Translation at the literary level is creative work. (2/?)

Two broken cops. One irretrievably damaged - the other an outcast. #Broken by Jon Atli Jonasson, transl @graskeggur.bsky.social shows a side of Reykjavík no visitor would ever want to see, against a backdrop of a vicious vendetta and a price on Dóra’s head amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7

Et maintenant gratuite sur Amazon...! www.amazon.fr/dp/B0G7KHB9Q5

It's a joy to see some of my stuff in French, at long last. This short story was supposed to be an outline for a Gunna story that never came to anything... Anyway, it costs pennies on the Big River place, and it's free elsewhere. Translation by @ozdelphine.bsky.social www.amazon.fr/dp/B0G7KHB9Q5/

Enfin en français ! @ozdelphine.bsky.social a traduit cette nouvelle. « Une Valeur Historique » est disponible gratuitement en téléchargement sur Kobo et d'autres plateformes jusqu'à fin janvier. Elle est également disponible sur Amazon, mais payante. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

'Welcome to Reykjavik & the world of Dóra & Rado ... A recommended read. So, read it.' Thanks for the cool review, @debsbookreviews.bsky.social !

A brand-new (or newly discovered) work by the great O. Huldumann has just been appeared! I can't overstate just how welcome this is, at this dark and gloomy time of year... @angryalgonquin.bsky.social @onefootiniceland.bsky.social @caroline-venezia.bsky.social @chrisould.bsky.social

Post a banger that's not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG9I...

I have a couple of copies, at last! @caroline-venezia.bsky.social @onefootiniceland.bsky.social

And you might also want to check out our authentic Romanian crime novels as well - we've translated a few www.amazon.co.uk/Sword-Bogdan... www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Autum... www.amazon.co.uk/Resilience-B...

One of the most unsettling books we've published! We've been reminding Oskar Gudmundsson that a sequel to The Commandments is long overdue, and he tells us he's working on it... 🤞 amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXB9T1PM @graskeggur.bsky.social @crimefictionlover.bsky.social

The best kind of story – free. Been meaning to do something with this, and finally just put it out there as a freebie. It's a short Gunnhildur story, although Gunna makes only the briefest appearance... Gjörið svo vel. www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores? We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.

The view is fantastic. But it's proper brass monkeys chilly today.

Who's ready to warm up with a trio of red-hot Stella Blómkvist adventures on an ice-cold day... amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT @graskeggur.bsky.social

Give the gift of a book set in Istanbul this Christmas!

We're at work on the next novel from @solveigpals.bsky.social (well, when I say we, I mean @graskeggur.bsky.social) Working title: Ice Bears. It's not going to disappoint... There's time to get to know her backlist before the new book appears next summer! amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3638BJF

English translation coming sometime soon-ish

Í Hörpunni í dag, einhver gaur með tveim goðsögnum, Birgitta H Halldórsdóttir og Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir.

Iceland Noir á morgun... Er á leiðinni til byggða, eins og jólasveinn snemma á ferð...

Will @stellablomkvist.bsky.social be at Iceland Noir? Who knows? She could be there, quietly taking everything in, laughing at all of us... her identity remain a mystery even to @graskeggur.bsky.social, her translator amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT

Not that I ever met either of them, but these gentlemen were my first friends in print in Icelandic, Ásgeir Jak and Jónas Stýrimaður (Jónas the Seafarer). graskeggur.com/small-world/

Napurt...

Love this guy's books... Check out the great review by @angryalgonquin.bsky.social... www.angryalgonquin.com/the-winter-j...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Hvernig er uppskeran hjá þér í ár, @liljawriter.bsky.social ?

Hi, we would really like to grow our following a little here in the skyblue realm. If you think you have followers who might appreciate our posting of beautiful and interesting books please do consider reposting this so they can consider giving us a follow. Thank you...

These mushrooms are growing so fast it's almost as if they're on a mission to take over. I for one welcome our new fungus overlords.

Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!

Cardboard boxes are being worn tight around this hips this season

Re-upping my review of "A Lethal Legacy" by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir, @corylusbooks.bsky.social translated by @graskeggur.bsky.social "Guðrún's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible in this new book in the Alma Jónsdóttir mystery series."

Welcome to my stop on the #BlogTour for #ALethalLegacy by Gudrun Gudlaugsdóttir Trns by @graskeggur.bsky.social - featuring journalist turned sleuth, Alma Jónsdóttir. 💙📚 #NordicNoir #Iceland Out now from @corylusbooks.bsky.social brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-le... @ewashe.bsky.social

Today's my day on the blog tour for Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir's "A Lethal Legacy"! "Guðlaugsdóttir's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible..." www.angryalgonquin.com/a-lethal-leg... @corylusbooks.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social

The last of the last of this year's blackberries. As tradition (or superstition?) demands, left for the fairies.

Joining the #blogtour for A Lethal Legacy by Guðrún Gúðlaugsdóttir (trans by @graskeggur.bsky.social) from @corylusbooks.bsky.social). A death on a remote farm leads journalist Alma into a complex & almost Gothic affair. #BookSky #crime #Iceland 📚💙 bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog...

On the blog as part of the @corylusbooks.bsky.social blog tour is my review of #ALethalLegacy by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir translated from Icelandic by @graskeggur.bsky.social Haunting and powerful story of family disputes and sickening crimes of the past. peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/a...

7 impressive crime novels from #Finland 🇫🇮 #Iceland 🇮🇸 #Norway 🇳🇴 & #Sweden 🇸🇪 are shortlisted for #PetronaAward2025 for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. Congratulations to the authors, translators & publishers @corylusbooks.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social 🎉 nordiclighthouse.blog

The Petrona shortlist of seven Nordic crime novels translated into English is revealed. Congrats to all, and especially to Óskar Guðmundsson... The winner will be announced 16th October. www.petronaaward.co.uk/2025/09/the-...

Highly recommended. Although I may be slightly biased.

'....there’s no attempt to sugarcoat the darkness.' Cool review of Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson nordicwatchlist.com/2025/09/01/b... Thanks, @pearceglen.bsky.social !

Ikmen book 27 The Wooden Library published in paperback on 11th September. I’m giving away 2 copies to celebrate. RT and follow to enter. Winners announced Wednesday 10 September.

Best ever pulp thriller title, Lady Don't Fall Backwards.

Welcome to today's earworm.

Is Jón Atli Iceland's most exciting new voice in crime fiction?

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

Tinkering with old cameras and mono film again... Quite chuffed with this one, quietly spooky.

This was my workspace. Right up until it wasn't.