Granite Noir is off to a good start! The first panel I see is great writing pair Johana Gustawson and Thomas Enger. Fantastic storytellers both of them. @orendabooks.bsky.social #granitenoirx

Clear my schedule, cancel my plans, and hand me a blanket because I’m not moving until I’ve read the last page. Hurry up, publication day! When is it out @radiomukhers.bsky.social ?

Come see me in Aberdeen on Friday where I will be speaking at Granite Noir Festival of Crime Fiction. I will be interviewed by the fab Dr Noir (Jacky Collins) and we can promise a good conversation! Friday 20 Feb 2026 1:00pm MH Big Sky Studio £10.50 Tickets: tinyurl.com/5n7un8dn #GraniteNoirX

The Monday before Lent means bollur: cream-filled choux buns with jam & chocolate and kids waking their parents with decorated sticks, spanking them and shouting “Bolla! Bolla! Bolla!” (one puff per whack 😄). Sweetest tradition of the year. ✨ #Bolludagur #Iceland

No need for streetlamps when the Aurora is this bright! Everything was bathed in a green glow last night. #iceland #Northenlights

We are so excited to announce that @liljawriter.bsky.social will be speaking at #GraniteNoir2026: Literature at Lunchtime🙌 Chaired by Jacky Collins ✨EVENT DETAILS✨ 🗓️ Friday 20 Feb 2026 🕜 1:00pm 📍 MH Big Sky Studio 🏷️ £10.50 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n7un8dn #TeamOrenda #GraniteNoirX

Back to Aberdeen soon — and I couldn’t be happier. 🖤 Counting the days until Granite Noir with its great conversations, brilliant writers, and the joy of being among readers who love dark stories as much as I do. See you soon, Aberdeen! #GraniteNoirX #CrimeFiction #Aberdeen @orendabooks.bsky.social

Traditional Icelandic Thorri celebration menu: Dried fish, Sheep heads pie, Pickled ram testicles, Lactose-fermented caul fat and Rotten shark (yes, on purpose) who’s hungry?

Premiere of the Hildur tv series based on ‘Clues in the fjord” by Satu Rämö. So excited! #saturamo #hildurtv #hildur

So happy that ⱯLFA has been named ‘Crime Novel of the Year’ by Morgunblaðið — the biggest newspaper in Iceland. Feeling grateful, proud, and a little bit stunned. #booksoftheyear #icelandbooks @orendabooks.bsky.social

A nice light show tonight in Reykjavík! #NorthernLights

A little reading holiday in the sun, turning pages I’ve been meaning to turn for far too long. And loving every minute of it! 📚 Wishing you all a very happy New Book Year! May your TBR pile be ambitious, your reading time uninterrupted, and your books always better than expected.

Iceland looking icy again ❄️ #iceland

Give the gift of e-books for a chilling Icelandic Christmas! The first four books in my An Áróra Investigation series are on sale together for just 1.99. A perfect present for others, or perhaps for yourself! 🥶🩸❄️ geni.us/X1mvn

🚨🚨BARGAIN ALERT!!🚨🚨 Another fabulous package deal from the #Christmas Elves at @orendabooks.bsky.social! The first 4 of @liljawriter.bsky.social 's brilliant & intriguing Áróra Investigates series for less than 2 of your bright shiny pounds! If you're not hooked already, don't miss this! #BookSky 🇮🇸

Loved our Newcastle Noir panel with Ørjan Karlsson and Eva Björg Ægisdóttir. Great conversation sparked by Karen Sullivan and the audience whom brought the excellent questions. #NewcastleNoir @orendabooks.bsky.social

Great to catch two of my fave authors in one panel! Mari Hannah and Kate Rhoades @ Newcastle Noir @orendabooks.bsky.social

My latest book ∀LFA just got shortlisted for the Icelandic Crime Fiction Awards! Feeling honoured and thrilled. @orendabooks.bsky.social

So proud to see ∀LFA on my publisher’s top list of best-selling books in October. A wonderful boost heading into the Icelandic Bookflood season! #∀LFA #authorlife #bestseller #crimefiction

A nice lightshow in my back garden last night 😍 #iceland

Finally finished "Black as Death" by @liljawriter.bsky.social Brilliant writing as always! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ You should start with the first Áróra book, though. #mystery #iceland #5starreview #booksky

Brilliant 5🌟 standalone from @liljawriter.bsky.social! (tr. @graskeggur.bsky.social) 🤩👌 #BookSky #Iceland 🔎💀📚💙

Touchdown in Höfn and greeted by that breathtaking glacier. South Iceland is always great to visit! #Höfn #Iceland

Super excited to join Ørjan Karlsson and Eva Björg Ægisdóttir for an event on December 6th at Newcastle Noir. Come chat crime fiction, Nordic noir vibes, writing secrets, and all things dark and twisty. We can’t wait to meet you there! #NewcastleNoir #NordicNoir @orendabooks.bsky.social

Lovely & brilliant @liljawriter.bsky.social interviewing hilarious YA author, wannabe mudlarker and apparently now, Icelandic stowaway as she's not leaving (it gets a lot of us that way!), @maureenjohnsonbooks.com! #IcelandNoir #Iceland #BookSky

What a joy to catch up with @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social on my home turf here in Iceland! 🇮🇸 She was in town for talks, lectures, and to promote her political memoir “Frankly” - I highly recommend it. Insightful, candid and impossible to put down. #authorslife #bookrecommendation

Fun days on the road with the brilliant Antti Tuomainen promoting our books “Black as Death” and “The Winter Job.” Lots of travel, laughs, bookshops, and lovely readers. So many moments to remember! 🖤 #booktour #nordicnoir @orendabooks.bsky.social

CAMBRIDGE! We are coming! Come see the wonderful Antti Tuomainen and I this Monday, Nov 10th at 18:30 at Bodies in the Bookshop. Dark Icelandic crime meets funny Finnish thrillers — the north in all its contrasts. #authorsontour @orendabooks.bsky.social

Our fabulous @liljawriter.bsky.social and Antti Tuomainen are coming to Aye Write on Sunday 9th November – 12.45pm – chatting to Neil McKay! They'll be discussing their new books #BlackAsDeath & #TheWinterJob BOOK TICKETS NOW! https://bit.ly/3KCm7wu ##BookSky #Glasgow #Scotland #CrimeFiction

Black as Death, by Lilja Sigurðardóttir tr Lorenza Garcia – book review A masterclass in storytelling

Black As Death by Lilja Sigurðardóttir t. Lorenza Garcia BLOG TOUR @liljawriter.bsky.social #Iceland #BookReview @orendabooks.bsky.social randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot.com/2025/10/blac...

Joining the #RandomThingsTours #blogtour for #BlackAsDeathby @liljawriter.bsky.social, out now from @orendabooks.bsky.social. Many thanks @annerandomthings.bsky.social! An excellent end to this series, full of peril and poignancy. (And revelations). bluebookballoon.blogspot.com

Come join Antti and I at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday Nov 9th at 12,45. www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/the-...

#BookReview #BlackAsDeath by @liljawriter.bsky.social hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/10/blac... @orendabooks.bsky.social @annerandomthings.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚

I’m bringing Icelandic crime to Glasgow. Antti Tuomainen’s bringing Finnish humour. What could possibly go wrong? 🔪😂 🎟️Tickets: glasgowlife.org.uk🎟️#AyeWriter#GlasgowsBookFestivali#bookeventsglasgows#crimefictiontion @orendabooks.bsky.social

So happy to see my new book jump straight to the top of the Icelandic bestseller lists! 🙏 Takk my lovely readers!

🖤 Publication Day! 🖤 BLACK AS DEATH is out NOW! The darkness closes in… secrets surface… and nothing will ever be the same. Now it’s your turn to face what waits in the dark. Grab your copy today. #BlackAsDeath #NewRelease #CrimeFiction #NordicNoir

Come see Antti and I in Glasgow at Aye Write on November 9th. Neil McKay will try to wrangle us but we promise you a criminally fun time! #crimefiction #booksglasgow #ayewrite @orendabooks.bsky.social

My new book ∀LFA is out in Iceland. I’m deeply grateful and humbled to see this book find its place in the world. #∀lfa #newbook #thriller

A great pleasure to unbox the Finnish version of Snare: Loukku! Translated by Marjakaisa Matthíasson and published by Docendo #loukku

I am over the moon about Black as Death being included in “the best crime mystery books of this month” in the Times! Super grateful for Mark Sanderson’s fantastic review. #timesreview #liljasigurðardóttir #blackasdeath #orendabooks #icelandicbooks #thrillers @orendabooks.bsky.social

🎥💀 A final reckoning… 💀 Atmospheric, dark & chilling, #BlackAsDeath is the twisty finale to the Áróra Investigation #Series from @liljawriter.bsky.social, t L Garcia As Áróra & her friends search for answers that may lead them to places even darker than death… 23/10 📖 https://bit.ly/4kKvI0u

Good morning from Kópavogur!

That moment when you hold the very first copy of your new book in your hands… It’s unlike anything else. After months inside my head, Ɐlfa is here! Out in Icelandic on October 16th. #Ɐlfa #NewBook #CrimeFiction #IcelandicCrime #NordicNoir #ThrillerBooks

🎥💀 A final reckoning… 💀 Atmospheric, dark & chilling, #BlackAsDeath is the twisty finale to the Áróra Investigation #Series from @liljawriter.bsky.social, t L Garcia As Áróra & her friends search for answers that may lead them to places even darker than death… 23/10 📖 https://bit.ly/4kKvI0u

I am included in the guide book “22 Itinéraires autour du polar en Europe à ne pas manquer” or “22 Crime Fiction routes in Europe you don’t want to miss” by Marc Voltenauer and Benjamin Amiguet. There is also a website : www.22ipe.com

In what has been a busy September, book review wise there's still time for a couple more before month end..latest is @liljawriter.bsky.social conclusion to the Aróra Investigates series Black As Death. Published by @orendabooks.bsky.social, review now live @nordicwatchlist.bsky.social #BookSky

The wait is almost over—Áróra’s final chapter is nearly here. 🖤 #BlackAsDeath #NordicNoir

Heart stopping finale to the FANTASTIC 5🌟 Áróra Investigates series from @liljawriter.bsky.social & @orendabooks.bsky.social 😍👌 #BookSky 🔎💀📚💙

Happy reading Jen! 🖤 I hope you like it.