Yrsa Sigurðardóttir situr fyrir svörum
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir situr fyrir svörum

Information about the event

Time
13:15 - 14:15
Price
Free
Target
Adults
Language
Icelandic
Past Events

The Icelandic Crime Wave | Yrsa Sigurðardóttir - The Art of Writing Crime Fiction

Saturday September 14th 2024

Are you interested in crime stories? 

The Reykjavík City Library Spöngin (Grafarvogur neighbourhood) offers a workshop in crime fiction writing on the occasion of the program The Icelandic Crime Wave. After the workshop, a well known crime story writer, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, visits and chats about her own writing and answers questions from participants at the workshop and other interested. 

Sunna Dís Másdóttir, a writer and the instructor at the workshop leads the discussions. 

The Icelandic Crime Wave is held in a collaboration with The Icelandic Crime Syndicate (Hið íslenska glæpafélag) which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. 

On Saturday September 21st there will the same sort of a writing workshop but then guests will have the chance to have a conversation with the crime story author and price winner, Skúli Sigurðsson. 

All welcome and the entrance is free.

The project The Icelandic Crime Wave is funded by Rannís Library Fund.


Further information:
Guðrún Dís Jónatansdóttir, Head of Communication & Innovation
gudrun.dis.jonatansdottir@reykjavik.is

Sunna Dís Másdóttir, writer and instructor 
sunnadis@gmail.com