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
Literature
Learning
Talks & discussions

The Icelandic Crime Wave | An authors talk with Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

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. At the end of 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 with a grant from 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