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Since 1998, Gerðuberg has hosted an annual conference on children's and young adult literature. The conference is organized by Reykjavík City Library, IBBY Iceland, SíUng, the Reykjavík Department of Education and Youth, the Association of School Library Professionals, and Upplýsing.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome!
Previous Conferences:
2026 – The Horror Flood!
2024 - Humour in Children's Books
2023 - Families of All Kinds
2022 - All Kinds of Different
2021 - The Family Treasure Hunt: Reading as a Shared Experience
2020 - Wow! Books, Their Readers, and All the Terrible Things in the World
2019 - It's Just a Children's Book
2018 - Which Book Do I Belong In?
2017 - How Many Pages Is It? #TeenagersRead
2016 - Packed Lunches and New Shoes
2015 - Everyday Heroes on an Icy Isle
2014 - Let's Light the Fires
2013 - The Book of the Future
2012 - Before the Eyes of the Very Young
2011 - Demons and Princesses
2010 - From Ancient Manuscripts to the Shining Book
2009 - Cultivating Bookworms
2008 - Young Adult Literature: More than Breasts and Blemishes?
2007 - Humour and Courage: In Memory of Astrid Lindgren
2006 - An Enchanting World: Gods, Children and Valkyries
2005 - H. C. Andersen: Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of His Birth
2004 - There Was a Child in the Audience: Theatre for Children
2003 - "Pulling faces and Just laughing"... Poetry for Children
2002 - Far and Wide
2001 - Dad, Mum, Child and a Book
2000 - Myths, Magic and Fantasy in Children's and Young Adult Literature
1999 - In the World of Stories
1998 - Temptation, Poetry and Ghosts
For further information, please contact:
Ingibjörg Ösp Óttarsdóttir
Project Manager, Children's and Young Adult Services - Reading Promotion and Education
ingibjorg.osp.ottarsdottir@reykjavik.is | 411-6146