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£ 2,304 Start date: 24/3/2016 End date: 25/10/2016 £ 2,366 contributed so far 25contributors so farWhat is the Project?
'The Icelanders Cometh' showcases award-winning Icelandic authors in the UK. To mark 'World Book and Copyright Day' on 23 April, the £2304+ raised will pay for Icelandic books in English to be given to UK libraries. The project ends on 23 October 2016 to optimise PR and mark the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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'The Icelanders Cometh' aims to raise GBP 2304.16+ to mark 'World Book Night' and 'World Book and Copyright Day' on 23 April 2016 to pay for books by Icelanders to be gifted to UK libraries. Please contribute money in exchange for rewards; volunteer skills, talents and contacts; and share the news!

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- April 26, 2016 12:25 am
World Book Night is a...
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Novelist, broadcaster and Parliamentarian, Melvyn Bragg, has endorsed The Icelanders Cometh. He wrote: "This is a wonderful idea. Good luck, and best wishes."
Apr 24, 2016 -
The Icelanders Cometh is now extended to Icelandic National Day on 17 June 2016, to take advantage of building media and publishing buzz.
Apr 24, 2016 -
Ragnar Jónasson's writes crime fiction. He set up the first overseas chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association (Reykjavik) and co-founded the crime-writing festival 'Iceland Noir'.
Mar 03, 2016 -
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir's crime novels so far feature investigative lawyer, Thóra Guðmundsdóttir. Yrsa won the Petrona Award in 2015 for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.
Mar 03, 2016 -
Arnaldur Indriðason: past winner of the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing (2013) and the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger (2005)
Feb 20, 2016 -
Halldór Laxness: winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature
Feb 20, 2016 -
Egill Skallagrímsson in a 17th-century manuscript of Egils Saga
Feb 20, 2016 -
The Reading Agency runs World Book Night
Mar 03, 2016 -
UNESCO logo
Feb 20, 2016 -
World Book and Copyright Day 2016
Feb 15, 2016