Dagur bókarinnar: Hér tek ég þátt í herferð Evrópska rithöfundaráðsins sem hvatti rithöfunda og þýðendur til að birta táknrænar myndir sér og framlagi sínu til menninga og lista. „Á bak við hverja bók er listamaður“ segir þar – en þar með lýkur upptalningunni ekki því framlag listamannsins skapar fleiri störf. Í „bókabransanum“ starfa ótal stéttir: útgefendur, ritstjórar, prófarkalesarar, umbrotsfólk, prentarar, bóksalar, og þar fram eftir götum. Allt byrjar með sköpun listamannsins.

Ég mæli með bestu sumargjöfinni: góðri bók.

World Book Day: I am participating in EWC’s (European Writer’s Council) campaign on World Book Day 2020 #behindeverybook – to post a photo of me with one of my books – behind it and then with my face visible. Here is the idea:

„Many debates on the policy level are about « sectors » or « the book industry » – but those with whom the book chain begins are individuals, people, personalities. To praise and celebrate these authors, writers and translators, to make the spirits, minds and faces behind every book visible, is the basic idea of #behindeverybook.“

Happy World Book Day! Share a book!

Ég vil fisk! hefur komið út á sex tungumálum auk íslensku: á sænsku, færeysku, dönsku, grænlensku, arabísku og galisísku. Meira má lesa um Ég vil fisk! hér.

Ég vil fisk! has been published in Swedish, Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, Arabic and Galician. Reviews and more about I Want Fish! here. Spanish, French and English translations are also available for publishers to review. For further information contact Forlagid Rights Agency.

Review in English:
„The frustration of a child whose parents refuse to understand what she wants is beautifully rendered. Colours, fonts, backgrounds, and especially the facile expressions all reinforce her emotions. Unnur is shown in all her glory and hardheadness, while the parents are only seen in bits and pieces. The contentment on Unnur’s face when she finally gets what she craves will warm the soul. – Ernst Bond, Bookbird Vol.46 2008