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A WOMAN LOOKS OVER HER SHOULDER BY BRYNJA HJÁLMSDÓTTIR
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- Tue - June 10, 2025 - 6:00 pm
Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On June 10 we'll discuss the poetry collection "A Woman Looks Over Her Shoulder" by Brynja Hjálmsdóttir.
Previously This Year
YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS BY JÓN KALMAN STEFÁNSSON
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On January 14 we'll be discussing "Your Absence is Darkness" by Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson.
I TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME BY CAMARA LUNDESTAD JOOF
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On February 11 we'll discuss Camara Lundestad Joof's I TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME (BOOK I) BY SOLVEJ BALLE
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On March 11 we'll discuss Solvej Balle's "On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)."
PUNISHED BY ANN-HELÉN LAESTADIUS
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On May 6 we'll discuss "Punished" by Ann-Helén Laestadius.
SUN CITY BY TOVE JANSSON
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On April 8 we'll discuss "Sun City" by Finnish literary icon Tove Jansson.
Previous Years
2024
YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS BY JÓN KALMAN STEFÁNSSON
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On January 14 we'll be discussing "Your Absence is Darkness" by Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson.
IF ONLY BY VIGDIS HJORTH
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On December 10 we'll be discussing IF ONLY, a groundbreaking early novel by celebrated Norwegian author Vigdis Hjorth.
THE MOOSE PARADOX & THE BEAVER THEORY
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On November 5 we'll be discussing THE BEAVER THEORY and THE MOOSE PARADOX, in Antti Tuomainen's Rabbit Factor Book Series.
WHAT KINGDOM
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On October 15 we'll be discussing Fine Gråbøl's WHAT KINGDOM, out now in translation by Martin Aitken from Archipelago.
HEROSTORIES
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On September 10 in coordination with Taste of Iceland, we'll be discussing HEROSTORIES by Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir
FISHING FOR THE LITTLE PIKE — WITH TRANSLATOR LOLA ROGERS
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On July 16, we'll be discussing Finnish author Juhani Karila's English-language debut FISHING FOR THE LITTLE PIKE.
ANTIQUITY BY HANNA JOHANSSON
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On June 11, we'll be discussing ANTIQUITY by Hanna Johansson, a queer Lolita story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and taboo out now in translation by Kira Josefsson.
THE TOWER AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD BY WILLIAM HEINESEN
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FAROE ISLANDS CULTURE DAYSNORDIC BOOK CLUBSeries
Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On May 7, we will be reading THE TOWER AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by Faroese author William Heinesen.
THE OTHER NAME (SEPTOLOGY I-II) BY JON FOSSE
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! April 9, we will be reading the first two volumes of the SEPTOLOGY series by Norwegian author Jon Fosse, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature.
THIRTY DAYS OF DARKNESS BY JENNY LUND MADSEN
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On March 12, we'll be discussing THIRTY DAYS OF DARKNESS by Jenny Lund Madsen, an atmospheric, darkly funny and twisty debut thriller now out in translation by Megan E. Turney.
ÆDNAN BY LINNEA AXELSSON
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On February 13, we'll be discussing Ædnan by Sámi-Swedish author Linnea Axelsson, an epic, multigenerational novel-in-verse about two Sámi families.
2023
MY MEN BY VICTORIA KIELLAND
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On January 9, we'll discuss MY MEN by Norwegian author Victoria Kielland.
RESCHEDULED — REYKJAVÍK: A CRIME STORY BY KATRÍN JAKOBSDÓTTIR & RAGNAR JÓNASSON
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On December 5, we'll discuss Reykjavík: A Crime Story.
A SYSTEM SO MAGNIFICENT IT IS BLINDING BY AMANDA SVENSSON
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On November 7, we'll discuss "A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding" by Amanda Svensson.
THE RED BOOK OF FAREWELLS BY PIRKKO SAISIO WITH TRANSLATOR MIA SPANGENBERG
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Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! Translator Mia Spangenberg joins us for a special talk on "The Red Book of Farewells" by Finnish author Pirkko Saisio.
MARTIN A. HANSEN’S THE LIAR
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! On September 12, we’ll be discussing Martin A. Hansen’s The Liar.
EVIL FLOWERS BY GUNNHILD ØYEHAUG
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
STOLEN BY ANN-HELÉN LAESTADIUS
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
The Union of Synchronized Swimmers by Cristina Sandu
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
2022
The Employees by Olga Ravn
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On […]
Red Milk by Sjón
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On […]
Carnality by Lina Wolff
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On […]
The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On September […]
Quake: A Novel by Auður Jónsdóttir
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On […]
Online Nordic Book Club - The Book of Reykjavik: A City in Short Fiction
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On […]
Online Nordic Book Club: Dog Park by Sofi Oksanen
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On […]
2021
The Pastor by Hanne Ørstavik
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On […]
The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
Wild Swims by Dorthe Nors
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
Long Live the Post Horn! by Vigdis Hjorth
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
On Time And Water by Andri Snær Magnason
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimäki
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
Youth & Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen
Online Nordic Book Club — Copenhagen Trilogy Volumes 2 & 3
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
A Drop of Midnight by Jason Diakité
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
2020
Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
The Brahmadells by Jóanes Nielsen
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
DANISH AUTHORS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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On September 29, Scandinavia House begins a special fall series of panels, Nordic Authors You Should Know, by focusing on Danish literature with Shadi Angelina Bazeghi, Jonas Eika, Maja Lee Langvad, Dorthe Nors, […]
COMPANIONS BY CHRISTINA HESSELHOLDT
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
PALM BEACH FINLAND BY ANTTI TUOMAINEN
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
THE BELL IN THE LAKE BY LARS MYTTING
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
THE FAMILY CLAUSE BY JONAS HASSEN KHEMIRI
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
MISS ICELAND BY AUÐUR AVA ÓLAFSDÓTTIR
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
THE SUMMER HOUSE BY PHILIP TEIR
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
WHEN DEATH TAKES SOMETHING YOU GIVE IT BACK BY NAJA MARIE AIDT
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
THE COURIER BY KJELL OLA DAHL
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
THE COLONEL'S WIFE BY ROSA LIKSOM
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. […]
THE SUMMER OF ELLEN BY AGNETE FRIIS
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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club. Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. Discussions typically […]
A FIST OR A HEART BY KRISTÍN EIRÍKSDÓTTIR
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This event has now been rescheduled to Tuesday, May 12 at 6 PM, and will take place online. Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic […]
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TUE – 12-22-2015 – 6 PM Series continues winter 2016 free #nordicbookclub
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TUE – 11-24-2015 – 6:00 pm Series continues winter 2016 free #nordicbookclub