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Roskilde festival
Everyone always has loads of fun at Roskilde. Dear friends. Tomorrow morning I fly to Roskilde festival to perform at ‘Ordets Område’ – the literature part of this famous rock festival. I’ll be...
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Bratislava here I come!
Bratislava!Heading to Bratislava for the Slovakian poetry festival Ars Poetica. Should be a ruckus. A blast. A rabluckus. Will meet friends Martin Solotruk and Jaume Subirana. And make new friends. And...
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Gift für Anfänger and more
On friday, 15. october, my second novel will be published in German translation with Kozempel & Timm. For this occassion I will visit Berlin to participate in the Book Release party – for...
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Höpöhöpö: Victorious!
From the award ceremony. My video poem Höpöhöpö Böks won special mention at the Zebra Poetry Film Festival in Berlin on friday. I was in Berlin for the book release of Gift für Anfänger in Germany, so...
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Newsletter: Poison for beginners in Swedish and more
Dear friends! Today’s Top Stories! Number one: Next week I’ll be in Basel, Switzerland, to present my novel Poison for Beginners in German translation (still looking for an english publisher!). The...
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Sharon Mesmer gives me a proper talking-to
With the hostile takeover of triviality in popular media and popular art, perhaps poets have forgotten about fun, about charm, about joy, about attitude, about intensity, about popular iconoclasm,...
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Newsletter: IWF! OMG! and Boobies!
Dear friends. Next saturday I will be participating in the Zebra Poetry Film Festival schedule at the Gothenburg book fair. The Zebra crew will play some of last year’s films, including my Höpöhöpö...
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Booby, Be Quiet!
Booby, Be Quiet! is a collection of essays and columns about poetry, literature and literary politics(the title is a very learnéd reference to Auden’s translation of the Eddas). The essays and columns...
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The Dictators & other sound poems
For three euros you can be the proud owner of 30 sound poems (which comes to a whooping ten cents a piece), written, composed and performed by me, Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. For four euros more you can get...
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The Icelandic Literary Award
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and Gunnar F. Guðmundsson receive the Icelandic literary award. The Icelandic Literary Prize 2012 was awarded at the presidential residence Bessastaðir on February 6, In the...
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