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Editorial
ISLANDS OF THE NORTH
Life in a Reykjavik Suburb
Streaker Disrupts Iceland v. Albania
Writing in Shetland
Orkney's George Mackay Brown
David Constantine of Scilly
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FROM SCANDINAVIA
Josefine Ottesen
Charlotte Blay
Tove Jansson
Children's Literature in Finland in the 1990s
NEWS
Contributions

Adalsteinn Ingólfsson
Einar Már Gudmundsson
Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir
Ragnar Ingi Adalsteinsson
Sigmundur Ernir Runarsson
Ari Trausti Gudmundsson
Gyrdir Elíasson
Sigurbjorg Thrastardottir

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Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir

Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (1949) is an author of three novels and one short-stories collection. She is known in Iceland for her writing in the daily newspaper Morgunblaðið. Her latest novel, Seagull's Laughter, has been staged as a play and filmed. The film is the all-out winner at the November, 2001 Icelandic Edda Awards, and is breaking box office records in its country of origin. The book has been sold to Krüger Verlag in Germany and PP-Forlag in Denmark and received excellent media reviews. Seagull's Laughter is being translated into Danish.

Read an extract of Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir's Seagull's Laughter in German.

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