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Halloween is coming

As Halloween and the long Icelandic nights draw near, perhaps skip the horror films once or twice and open the covers of some Spooky classic ghost stories instead. In our... Read More

Posted on Oct 10, 2025

Findings, Unplanned

Some of the best moments in a bookstore are unplanned. They happen while tidying, shifting piles, or opening a box you thought you already knew. A book surfaces that isn't... Read More

Posted on Sep 01, 2025

While spending time among the extensive saga collection at Bókin, a memory resurfaced from an earlier discussion at University of Iceland on the Eddas and the remarkable world of kennings.... Read More

Posted on Aug 24, 2025

A Cartographic Treasure from 1799: Bringing Reilly's Atlas Home to Vienna

Working in an antiquarian bookshop, surprises are part of daily life. But recently, a discovery stood out: Atlas von dem Königreiche Neapel in einer General- und neunzehn Special-Karten , published... Read More

Posted on Aug 20, 2025

A Cartographic Treasure from 1799: Bringing Reilly’s Atlas Home to Vienna

Bobby Fischer's Hideaway in Reykjavík

In 1972, the world watched as Bobby Fischer battled Boris Spassky in the legendary World Chess Championship in Reykjavík. But away from the bright lights and television cameras, Fischer often... Read More

Posted on Aug 09, 2025

Bookhunting in the Westfjords

A drive up the Westfjords to collect a unique book collection during the long, seemingly endless summer days in August was a trip to remember. Lonely roads and a wild,... Read More

Posted on Jul 30, 2025

Everything Men know about Women

While sorting through some piles in the bookstore, we stumbled upon a book with the promising title Everything Men Know About Women . Naturally, we were eager to open it... Read More

Posted on Jul 30, 2025

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