Birna Anna Björnsdóttir
@birnaanna.bsky.social
Writer. Icelander in New York.
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The Season of Jólabókaflóðið - Przekrój.org
We sometimes claim that everyone in Iceland is a writer. Sure, it’s hyperbole, and as such slightly out of character for a literary tradition long characterized by understatement and restraint. Still,...
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Jolabokaflodid is an Icelandic phenomenon where most of the year's books are published in the run up to Christmas, books being an essential Xmas gift. I wrote about this in @mcsweeneys.net Quarterly Concern, Issue 15, 2005. An online version was later republished here przekroj.org/en/art-stori...
“She will throw her phone in the river. She can’t love both her job and Christmas.”
Evergreen from @mcsweeneys.net 🎄
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Evergreen from @mcsweeneys.net 🎄
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gui...
Guidelines for Female Protagonists in Hallmark Christmas Movies
She must be a high-powered career woman
living in a major metropolitan area
She was born in a small town, but she must move to the big city to bec...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“She will throw her phone in the river. She can’t love both her job and Christmas.”
Evergreen from @mcsweeneys.net 🎄
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gui...
Evergreen from @mcsweeneys.net 🎄
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gui...
“while the misogyny is hard to banish, so is the resistance to it.” @rtraister.bsky.social www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“while the misogyny is hard to banish, so is the resistance to it.” @rtraister.bsky.social www.thecut.com/article/why-...
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Nobody does it better than McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern @mcsweeneys.net
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Nobody does it better than McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern @mcsweeneys.net
Nobody does it better than McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern @mcsweeneys.net
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Nobody does it better than McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern @mcsweeneys.net
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene
Áfram Ísland! 🇮🇸⚽️
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Áfram Ísland! 🇮🇸⚽️
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🇫🇴 Færeyjar eiga séns á að komast á HM! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
This Scrappy Soccer Team Has a Cinderella Chance at Making the World Cup
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November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🇫🇴 Færeyjar eiga séns á að komast á HM! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
🇫🇴 Færeyjar eiga séns á að komast á HM! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
This Scrappy Soccer Team Has a Cinderella Chance at Making the World Cup
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🇫🇴 Færeyjar eiga séns á að komast á HM! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
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Here's a pack full of Oxford Comma Enthusiasts from the excellent @adamcsharp.bsky.social. Please follow and repost
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Here's a pack full of Oxford Comma Enthusiasts from the excellent @adamcsharp.bsky.social. Please follow and repost
We'll now have to retire the popular Icelandic saying: At least we don't have mosquitoes.
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Iceland just found its first mosquitoes | CNN
Iceland’s frozen, inhospitable winters have long protected it from mosquitoes, but that may be changing. This week, scientists announced the discovery of three mosquitoes — marking the country’s firs...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We'll now have to retire the popular Icelandic saying: At least we don't have mosquitoes.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/c...
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A huge component of imposter syndrome is overestimating how qualified everyone else is.
October 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A huge component of imposter syndrome is overestimating how qualified everyone else is.
Varúð boomer rant 👵🏻 Eitt af þreytandi einkennum nútímans er að talað er um tölvur og kerfi eins og þau hafi sjálfstæðan vilja og séu fær um að bera ábyrgð. Og mannfólkið (sem ber jú fulla ábyrgð á kerfunum!) ypptir bara öxlum og firrir sig ábyrgð. Og alltof margir gleypa við!
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Varúð boomer rant 👵🏻 Eitt af þreytandi einkennum nútímans er að talað er um tölvur og kerfi eins og þau hafi sjálfstæðan vilja og séu fær um að bera ábyrgð. Og mannfólkið (sem ber jú fulla ábyrgð á kerfunum!) ypptir bara öxlum og firrir sig ábyrgð. Og alltof margir gleypa við!
Nobody’s house is in the middle of the street anymore and that’s sad.
Nobody gets into the groove anymore and that's sad
Nobody pumps up the jam anymore and that's sad
September 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Nobody’s house is in the middle of the street anymore and that’s sad.
The arctic tern flies from Iceland to Antarctica and back every year. It finds its same nesting ground each time. It can become 30 years old, so in its lifetime an arctic tern flies = from the earth to the moon three times. A tern weighs 120 grams, less than a mini can of soda.
September 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The arctic tern flies from Iceland to Antarctica and back every year. It finds its same nesting ground each time. It can become 30 years old, so in its lifetime an arctic tern flies = from the earth to the moon three times. A tern weighs 120 grams, less than a mini can of soda.
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Hey! Leiðist þér í vinnunni á mánudegi? Langar þig að litast um í öðru lífi? Það er komið út nýtt tölublað af Stelk með smásögum eftir Pétur Gunnarsson, Soffíu Bjarnadóttur, Helga Ingólfsson og Birgittu Björg Guðmarsdóttur. Njótið!
Stelkur – Smásagnavefrit
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September 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hey! Leiðist þér í vinnunni á mánudegi? Langar þig að litast um í öðru lífi? Það er komið út nýtt tölublað af Stelk með smásögum eftir Pétur Gunnarsson, Soffíu Bjarnadóttur, Helga Ingólfsson og Birgittu Björg Guðmarsdóttur. Njótið!
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Orðalag/orðtök sem voru í daglegri notkun fyrir einhverjum árum en eru minna notuð núna: Hvað ætlaði ég að segja en ekki þegja ...
September 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Orðalag/orðtök sem voru í daglegri notkun fyrir einhverjum árum en eru minna notuð núna: Hvað ætlaði ég að segja en ekki þegja ...
Orðalag/orðtök sem voru í daglegri notkun fyrir einhverjum árum en eru minna notuð núna: Hvað ætlaði ég að segja en ekki þegja ...
September 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Orðalag/orðtök sem voru í daglegri notkun fyrir einhverjum árum en eru minna notuð núna: Hvað ætlaði ég að segja en ekki þegja ...
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I’ve preordered this book by my cousin (!) @hildur.bsky.social and I advise you to do the same!
Dead Weight, my new (and quite bloody, if I say so myself) horror thriller, comes out next May. And right now B&N has a 25% discount offer on preorders!
It's hard to overstate how important preorders are for a book and I would be so very grateful if you would share this post for me, dear friends ❤️
It's hard to overstate how important preorders are for a book and I would be so very grateful if you would share this post for me, dear friends ❤️
Dead Weight|Hardcover
An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs – or even bodies – in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of The Night Guest.Unnur was living a normal, if lonely, life until a bl...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I’ve preordered this book by my cousin (!) @hildur.bsky.social and I advise you to do the same!
I’ve preordered this book by my cousin (!) @hildur.bsky.social and I advise you to do the same!
Dead Weight, my new (and quite bloody, if I say so myself) horror thriller, comes out next May. And right now B&N has a 25% discount offer on preorders!
It's hard to overstate how important preorders are for a book and I would be so very grateful if you would share this post for me, dear friends ❤️
It's hard to overstate how important preorders are for a book and I would be so very grateful if you would share this post for me, dear friends ❤️
Dead Weight|Hardcover
An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs – or even bodies – in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of The Night Guest.Unnur was living a normal, if lonely, life until a bl...
www.barnesandnoble.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I’ve preordered this book by my cousin (!) @hildur.bsky.social and I advise you to do the same!
Reposted by Birna Anna Björnsdóttir
Hlemmur, Reykjavík.
July 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hlemmur, Reykjavík.
Smoke from the final phase of the latest volcanic eruption in Reykjanes, seen from the Reykjavik area.
July 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Smoke from the final phase of the latest volcanic eruption in Reykjanes, seen from the Reykjavik area.
Hlemmur, Reykjavík.
July 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hlemmur, Reykjavík.