Quentin Bates
@graskeggur.bsky.social
Writer of books and other stuff, translator of other people's books. Á það til að þusa á Íslensku. If you send me a DM, I won't see it. So please don't.
graskeggur.com
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And you might also want to check out our authentic Romanian crime novels as well - we've translated a few
www.amazon.co.uk/Sword-Bogdan...
www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Autum...
www.amazon.co.uk/Resilience-B...
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Sword
Sword eBook : Teodorescu, Bogdan, Sofia, Marina: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
And you might also want to check out our authentic Romanian crime novels as well - we've translated a few
www.amazon.co.uk/Sword-Bogdan...
www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Autum...
www.amazon.co.uk/Resilience-B...
www.amazon.co.uk/Sword-Bogdan...
www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Autum...
www.amazon.co.uk/Resilience-B...
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One of the most unsettling books we've published! We've been reminding Oskar Gudmundsson that a sequel to The Commandments is long overdue, and he tells us he's working on it... 🤞
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXB9T1PM
@graskeggur.bsky.social
@crimefictionlover.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXB9T1PM
@graskeggur.bsky.social
@crimefictionlover.bsky.social
The Commandments
The Commandments eBook : Guðmundsson, Óskar, Bates, Quentin: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
amazon.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
One of the most unsettling books we've published! We've been reminding Oskar Gudmundsson that a sequel to The Commandments is long overdue, and he tells us he's working on it... 🤞
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXB9T1PM
@graskeggur.bsky.social
@crimefictionlover.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXB9T1PM
@graskeggur.bsky.social
@crimefictionlover.bsky.social
The best kind of story – free. Been meaning to do something with this, and finally just put it out there as a freebie. It's a short Gunnhildur story, although Gunna makes only the briefest appearance... Gjörið svo vel.
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
Historical Value
A Gunnhildur short story – in which Gunna makes only a brief appearance.
www.smashwords.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The best kind of story – free. Been meaning to do something with this, and finally just put it out there as a freebie. It's a short Gunnhildur story, although Gunna makes only the briefest appearance... Gjörið svo vel.
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
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Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
The view is fantastic. But it's proper brass monkeys chilly today.
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The view is fantastic. But it's proper brass monkeys chilly today.
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Who's ready to warm up with a trio of red-hot Stella Blómkvist adventures on an ice-cold day...
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
@graskeggur.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
@graskeggur.bsky.social
Stella Blómkvist
Visit Amazon's Stella Blómkvist page and shop for all Stella Blómkvist books. Check out pictures, author information and reviews of Stella Blómkvist
amazon.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Who's ready to warm up with a trio of red-hot Stella Blómkvist adventures on an ice-cold day...
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
@graskeggur.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
@graskeggur.bsky.social
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Give the gift of a book set in Istanbul this Christmas!
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Give the gift of a book set in Istanbul this Christmas!
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We're at work on the next novel from
@solveigpals.bsky.social (well, when I say we, I mean @graskeggur.bsky.social)
Working title: Ice Bears. It's not going to disappoint...
There's time to get to know her backlist before the new book appears next summer!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3638BJF
@solveigpals.bsky.social (well, when I say we, I mean @graskeggur.bsky.social)
Working title: Ice Bears. It's not going to disappoint...
There's time to get to know her backlist before the new book appears next summer!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3638BJF
Ice and Crime
Visit Amazon's Ice and Crime page and shop for all Ice and Crime books. Check out pictures, author information and reviews of Ice and Crime
amazon.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We're at work on the next novel from
@solveigpals.bsky.social (well, when I say we, I mean @graskeggur.bsky.social)
Working title: Ice Bears. It's not going to disappoint...
There's time to get to know her backlist before the new book appears next summer!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3638BJF
@solveigpals.bsky.social (well, when I say we, I mean @graskeggur.bsky.social)
Working title: Ice Bears. It's not going to disappoint...
There's time to get to know her backlist before the new book appears next summer!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3638BJF
English translation coming sometime soon-ish
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
English translation coming sometime soon-ish
Í Hörpunni í dag, einhver gaur með tveim goðsögnum, Birgitta H Halldórsdóttir og Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir.
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Í Hörpunni í dag, einhver gaur með tveim goðsögnum, Birgitta H Halldórsdóttir og Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir.
Iceland Noir á morgun... Er á leiðinni til byggða, eins og jólasveinn snemma á ferð...
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Iceland Noir á morgun... Er á leiðinni til byggða, eins og jólasveinn snemma á ferð...
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Will @stellablomkvist.bsky.social be at Iceland Noir? Who knows? She could be there, quietly taking everything in, laughing at all of us... her identity remain a mystery even to @graskeggur.bsky.social, her translator
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
Stella Blómkvist
Visit Amazon's Stella Blómkvist page and shop for all Stella Blómkvist books. Check out pictures, author information and reviews of Stella Blómkvist
amazon.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Will @stellablomkvist.bsky.social be at Iceland Noir? Who knows? She could be there, quietly taking everything in, laughing at all of us... her identity remain a mystery even to @graskeggur.bsky.social, her translator
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
Not that I ever met either of them, but these gentlemen were my first friends in print in Icelandic, Ásgeir Jak and Jónas Stýrimaður (Jónas the Seafarer).
graskeggur.com/small-world/
graskeggur.com/small-world/
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not that I ever met either of them, but these gentlemen were my first friends in print in Icelandic, Ásgeir Jak and Jónas Stýrimaður (Jónas the Seafarer).
graskeggur.com/small-world/
graskeggur.com/small-world/
Love this guy's books... Check out the great review by @angryalgonquin.bsky.social...
www.angryalgonquin.com/the-winter-j...
www.angryalgonquin.com/the-winter-j...
The Winter Job—Antti Tuomainen
As always, many thanks to Orenda Books for including me on the blog tour for Antti Tuomainen's "The Winter Job". I've been a fan of Tuomainen ever since I read the highly entertaining "The Rabbit Fact...
www.angryalgonquin.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Love this guy's books... Check out the great review by @angryalgonquin.bsky.social...
www.angryalgonquin.com/the-winter-j...
www.angryalgonquin.com/the-winter-j...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Hvernig er uppskeran hjá þér í ár, @liljawriter.bsky.social ?
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hvernig er uppskeran hjá þér í ár, @liljawriter.bsky.social ?
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Hi, we would really like to grow our following a little here in the skyblue realm.
If you think you have followers who might appreciate our posting of beautiful and interesting books please do consider reposting this so they can consider giving us a follow.
Thank you...
If you think you have followers who might appreciate our posting of beautiful and interesting books please do consider reposting this so they can consider giving us a follow.
Thank you...
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hi, we would really like to grow our following a little here in the skyblue realm.
If you think you have followers who might appreciate our posting of beautiful and interesting books please do consider reposting this so they can consider giving us a follow.
Thank you...
If you think you have followers who might appreciate our posting of beautiful and interesting books please do consider reposting this so they can consider giving us a follow.
Thank you...
These mushrooms are growing so fast it's almost as if they're on a mission to take over. I for one welcome our new fungus overlords.
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
These mushrooms are growing so fast it's almost as if they're on a mission to take over. I for one welcome our new fungus overlords.
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Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!
October 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!
Cardboard boxes are being worn tight around this hips this season
October 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Cardboard boxes are being worn tight around this hips this season
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Re-upping my review of "A Lethal Legacy" by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir, @corylusbooks.bsky.social translated by @graskeggur.bsky.social
"Guðrún's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible in this new book in the Alma Jónsdóttir mystery series."
"Guðrún's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible in this new book in the Alma Jónsdóttir mystery series."
Today's my day on the blog tour for Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir's "A Lethal Legacy"!
"Guðlaugsdóttir's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible..."
www.angryalgonquin.com/a-lethal-leg...
@corylusbooks.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social
"Guðlaugsdóttir's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible..."
www.angryalgonquin.com/a-lethal-leg...
@corylusbooks.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Re-upping my review of "A Lethal Legacy" by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir, @corylusbooks.bsky.social translated by @graskeggur.bsky.social
"Guðrún's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible in this new book in the Alma Jónsdóttir mystery series."
"Guðrún's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible in this new book in the Alma Jónsdóttir mystery series."
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Welcome to my stop on the #BlogTour for #ALethalLegacy by Gudrun Gudlaugsdóttir Trns by @graskeggur.bsky.social - featuring journalist turned sleuth, Alma Jónsdóttir. 💙📚 #NordicNoir #Iceland
Out now from @corylusbooks.bsky.social
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@ewashe.bsky.social
Out now from @corylusbooks.bsky.social
brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-le...
@ewashe.bsky.social
A Lethal Legacy by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir
A Lethal Legacy by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir. Translated by Quentin Bates. Published 20th September 2025 by Corylus Books. From the cover of ...
brownflopsy.blogspot.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Welcome to my stop on the #BlogTour for #ALethalLegacy by Gudrun Gudlaugsdóttir Trns by @graskeggur.bsky.social - featuring journalist turned sleuth, Alma Jónsdóttir. 💙📚 #NordicNoir #Iceland
Out now from @corylusbooks.bsky.social
brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-le...
@ewashe.bsky.social
Out now from @corylusbooks.bsky.social
brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-le...
@ewashe.bsky.social
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Today's my day on the blog tour for Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir's "A Lethal Legacy"!
"Guðlaugsdóttir's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible..."
www.angryalgonquin.com/a-lethal-leg...
@corylusbooks.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social
"Guðlaugsdóttir's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible..."
www.angryalgonquin.com/a-lethal-leg...
@corylusbooks.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today's my day on the blog tour for Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir's "A Lethal Legacy"!
"Guðlaugsdóttir's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible..."
www.angryalgonquin.com/a-lethal-leg...
@corylusbooks.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social
"Guðlaugsdóttir's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible..."
www.angryalgonquin.com/a-lethal-leg...
@corylusbooks.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social
The last of the last of this year's blackberries. As tradition (or superstition?) demands, left for the fairies.
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The last of the last of this year's blackberries. As tradition (or superstition?) demands, left for the fairies.