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
graskeggur.com
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
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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.
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Joining the #blogtour for A Lethal Legacy by
Guðrún Gúðlaugsdóttir (trans by @graskeggur.bsky.social) from @corylusbooks.bsky.social). A death on a remote farm leads journalist Alma into a complex & almost Gothic affair. #BookSky #crime #Iceland 📚💙
bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog...
Guðrún Gúðlaugsdóttir (trans by @graskeggur.bsky.social) from @corylusbooks.bsky.social). A death on a remote farm leads journalist Alma into a complex & almost Gothic affair. #BookSky #crime #Iceland 📚💙
bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog...
September 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Joining the #blogtour for A Lethal Legacy by
Guðrún Gúðlaugsdóttir (trans by @graskeggur.bsky.social) from @corylusbooks.bsky.social). A death on a remote farm leads journalist Alma into a complex & almost Gothic affair. #BookSky #crime #Iceland 📚💙
bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog...
Guðrún Gúðlaugsdóttir (trans by @graskeggur.bsky.social) from @corylusbooks.bsky.social). A death on a remote farm leads journalist Alma into a complex & almost Gothic affair. #BookSky #crime #Iceland 📚💙
bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog...
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On the blog as part of the @corylusbooks.bsky.social blog tour is my review of #ALethalLegacy by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir translated from Icelandic by @graskeggur.bsky.social Haunting and powerful story of family disputes and sickening crimes of the past.
peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/a...
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A Lethal Legacy by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir #BookReview #ALethalLegacy #GuðrúnGuðlaugsdóttir
A family dispute with a shocking revelation
peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
On the blog as part of the @corylusbooks.bsky.social blog tour is my review of #ALethalLegacy by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir translated from Icelandic by @graskeggur.bsky.social Haunting and powerful story of family disputes and sickening crimes of the past.
peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/a...
peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/a...
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7 impressive crime novels from #Finland 🇫🇮 #Iceland 🇮🇸 #Norway 🇳🇴 & #Sweden 🇸🇪 are shortlisted for #PetronaAward2025 for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. Congratulations to the authors, translators & publishers @corylusbooks.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social 🎉 nordiclighthouse.blog
Nordic Lighthouse
Spotlight on Nordic / Scandinavian crime fiction... and connections
nordiclighthouse.blog
September 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
7 impressive crime novels from #Finland 🇫🇮 #Iceland 🇮🇸 #Norway 🇳🇴 & #Sweden 🇸🇪 are shortlisted for #PetronaAward2025 for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. Congratulations to the authors, translators & publishers @corylusbooks.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social 🎉 nordiclighthouse.blog
The Petrona shortlist of seven Nordic crime novels translated into English is revealed. Congrats to all, and especially to Óskar Guðmundsson... The winner will be announced 16th October.
www.petronaaward.co.uk/2025/09/the-...
www.petronaaward.co.uk/2025/09/the-...
September 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The Petrona shortlist of seven Nordic crime novels translated into English is revealed. Congrats to all, and especially to Óskar Guðmundsson... The winner will be announced 16th October.
www.petronaaward.co.uk/2025/09/the-...
www.petronaaward.co.uk/2025/09/the-...
Highly recommended. Although I may be slightly biased.
Something to curl up with as the nights start to draw in...?
Broken is the first of a razor-edged crime trilogy shot through with black humour and characters who leap off the page
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
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Broken is the first of a razor-edged crime trilogy shot through with black humour and characters who leap off the page
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
@graskeggur.bsky.social
Broken eBook : Jónasson, Jón Atli, Bates, Quentin: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Broken eBook : Jónasson, Jón Atli, Bates, Quentin: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
amazon.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Highly recommended. Although I may be slightly biased.
'....there’s no attempt to sugarcoat the darkness.'
Cool review of Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson
nordicwatchlist.com/2025/09/01/b...
Thanks, @pearceglen.bsky.social !
Cool review of Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson
nordicwatchlist.com/2025/09/01/b...
Thanks, @pearceglen.bsky.social !
Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson - Book Review
Nordic Watchlist reviews Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson. Broken is the Icelandic author's first English language novel and published through Corylus Books.
nordicwatchlist.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
'....there’s no attempt to sugarcoat the darkness.'
Cool review of Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson
nordicwatchlist.com/2025/09/01/b...
Thanks, @pearceglen.bsky.social !
Cool review of Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson
nordicwatchlist.com/2025/09/01/b...
Thanks, @pearceglen.bsky.social !
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Ikmen book 27 The Wooden Library published in paperback on 11th September. I’m giving away 2 copies to celebrate. RT and follow to enter. Winners announced Wednesday 10 September.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ikmen book 27 The Wooden Library published in paperback on 11th September. I’m giving away 2 copies to celebrate. RT and follow to enter. Winners announced Wednesday 10 September.
Best ever pulp thriller title, Lady Don't Fall Backwards.
August 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Best ever pulp thriller title, Lady Don't Fall Backwards.
Welcome to today's earworm.
Reykjavík
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August 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Welcome to today's earworm.