Hildur Knútsdóttir
@hildur.bsky.social
Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!
The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!
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Hildur Knútsdóttir
@hildur.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Cover reveal! 🥳🎉
DEAD WEIGHT is translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com and will hit the shelves on May 26th.
Nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands 🩸
Preorder here:
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
DEAD WEIGHT is translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com and will hit the shelves on May 26th.
Nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands 🩸
Preorder here:
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Oh god, US friends, I’m so sorry 😞
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Oh god, US friends, I’m so sorry 😞
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On this day, Dr. Manhatten first reappears after his atomized destruction in a lab accident. Happy November 10th to all who observe.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
On this day, Dr. Manhatten first reappears after his atomized destruction in a lab accident. Happy November 10th to all who observe.
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The Iceland Noir festival is kicking off next week! I have my guest of honour interview on Wednesday at 9 PM in Fríkirkjan.
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Iceland Noir festival is kicking off next week! I have my guest of honour interview on Wednesday at 9 PM in Fríkirkjan.
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
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"The Night Guest" by @hildur.bsky.social comes to mind.
What books have the most powerful/shocking/affective single pages?
Never recovering from this page
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"The Night Guest" by @hildur.bsky.social comes to mind.
The Iceland Noir festival is kicking off next week! I have my guest of honour interview on Wednesday at 9 PM in Fríkirkjan.
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Iceland Noir festival is kicking off next week! I have my guest of honour interview on Wednesday at 9 PM in Fríkirkjan.
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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Because WHY WOULD I??
Because WHY WOULD I??
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Because WHY WOULD I??
Because WHY WOULD I??
Daughter: Mamma, when I take your things it’s not stealing. They are just switching rooms.
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Daughter: Mamma, when I take your things it’s not stealing. They are just switching rooms.
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All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
Wake up babe, best unboxing video in the world just dropped.
Courtesy of Fanney Hrund Hilmarsdóttie, YA author, lawyer and sheep farmer.
Courtesy of Fanney Hrund Hilmarsdóttie, YA author, lawyer and sheep farmer.
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Wake up babe, best unboxing video in the world just dropped.
Courtesy of Fanney Hrund Hilmarsdóttie, YA author, lawyer and sheep farmer.
Courtesy of Fanney Hrund Hilmarsdóttie, YA author, lawyer and sheep farmer.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I tried to do a screen record, hope it does it justice!
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I tried to do a screen record, hope it does it justice!
I don’t know if sharing Instagram reels works on this app, but here is the link to the best unboxing video you are ever going to see, by Icelandic author and sheepfarmer Fanney Hrund.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I don’t know if sharing Instagram reels works on this app, but here is the link to the best unboxing video you are ever going to see, by Icelandic author and sheepfarmer Fanney Hrund.
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The old lane to the coast path at dawn...
Treen, Cornwall, on Thursday 🤩
Treen, Cornwall, on Thursday 🤩
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The old lane to the coast path at dawn...
Treen, Cornwall, on Thursday 🤩
Treen, Cornwall, on Thursday 🤩
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Hah yes this.
Some of the books I loved as a teen have really not held up, while others did and are clearly excellent.
But there were books I was also just not ready to read, and my opinions on them were a waste of space.
Some of the books I loved as a teen have really not held up, while others did and are clearly excellent.
But there were books I was also just not ready to read, and my opinions on them were a waste of space.
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Hah yes this.
Some of the books I loved as a teen have really not held up, while others did and are clearly excellent.
But there were books I was also just not ready to read, and my opinions on them were a waste of space.
Some of the books I loved as a teen have really not held up, while others did and are clearly excellent.
But there were books I was also just not ready to read, and my opinions on them were a waste of space.
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My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
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cone of shame vs cone of delight
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
cone of shame vs cone of delight
I finally listened through the whole of Lily Allen's new album, West End Girl and OH MY GOD, THE TEA!
a cartoon of a bird holding a cup of coffee
ALT: a cartoon of a bird holding a cup of coffee
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I finally listened through the whole of Lily Allen's new album, West End Girl and OH MY GOD, THE TEA!
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Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.