Iceland Noir 2023

Welcome to ICELAND NOIR -
A literary festival celebrating darkness in all its forms

Iceland Noir is held in Reykjavík at the darkest time of year. Founded by internationally bestselling authors Ragnar Jónasson and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, the festival started as a celebration of crime fiction in 2013. Although the name has stayed the same, the festival has evolved and grown and we now welcome writers from many genres, and our programme includes events on film and television.

What brings everything together is the theme of darkness. . .

Iceland Noir 2023 will take place in Reykjavík from Wednesday 15th - Saturday 18th of November 2023 at venues in the centre of the city.

Smaller fringe events will take place in the city from Monday the 13th of November. As usual, the All Iceland literary sightseeing tour will take place on the Sunday. Booking information for this can be found here.

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Olafur Darri Olafsson, Sverrir Norland, Iris Tanjya Flygenring and Baltasar Kormakur at Iceland Noir 2022 Photo: Ian Dawson

Bernardine Evaristo at Iceland Noir 2022. Photo: Ian Dawson

Headliners for 2023 announced

We are thrilled to announce that Richard Armitage, Dan Brown, Neil Gaiman, Lisa Jewell, Louise Penny, CJ Tudor and Irvine Welsh will headline our 2023 festival, with many, many more to be announced. Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Eliza Reid, Ragnar Jónasson, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson will also be appearing.

View the full line-up here - with many more still to be announced.

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