Paris Book Festival kicks off amid the Grasset publishing controversy.
17 April 2026
The annual festival is honouring Iceland this year, and Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson will be doing a book signing.
He tells us about his latest novel, “Celestial Bodies at the Edge of the World”, which sheds light on a little-known dark chapter in Icelandic history, and tells us why Icelandic literature is booming in France.
He tells us about his latest novel, “Celestial Bodies at the Edge of the World”, which sheds light on a little-known dark chapter in Icelandic history, and tells us why Icelandic literature is booming in France.