Introducing Icelandic Week

Chad Post — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:38:29 +0000

The kicks off next Wednesday, and since I won’t be able to attend this year (boo!), I’ve decided that instead, next week will be “Icelandic Week” here at Three Percent as a way of celebrating Iceland as this year’s

We’ve got an amazing amount of stuff planned for this, from excerpts of recent and forthcoming Icelandic works, to pieces about Icelandic book blogging, to music videos, to info about the Blue Lagoon, to videos of me doing shots of Brennevin (and hopefully not passing out).

Get ready.

The Frankfurt Book Fair's Press Trip to China

Chad Post — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:01:04 +0000

As mentioned last week, China is the Guest of Honor at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, and to prepare for this, four journalists from the FBF have headed over to Peking on a “journey of literary discovery.” (Which I believe means listening to a lot of speeches about China’s book industry and traveling around to various stores, publishers, etc.)

Ed Nawotka (of and PW) is one of the journalists, and will be about the literary scene in China.

Not too much online yet, but there is a post about how many (and the lack of good travel books available for the Kindle) and one about the

As the week progresses, I’m sure this will get more and more interesting. Definitely worth checking in on, and I’ll be sure to post about any really interesting pieces.

guest of honor – Three Percent

Introducing Icelandic Week

The Frankfurt Book Fair's Press Trip to China