Watch Saga Connections #2 On Demand

Our second Saga Connections was an intimate discussion with noted Icelandic Canadian author W.D. Valgardson. Below is an on-demand stream of this event. In this video, Bill discusses the many talented Icelandic Canadian fiction writers in Canada who have helped shape our collective feeling of community. 

We’re all aware of writing and how reading and writing were important in Iceland, where it helped literature replace some of those things that extreme poverty took away. There are all these stories about people in Iceland reading in the evening and so on, and learning to read and the use of homeschooling, etc.. And that didn’t get left behind in Iceland, it got transferred to Canada. And at one time there were more books published in Icelandic language in Winnipeg than there were in Iceland! The people that came here may have been poverty stricken but they brought with them a tremendous love of literature. That is what this Saga Connections conversation explores. In this video, Bill talks about as many Icelandic Canadian writers of fiction as he can fit in. He talks about fiction writers and people who wanted to find ways to tell stores they wanted to share. This event aired live on Feb 3rd, 2021 and this video replay is an exciting opportunity to hear from one of our community’s leading fiction writers, to hear a lively discussion on this fascinating topic, and find out how Bill came up with some of his fascinating characters!