FarLit’s selected titles
Every autumn FarLit selects Faroese books of current interest for book fairs and literary events.
Fiction
Children and young adults
Non-fiction
Download PDF of catalogue: Books from the Faroe Islands 2025
Fiction
Tim Ecott: Sigmundur and the Golden Ring
Uni Arge: Weathersickness 2
Katrin Ottarsdóttir: 7 stories
Svanna Jákupsdóttir: Cycling through
Tóroddur Poulsen: The Landscape doesn’t want you
Snæbjørn í Dali: Grøðandi sjógvur
Children’s and young adults
A new creature in a hit video game blurs the line between Faroese legends and real life. Age 9+
Joan Waag Høgnesen, Hans Jacob Østerø: Messy Bob
Humorous picture book about a hungry pig who goes to town to have dinner. Age 3-6.
Agnete Hentze Pichotka: The island of the lost
A boy afraid of water, a boat caught in a storm and a cursed island, where people disappear. Age 10-12.
Rakel Helmsdal: Jump now, Eva!
A thrilling and heartfelt children’s mystery where 10‑year‑old Eva must confront secrets, sorrow, and courage after a mysterious man saves her life on the railway tracks. Age 10-12.
Non-fiction
Kinna Poulsen: At Eye Level - on 21st century contemporary Faroese Art
Books from the Faroe Islands is a selection of 13 new titles within all genres; fiction, non-fiction, crime fiction, poetry, children’s literature and YA. Additionally, there is a list of some notable awards and nominations from the past year and a list of some recently published translations of Faroese books. Finally, there is a backlist of publications from the past five years and information on which grants are available for publishers and translators, who plan to publish translations of Faroese books or translate a Faroese book.