125: Born with a book in your stomach - with Jónína Leósdóttir

<p>You might imagine we've lost our minds here at <strong><em>The Hobcast Book Show</em></strong><em> </em>with an episode title like this, but, believe it or not, it's a common Icelandic phrase, such is the power and popularity of literature there. Our guest this week is one of the most influential figures in Icelandic fiction, <a href="https://joninaleosdottir.com/english/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Jónína Leósdóttir</strong></a>. Jónína is a playwright, journalist, and author of twenty-one books. Her most recent book, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deceit-J%C3%B3n%C3%ADna-Le%C3%B3sd%C3%B3ttir-ebook/dp/B0B8KZTW42" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Deceit</em></strong></a>, is her sixth crime novel. She was also the founder of the Women's Prize for Fiction in Iceland. As we discuss in this wide-ranging interview, Jónína is no stranger to having to withhold the truth; it was 15 years before her relationship with her now wife, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hanna_Sigur%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir</a> became public. Johanna was Iceland's Prime Minister between 2009 and 2013, and the world's first openly LGBT+ in modern history. This is an inspiring interview.</p><p>Also this week, Adrian and Rebecca absorb the impact of changes at Amazon, and discuss if a book's formatting and type-setting should really be a factor in a reviewer's rating?</p><p>Download a <strong>full transcript</strong> of our interview with Jónína at <a href="https//www.hobeckbooks.net/hobcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https//www.hobeckbooks.net/hobcast</strong></a></p><p>Find more details of Jónína Leósdóttir <a href="https://joninaleosdottir.com/english/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/priv