Jolasveinar

It's not Mother's Night yet, but here is an early gift, a modern tale of the "Yule Lads" from Paul Bristow at Tales of the Oak:

World Upside Down: Gunnlöth's Tale

Review by  Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir of the new English edition of  Svava Jakobsdóttir's 1987 novel, loosely based on the story of Gunnlöth, Odin, and the Mead of Poetry. The full article may be read at Iceland Review.

Runelight

Joanne Harris on her new book Runelight ahead of appearing at the Sefton Celebrates Writing Festival - "Her take on the Nine Worlds has a second origin – in a story called Witchlight that she wrote as a teenager, which starred a young girl called Maddy. ... The daughter of Thor the thunder god, she survives as the central character in Harris’s series." Read more at the Liverpool Daily Post.

“Odd and the Frost Giants” By Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman's book featuring Thor and the Frost Giants is among those recommended in this list of "Cool Books for Colder Days." See the full list at the Adrian, Michigan Daily Telegram.