Happy Iceland! Book Launch-INLUS Webinar

Happy Iceland:

How Icelandic Strangers Taught a Miserable American the Secret to Lifelong Happiness.

Author Anne Marie Wells

In 2016, on the precipice of turning 30, American writer Anne Marie Wells embarked on a quest to travel Iceland. Instead of following an itinerary, renting a car, and staying in hotels, she asked a random Icelandic worker at the Keflavik airport, “Can you tell me about a time you felt really happy in Iceland?”

This simple question sets off an unforgettable journey across the Land of Fire and Ice, backpacking and hitchhiking to find the locations where Icelandic strangers’ happiest memories took place.

From childhood sports fields and family farms to hidden waterfalls and the remote Highlands, this intimate travel memoir explores Iceland far beyond what can be seen from a sightseeing bus tour. Author Anne Marie Wells will talk with us about this remarkable journey and how it became the book Happy Iceland: How
Icelandic Strangers Taught a Miserable American the Secret to Lifelong Happiness, which will be available at the end of June.

Happy Iceland Book Cover

Anne Marie Wells is a Pushcart- and Best of the Net-nominated poet as well as a playwright, memoirist, and oral storyteller. She is the founder of The Joy of Poeting and Star Belt Press. She has published two collections of poetry and several books. She is a certified listener poet through The Good Listening Project and earned a certificate in social emotional arts through The Arts & Healing Initiative. She is the content and copy editor for Mama’s Kitchen Press and works as a freelance copy editor, ghostwriter, writing coach, and creative writing instructor.

Join the webinar via Zoom link on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 8:00 PM Eastern/ 7:00 PM Central/ 6:00 PM Mountain/ 5:00 PM Pacific  

This event is open to the public and will be recorded.