Anna Valdís Kro is one of the founding members of Ós Pressan and an active member since 2015. A queer writer, poet, editor, publisher and project manager. Has a M.A in Pedagogy and education, B.A. in Sign language studies and B.Ed. in Kindergarten teaching.

Elsa G. Björnsdóttir is an academic, poet, teacher, interpreter, filmmaker and actress.  In 2021-2023 she collaborated with Ós Pressan on a project, organized by Anna Valdís Kro, where she taught four workshops offered to Deaf individuals learning to create their own Visual Vernacular, which is one small piece of Deaf literature. More information about the workshops in English can be found here: https://borgarbokasafn.is/en/vv-sogur-0.

Helen Hafgnýr Cova, born in Venezuela, is an Icelandic writer, founder of Editorial Karíba, and member of Ós Pressan. Her works include the children’s series Snulli—Snulli Likes Being Alone (2019) and Snulli Learns to Say No (2022)—as well as the adult short story collection Autosarcophagy – To Eat Oneself (2020) and her first poetry collection, Ljóð fyrir klofið hjarta (2023). Her children’s book Svona tala ég (This Is How I Speak) (2023) was nominated for the Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature Children’s Book Award.

Cova’s writing has appeared in Icelandic and international journals and anthologies, including Ós – The Journal, Tímarit Máls og Menningar, Skáldreki, Ordskælv, and The Polaris Trilogy, slated to travel to the moon on a NASA mission. She has participated in festivals such as Vancouver Writers Fest, Opin Bók, and Sant Jordi USA.

Based in the Westfjords, Cova runs Karíba and founded the Flateyri Literary Festival in 2025.

Natasha was born in Moscow, Russia in 1987. She received her BA degree in journalism in 2010. Two years later, she moved to Iceland to study the Icelandic language. She earned her second BA degree in 2016 in Icelandic as a second language, with Swedish as a minor. Russian is her mother tongue, and she also speaks English, Icelandic, Swedish, and French. She has published works in all of these languages except French.
Her literary career began in 2021, when she published the poetry anthology Pólífónía af erlendum uppruna (Polyphony of Foreign Origin) by foreign-born writers in Iceland, in which she served as editor and co-author. In 2022, she published her first poetry collection, Máltaka á stríðstímum, for which she received the Tómas Guðmundsson Literary Prize, becoming the first foreign-born writer to receive this recognition. In 2023, she co-edited and co-authored the essay collection Skáldreki (Writers Adrift) by ten foreign-born authors, published in both Icelandic and English. In 2025, her second poetry collection, Mara kemur í heimsókn, was published, for which she received the Maístjarnan literary award.

Daniel Malpica is a Finnish-Mexican writer, graphic designer, publisher, and multimedia artist based in Helsinki. His work explores cross-narratives, transmediality, and the intersections of design and literary arts. As an artist and curator, Malpica has developed multiple transdisciplinary and multimedia projects across Europe, the Nordics, and Mexico. He was editor and designer of Radiador Magazine and served on the board of directors of PEN Finland from 2019 to 2022. His recent projects have received support from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (TAIKE) and the Kone Foundation. Malpica was the artistic director of the Copenhagen Literature Festival in 2022 and has been a resident artist at HIAP (Helsinki International Artists Programme). He has lectured on the materiality of writing at the University of the Arts Helsinki.

Anders Onsberg Hansen is a Danish sound engineer and producer with extensive expertise in both live and studio audio production. He has collaborated with a broad spectrum of artists, contributing to album recordings, live performances, and experimental sound projects. His practice is centered on meticulous attention to sonic detail and a comprehensive understanding of acoustic environments, ensuring high-quality auditory experiences across diverse settings.

He is affiliated with various recording studios in Denmark, where he plays a role in engineering and producing a range of musical and multimedia projects.