Literature from Finland

Literature from Finland Literature from Finland podcast is published and broadcasted by Helsinki Literary Agency.

Literature from Finland is a podcast with inspiring and fascinating literary discussions, a lot of passion for books – and curious details about Finnish literature.

Season's finale is out!🥰 One of the most moving and wonderful episodes so far, with Kirjailija Merja Mäki – on trauma of...
01/07/2023

Season's finale is out!🥰 One of the most moving and wonderful episodes so far, with Kirjailija Merja Mäki – on trauma of displacement in her bestselling debut Before the Birds, as well as various notions of home. Episode available on all the usual platforms, or then under the link below.
Enjoy the summer, we'll be back in September! 💃
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This FRIDAY – season's last Literature from Finland podcast episode HOME, with the splendid Kirjailija Merja Mäki, the a...
28/06/2023

This FRIDAY – season's last Literature from Finland podcast episode HOME, with the splendid Kirjailija Merja Mäki, the author of Before the Birds! 🥰 Don't forget to tune in before the summer break!
All episodes can be found here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/literature-from-finland
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Another wonderful conversation – THE LIFE (UN)LIVED, with the charming Juha Kauppinen. ❤️ What drives people to continue...
06/05/2023

Another wonderful conversation – THE LIFE (UN)LIVED, with the charming Juha Kauppinen. ❤️ What drives people to continue on living even in the worst of circumstances? Environmentalist and awarded author Juha Kauppinen has written about nature and environmental movement for two decades. Yet, he is still often asked the same old question: why is it important? In the new Literature from Finland episode, the author discusses the diversity of life, Kurt Vonnegut, and the integrity of action and hope.

You can find Literature from Finland podcast on all the usual platforms, or otherwise, under the link below!
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What drives people to continue on living even in the worst of circumstances? Environmentalist and awarded author Juha Kauppinen has written about nature and environmental movement for two decades. Yet, he is still often asked the same old question: why is it important? In the new Literature from Fin...

New episode finally out!🥰 How can writing help in the process of remembering? With her debut The Body of Evidence, the w...
05/04/2023

New episode finally out!🥰 How can writing help in the process of remembering? With her debut The Body of Evidence, the winner of the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize, Susanna Hast, brought autotheoretical literature to the Finnish literary scene and posed the question: how to write out the truth in order to regain humanity? In the new Literature from Finland episode, the author discusses autotheoretical narration and literature of remembering.
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How can writing help in the process of remembering? With her debut The Body of Evidence, the winner of the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize, Susanna Hast, brought autotheoretical literature to the Finnish literary scene, and posed the question: how to write out the truth in order to regain humanit...

Don't forget to tune in Literature from Finland podcast next week – the winner of the Best Debut of the Year, Susanna Ha...
26/03/2023

Don't forget to tune in Literature from Finland podcast next week – the winner of the Best Debut of the Year, Susanna Hast, will be discussing THE ART OF MEMORY. No doubt, coming out to be a super interesting episode!
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New episode is out! 🤓 How does one write entertaining historical fiction? Ann-ChristinAntell found a way to the hearts o...
23/02/2023

New episode is out! 🤓 How does one write entertaining historical fiction? Ann-ChristinAntell found a way to the hearts of wide readership with her commercial historical romance, the Cotton Mill trilogy. In the new Literature from Finland episode, the author discusses the exciting history of the city of Turku and reaching her audience with writing about times past.
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How does one write entertaining historical fiction? Ann-Christin Antell found a way to the hearts of wide readership with her commercial historical romance, the Cotton Mill trilogy. In the new Literature from Finland episode, the author discusses the exciting history of the city of Turku and reachin...

  has fans all over the world – including Tasmania! Thank you, Meika Loofs Samorzewski, for your lovely comment on Liter...
10/02/2023

has fans all over the world – including Tasmania! Thank you, Meika Loofs Samorzewski, for your lovely comment on Literature from Finland podcast episode EXPERIMENT – you made our day! ❤️ To fans out there: remember you can always leave us a voice message on Anchor (see picture below); we'd be delighted to hear your thoughts and even include them in our upcoming episodes! 🤓 It's incredible to see that the literature of such a small country as Finland reaches and touches listeners thousands of miles away. Keep following, keep listening – new episode TIMES is coming out this month!
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New episode is out! 🥳 Do authors today still experiment to push boundaries, or simply out of boredom? Throughout their r...
18/01/2023

New episode is out! 🥳 Do authors today still experiment to push boundaries, or simply out of boredom? Throughout their respective careers, writers Laura Lindstedt and Sinikka Vuola have been interested in experimenting with form and language. In 2022, together they published an Oulipo-inspired murder mystery 101 Ways to Kill Your Husband – a piece of sheer joy and fascination for readers, writers and translators. In our new episode, authors discuss experiments, literary possibilities, and… revenge.
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Do authors today still experiment to push boundaries, or simply out of boredom? Throughout their respective careers, writers Laura Lindstedt and Sinikka Vuola have been interested in experimenting with form and language. In 2022, together they published an Oulipo-inspired murder mystery 101 Ways to....

The book fair season is over, and we are back with our creative ventures more regularly! New Literature from Finland epi...
01/11/2022

The book fair season is over, and we are back with our creative ventures more regularly! New Literature from Finland episode SHAME with the young and talented Antti Rönkä, whose novel Off The Ground stirred quite a public discussion about the mostly unseen side of young men. Don't worry, we also found some good sides in shame. 🙂 Enjoy, comment, read the book (that is now available in French too, thanks to Éditions Rivages & translator Sébastien Cagnoli)! 🥰
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Do Finns, a stereotypically shy nation, feel more shame than others? In the new episode, author Antti Rönkä, whose debut novel Off the Ground (2019) encouraged a public discussion in Finland about the mostly unspoken side of young men, discusses shame as a subject in literature, the lure of autofi...

After a short break, Literature from Finland podcast is back with the lovely episode YOUTH, where YA author Ellen Strömb...
30/07/2022

After a short break, Literature from Finland podcast is back with the lovely episode YOUTH, where YA author Ellen Strömberg discusses the unbearable lightness of the young adults’ world, understanding and handling one’s own feelings, as well as her newest YA novel, We’ll Just Ride Past. Enjoy! 🥰
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https://anchor.fm/literature-from-finland/episodes/Youth-e1lsrk2

Can YA literature help the youth of today cope with their lives? In the newest episode, author Ellen Strömberg discusses the unbearable lightness of the young adults’ world, understanding and handling one’s own feelings, as well as her newest YA novel, We’ll Just Ride Past.

A grand name in Finnish Literature, Pirkko Saisio will be published in German by Klett-Cotta.
24/05/2022

A grand name in Finnish Literature, Pirkko Saisio will be published in German by Klett-Cotta.

Breaking news! Pirkko Saisio’s Autofictional trilogy has gotten already a trilogy of pre-empts: we are thrilled to announce that her newest publisher is Klett-Cotta in Germany. Previous pre-empts came from Robert Laffont in France and De Geus in the Netherlands. Cheers to the author!

Read the news:
https://www.helsinkiagency.fi/2022/05/24/pirkko-saisios-autofictional-trilogy-pre-empted-in-germany-by-klett-cotta/

Since the world nowadays feels more fiction than reality, we sat down with Marisha Rasi-Koskinen, the incredibly creativ...
30/03/2022

Since the world nowadays feels more fiction than reality, we sat down with Marisha Rasi-Koskinen, the incredibly creative mind, to discuss the limits between fiction and reality, the unreliable narrators and the need to fictionalise our own life – and sometimes, death. New Literature from Finland episode is out now! All the regular platforms (Spotify, ApplePodcasts etc) or then the link below. 👇 And what is the lure of fiction for you? 🧐
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https://anchor.fm/literature-from-finland/episodes/Fiction-e1gf79g

What is the lure of fiction? Marisha Rasi-Koskinen, the author of the Lynchian masterpiece REC, claims that we all tell many stories, and being unreliable is just being human. In this month’s episode, we discussed the unreliable narrators, the ways of telling a story, and the need of today’s hum...

New episode is finally out! How can anxious characters enrich our lives? Finlandia-nominated author Marjo Niemidoesn’t t...
17/02/2022

New episode is finally out! How can anxious characters enrich our lives? Finlandia-nominated author Marjo Niemidoesn’t think angst has to be a gloomy experience. In this month’s Literature from Finland episode, we discuss Niemi’s lauded novel , trauma narratives, Finnish methods of coping, and art as a way of finding communication in the world of isolation. All the usual platforms or then the link below!
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https://anchor.fm/literature-from-finland/episodes/Angst-e1eg4fv/a-a7dtuu1

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NEW episode is out! 🔥 Listen to the one and only Harry Salmenniemi discuss literary stunts, explain the ideas behind his...
30/10/2021

NEW episode is out! 🔥 Listen to the one and only Harry Salmenniemi discuss literary stunts, explain the ideas behind his new short story collection Customer Coral, and reveal a surprising author who never fails to make him laugh. Spotify, ApplePodcasts and all the other usual platforms or then just the link below!👂
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https://anchor.fm/literature-from-finland/episodes/Stunt-e19h7pu

In the world where the biggest publishing markets release tens of thousands of new titles every year, does the book have to be something more than just a book? Author Harry Salmenniemi is known in Finland for his playful, sometimes experimental and wildly humorous literary decisions. The new Literat...

WE. ARE. BACK with the new season! 🔥 Brilliant and unpredictable Harry Salmenniemi will open the season 2 with the discu...
27/10/2021

WE. ARE. BACK with the new season! 🔥 Brilliant and unpredictable Harry Salmenniemi will open the season 2 with the discussion on literary stunts. The episode is due to be out on Saturday, and here's a little foretaste of Salmenniemi's deadpan humour. 👇 We'll sure have lots of fun!
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WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE EPISODE? 🧐 Our plans have slightly changed, and we'll be taking our summer break earlier than ex...
13/07/2021

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE EPISODE? 🧐 Our plans have slightly changed, and we'll be taking our summer break earlier than expected. We thank you for this season and hope you enjoyed our podcast and learned more about the Finnish literature! We'll be back in autumn with the brilliant Harry Salmenniemi scheduled to appear in September – in the meantime, don't hesitate to comment and let us know if there are particular topics you'd like to be explored in the following season! Love from Finland to you all, enjoy the summer! ❤
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Join us as we sit down with the finest literary minds of Finland to discuss the qualities and quirks of Finnish literature and other literary topics!

It's out! Piia Leino and new episode FUTURE VISIONS! Tune in on Spotify, Apple and Google Podcasts or any other platform...
28/05/2021

It's out! Piia Leino and new episode FUTURE VISIONS! Tune in on Spotify, Apple and Google Podcasts or any other platform, or then just click the link below. Enjoy the weekend!
Helsinki Literary Agency Kustantamo S&S FILI - Finnish Literature Exchange Aukso žuvys Scolar Kiadó Wydawnictwo Widnokrąg Vuković&Runjić Větrné mlýny Založba Pivec Kontrast izdavaštvo Издателска къща Персей Видавництво "Астролябія"
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Piia Leino won the EU Prize for Literature in 2019 for her dystopian novel Heaven – and continued to imagine our near future in her following books. But how accurately Finns imagined their future back in the day? In the recent episode, Leino discusses her new novels Overtime and Zenith, difference...

Sneak peek! New episode on air tomorrow, with Piia Leino discussing FUTURE VISIONS and her fantastic novels! Tune in Lit...
27/05/2021

Sneak peek! New episode on air tomorrow, with Piia Leino discussing FUTURE VISIONS and her fantastic novels! Tune in Literature from Finland podcast on any platform that you prefer.
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It's here, it's here! 🥳  Wardrobe Studios brings you the spectacular Eva Frantz Privat who discusses everything atmosphe...
27/03/2021

It's here, it's here! 🥳 Wardrobe Studios brings you the spectacular Eva Frantz Privat who discusses everything atmospheric from murders in cozy landscapes and writing scary stories for children to very Finnish atmospheres, inspirations such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the hobby of cocktail mixing. Absolutely wonderful episode and perfect for your Saturday morning! Tune in on Spotify, Apple Podcast or any other platform, or then click the link:http://www.helsinkiagency.fi/podcast/
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The times might be unusual, but the show goes on! Just in a few minutes, Eva Frantz on our podcast talking atmospheres. ...
26/03/2021

The times might be unusual, but the show goes on! Just in a few minutes, Eva Frantz on our podcast talking atmospheres. Brought to you by Wardrobe Studios! ❤
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Today, we celebrate the National Sámi Day. Writer, musician and activist Niillas Holmberg releases his novel Halla Helle...
06/02/2021

Today, we celebrate the National Sámi Day. Writer, musician and activist Niillas Holmberg releases his novel Halla Helle, and we release a podcast episode with him! Hear Niillas discuss about growing up as an indigenous boy in the 1990s’ Finland, the right to voice indigenous people, the effects of climate change to Arctic communities, as well as his current literary crushes. Find an subscribe on ANY PLATFORM or press the link below. Happy Sámi Day!
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What is the role of myths in our everyday life? What makes nordic crime novels exciting? Literature from Finland podcast – brought to you by Helsinki Literary Agency.

Do you know what do we celebrate on the 6th of February? It's a national day for Sámi people, and many surprises are awa...
04/02/2021

Do you know what do we celebrate on the 6th of February? It's a national day for Sámi people, and many surprises are awaiting you: Sámi musician, writer and activist Niillas Holmberg is publishing his new book Halla Helle – the first novel in decades focusing on the Sámi community; we, from our part, will be releasing a podcast episode, discussing Sámi culture in today's world. So stay tuned!
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It's HERE! New episode with fabulous Anu Kaaja discussing images of feminism, best s*x scenes in literature, and of cour...
22/01/2021

It's HERE! New episode with fabulous Anu Kaaja discussing images of feminism, best s*x scenes in literature, and of course, her spectacular Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize winner Katie-Kate! Tune in on ANY platform you usually listen to your podcasts or just click the link below. Also, we would like to encourage you to join a discussion: comment below, what were your most memorable encounters with feminism in literature. Remember this is NOT a place for rage and insults: we would just love to hear the literary experiences from all over the world! Have an inspiring weekend you all!
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What is the role of myths in our everyday life? What makes nordic crime novels exciting? Literature from Finland podcast – brought to you by Helsinki Literary Agency.

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