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Bestselling this season
2021, General Nonfiction, Memories & Biographies
The Story of Aino and Alvar Aalto
Heikki Aalto-Alanen
2016, Narrative Nonfiction
How Finland Survived Stalin: From Winter War to Cold War, 1939-1950
Kimmo Rentola
2024, Personal Growth & Lifestyle
Hot and Cold. From Sauna to Sea: The Finnish Way to a Happy, Healthy Life
Carita Harju, Katja Pantzar
2018, Chapter Books (6-9 Years)
Little Shop of Nightmares 1: The Terrible Tickling Powder
Magdalena Hai
2019, Chapter Books (6-9 Years)
Little Shop of Nightmares 2: The Mystery of the Missing Teeth
Magdalena Hai
2021, Chapter Books (6-9 Years)
Little Shop of Nightmares 3: Sticky the Horrible Snowman
Magdalena Hai
12.10.2022
Memory Of Water International Film News
01.03.2018
Crime fiction news round-up of March
04.11.2016
Hollywood film deal for Monster Nanny
2018, Chapter Books (6-9 Years)
Little Shop of Nightmares 1: The Terrible Tickling Powder
Magdalena Hai
2019, Chapter Books (6-9 Years)
Little Shop of Nightmares 2: The Mystery of the Missing Teeth
Magdalena Hai
2021, Chapter Books (6-9 Years)
Little Shop of Nightmares 3: Sticky the Horrible Snowman
Magdalena Hai
2013, General Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction
Things That Make One's Heart Beat Faster
Mia Kankimäki
Latest reviews
Putin's Trolls
Jessikka Aro
“Jessikka Aro has managed to deconstruct the intertwined and multi-layered nature of brazen information operations pursued by the Kremlin. The book bears a special value in the context of Georgia, where Putin’s trolls are as rampant as ever.”
- Tamar Kintsurashvili, Associate Professor at Ilia State University, Editor-in-chief at Myth Detector, Georgia
Where It All Begins
Salla Simukka
“Harrowing emotions, ever-tightening plot and pure horror. This all can be found in Salla Simukka’s novel Where It All Begins. [--] All the different relations will only be revealed bit by bit, maybe only after multiple reads. The core is still clear and bright. Everything that’s said twists around love and sadness at the end.”
Marjo Jääskä in Parnasso literary magazine
Moonday Letters
Emmi Itäranta
"The resulting narrative brilliantly weaves together its two central questions: whether one marriage can survive, and whether humanity can find a way to thrive that does not ultimately rest on exploitation and inequality."
The Guardian
The Night of Ancient Lights
Hanna Meretoja
"Meretoja’s debut novel is a direct hit. The Night of Ancient Lights is also a very stylish literary work. The narration with its richly coloured imagery is characterized by precision. The narration is impressively graphic."
Satakunnan Kansa
The Italian Game
Vera Vala
“The Italy of Vera Vala, who has written nine published novels, is lively and full of contradictions.”
Sari Toivakka in Keskisuomalainen newspaper
Ella - Helene Schjerfbeck
Mari Tossavainen
".../ Ph.D. Mari Tossavainen has done a tremendous job of going through the correspondence and the extensive research and writings on Helene Schjerfbeck and by commenting on the various interpretations. .../ Reading Ella - Helene Schjerfbeck gives a good overview of what is known about the artist, enriched by the clarification provided by the new letters. "
Pirkko Kotirinta, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
In Your Shadow
Martta Kaukonen
"In this novel, each member of the working group takes turns to be the narrator. Kaukonen touches on several current societal and cultural trends, particularly from the arts and culture. Kaukonen, who also works as a film critic, uses overkill as a styliststic choice, which results in exaggeration in the most delicious way. Sometimes there’s horror, sometimes parody. As Kaukonen pushes and stretches the boundaries and edges of the activism of the characters in her novel, the reader wonders to what point the group is prepared to continue their performance."
Anni Valtonen, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
Inherited Land
Maria Turtschaninoff
“Turtschaninoff credibly brings history to life; this is how it might have happened. But what touches most deeply are the contemporary depictions: the closer we get to everyday life and our own time, the more the characters touch me. [--] It is complete presence; the author has become one with the text. That is great storytelling.”
Yvonne Granqvist Schultz in Österbottens Tidning newspaper
The Italian Game
Vera Vala
"The Italian Game begins a new crime series, and this opening title is impressing, the language and style are polished, and the narration keeps one in its grip until the end. [--] The Italian Game is also a novel about the depths of mind and memory and about facing a strongly rooted fear. The ending of this exciting title turned out to surprise me!”
Jari Olavi Hiltunen in Satakunnan kansa newspaper
Where It All Begins
Salla Simukka
“Salla Simukka’s first novel for adults is skilled horror, playing with the threat of life and fitting the genre.”
Mari Viertola in Turun Sanomat newspaper
Inherited Land
Maria Turtschaninoff
“Maria Turtschaninoff’s multi-layered and diverse narration INHERITED LAND is a sort of tribute to the forefathers, to all who have walked [on this earth] before us, to the earth we inherited and nature’s all beings. [–] Maria Turschaninoff’s novel is a marvellous reading experience, extremely touching, clever and sensual.”
Marit Lindqvist on Svenska YLE
Miss Stein's Cook
Leena Parkkinen
"Miss Stein’s Cook is a thrilling and tensive, multi-sided and multi-layered, thematically rich novel with a strong sensual power. [–] The answer to the ‘What really happened there?’ mystery is skillfully avoided for so long that on one hand, the reader feels impatient, and on the other hastens their reading to find the answer. The unbearableness and loveliness of reading were real at least for me."
Turun Sanomat newspaper
New foreign covers
2019, General Nonfiction, Parenting & Educational
Willpower, Determination, Self-Esteem
Raisa Cacciatore, Erja Korteniemi-Poikela