Thai Rights sold for Katja Pantzar’s EVERYDAY SISU

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that the Thai rights for Katja Pantzar’s EVERYDAY SISU have been acquired by Thai publisher Flying Bear Co.,Ltd. Rights have been previously acquired by Hojosha in Japan and Penguin Random House/TarcherPerigee in the US will publish the original work EVERYDAY SISU in English language in Spring 2022.

In Everyday Sisu, journalist Katja explores the simple practices that make Finnish life so stable, sustainable, and healthy for body and mind, even when life doesn’t go as planned.

When the world has changed drastically due to the pandemic, Thai Publisher Flying Bear, finds exactly the right attitude needed to give people hope and resilience on both personal and the societal level, and endorses EVERYDAY SISU:

“As soon as I heard that Katja Pantzar was writing her second sisu book titled EVERYDAY SISU, my heart was pumping fast and my gut feeling was telling me that “this is the one” even before I had a chance to read the manuscript. The journey from that day up till the present time has indeed involved a lot of sisus in so many ways. I am tremendously happy that Flying Bear Co., Ltd. will be able to publish EVERYDAY SISU for our Thai readers as I believe it will help strengthen the hearts and minds of those who seek and need to be courageous and strong amidst the harsh pandemic time as well as the lengthened recovery stage that no one can precisely predict the end of it all. As the quote from Greek philosopher Heraclitus goes “the only constant is change,” there is no better perfect timing than now to build the resilience, courage, and fortitude within ourselves, society and the world. Thank you Katja for producing the wonderful work at the time we need it the most. May Sisu Be With You!”

– Yammy Patchaya Teerawatsakul, Author of FINLAND 101 / Founder and MD of Flying Bear Co., Ltd.

“I’m thrilled that we’ll be publishing Katja’s next book, and there couldn’t be a more timely topic in these challenging times. We all need more sisu, and this book will help readers cultivate more of it every day.”

– Marian Lizzi, Editor in Chief at TarcherPerigee.

Rights sold:

WORLD ENGLISH:
TarcherPerigee/Penguin Random House,
JAPAN: Hojosha
THAILAND: Flying Bear Co., Ltd.

About author


Katja Pantzar

Katja Pantzar –  Katja Pantzar is a Helsinki-based writer and journalist who swims in the Baltic Sea year round. Raised in Canada, with stints in New Zealand and England, she is the author of The Finnish Way (Penguin Random House/2018), a bestselling non-fiction book about Nordic well-being, winter swimming and sisu (resilience) that has been translated into 24 languages. Her second book on sisu, Everyday Sisu: Tapping into Finnish Fortitude for a Happier, More Resilient Life (Penguin Random House/2022) explores through expert interviews and research-based information how we can better support our mental and physical health while taking care of each other and our planet. Everyday Sisu has also been published in Japanese, Thai, and Indonesian. Pantzar’s work has been widely covered around the world in media ranging from Le Figaro, Le Monde, and El Paísto Vogue the Washington Post and the New York Review of Books. . She is also the author of three mini-guides to the Finnish capital, including 100 things to do in Helsinki (Siltala/2024).

Bibliography


2018, Personal Growth & Lifestyle

Finnish Way

Katja Pantzar