Bonnier Rights Finland

13/08/2025

🎁 New foreign edition!

🇩🇪 German readers finally get to continue with Hildur's story, as Satu Rämö's RAKEL is being released in German translation by Gabriele Schrey-Vasara today! Hildur's German home is publisher Heyne and all previously released titles have conquered 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘭 bestseller list! Happy publication day & Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Satu Rämö I writer
Penguin Bücher

12/08/2025

🎁 New foreign edition

🍂 Feeling anxious about the summer ending soon? Let Maija Kajanto ease your mind with SAFFRON FALL, the third heartwarming installment in her beloved series featuring Krisse and the cozy Birch Tree Café. This charming story might just make you fall in love with the season all over again.

🇪🇪 The Estonian edition, 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘶̈𝘨𝘪𝘴, translated by Linda Liblikas and published by Rahva Raamat, was released this summer—perfect timing for our Estonian friends' end-of-season reading list!

Rahva Raamat

07/08/2025

🎁 New foreign edition

🇨🇿 Absolutely loving this beautiful Czech edition of Elina Grundström's UKRAINE'S BLACK GOLD (𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢, WSOY 2023), published by Mapcards and translated by Vladimír Piskoř. What do you think? 😍

👏 ‘𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰̈𝘮’𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩-𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘮 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦.’ —Jury of the Kanava Literary Prize for non-fiction

Elina Grundström
Mapcards

06/08/2025

🎁 New foreign edition!

🇵🇱 Timo Parvela's and illustrator Pasi Pitkänen's chiiling adventure trilogy SHADOWS is now complete in Polish translation by Sebastian Musielak. In SHADOWS, Timo Parvela taps onto the most renowned myth of the North, Santa Claus, to take 10+ readers on a truly chilling adventure. Rights have been sold into 7 language territories so far.

Timo Parvela
Illustrator Pasi Pitkänen
Wydawnictwo Dwukropek

05/08/2025

🏆🇮🇸 Satu Rämö's RÓSA & BJÖRK, second book in the phenomenal Hildur series, debuted at #1 across all formats on the bestseller list at Penninn Eymundsson, the largest bookstore chain in Iceland! The series is translated by Erla Elíasdóttir Völudóttir and published by Forlagið. Huge congratulations!

Satu Rämö I writer
Forlagið útgáfa

30/07/2025

🎯 Rights sold!

🇳🇱 It's been going very well for Satu Rämö's HILDUR in the Netherlands and publisher Ambo|Anthos just acquired RAKEL (Book #4)! This August, JAKOB (Book #3) is set to be published in Dutch translation. Annemarie Raas translates the series. Gefeliciteerd!

👏 '𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘰̈ 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘣 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨!' –Jennifer Boomkamp, Ambo|Anthos, The Netherlands

Satu Rämö I writer
Ambo Anthos uitgevers

29/07/2025

👏 'O𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭.' –Bram E. Gieben, Glasgow Review of Books about Hassan Blasim's SOLOLAND

The piece includes an in-depth interview as well about Hassan's 'journey as a writer and chronicler of the Iraqi diaspora, his feelings on being a spokesperson for refugees and exiles, and his approach to storytelling as a central pillar of the human experience – one that binds us together, wherever we happen to be born, and no matter where we end up.'

https://glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2025/07/06/it-is-not-easy-to-lose-hope-hassan-blasim-on-sololand-more/

Hassan Blasim's "Sololand" is a collection of novellas exploring the complexities of exile through three protagonists affected by Iraq's recent conflicts. Blasim delves into shared history, identity, and storytelling, moving between Iraq and a fictional Northern Europe to highlight the challenges fa...

23/07/2025

💎 Can you please pinch us? Miki Liukkonen's magnum opus, the 859 pages experimental novel O, in Polish translation by Sebastian Musielak, is currently the bestselling title in the category translated fiction at Poland's biggest book store chain Empik! This is a first for Finnish Literature in Polish translation.

🥰 Congratulations to Miki's family, publisher Insignis, and last but not least to the translator, whom we also want to thank for the image.

Sebastian Musielak
Wydawnictwo Insignis
FILI - Finnish Literature Exchange

22/07/2025

🎁 New foreign edition!

🇩🇪 Minna Rytisalo's novel JENNY HILL is now out in German translation by Maximilian Murmann! Minna's German publisher is Hanser. Happy publication day!

🦋 With the children out of the house, Jenni Mäki ends her unhappy marriage, changes her name, and finally begins to live the life that was intended for her: As Jenny Hill, she starts over again. A chorus of female fairytale characters and Brigitte Macron accompany her, offering insightful commentary on the absurdity of the expectations women in our world are still expected to live up to.

📚 A powerful novel about growing older as a woman and how it's never too late to find your own path.

👏 ‘𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘙𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘰’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘱𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳.’ —Helsingin Sanomat newspaper

Minna Rytisalo
Hanser Literaturverlage
Maximilian Murmann

01/07/2025

🌸🌊🌞🍉🚣‍♀️ We are taking a summer break - back in full force in August. Have a lovely summer! ⛵🍦⛱🍒😴

25/06/2025

⚽️ Jukka Behm's bestselling YA feelgood trilogy HAMMERSMITH UNITED is now complete with the third book THE SCORPION'S STING (𝘚𝘬𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘶, Tammi) having been published in Finland! Congratulations!

⭐ The series has been a success abroad as well. The first book is featured as great read by the Estonian Union for Child Wellfare and the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre (translation by Helena Lemendik). In Sweden, the book is currently the #1 bestseller in the age group 12-15 (translation by Emil Johansson). Lithuanian publisher Alma Littera just published the translation by Viltarė Urbaitė a few days ago.

👏 ‘𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘮’𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘰𝘧-𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯.’ — Anja Eriksson, Editor at Bokförlaget Opal

Jukka Behm

23/06/2025

🙌 We are so thrilled to announce that author Laura Andersson has joined the agency! Welcome! Her new 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 introduces the readers to the glamour and bold dreams in the Jazz Age Helsinki of the 1930s, with its exciting and thrilling nightlife and the alluring world of moviemaking!

✨ In STARDUST BOULEVARD (Tähtipölyn bulevardi, Gummerus 2025), the opening volume of the series, Doris Laine, daughter of a bootlegger from Rööperi, pursues her dreams of becoming a movie star while diving into the dangerous but oh-so-captivating underworld of 1930s Helsinki. Doris begins living a double life that she imagines she can control.

💃 The story about forbidden love, friendship and betrayals is dominated by a tantalizing sense of danger. It begins with the repeal of the Prohibition, depicts a modernizing Helsinki and the early days of the Finnish film industry.

✍ Laura Andersson is a Helsinki-based author and book industry professional known for her series of historical novels set in Helsinki.

Laura Andersson
Gummerus Kustannus
📸 Maija Astikainen/Gummerus