- Events in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- It’s Finland Again! Programme 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
- Other events at the Frankfurt Book Fair
- Authors in Frankfurt during the book fair
- It’s Finland Again! Programme at Helsinki Book Fair 2024
- Other It’s Finland Again! events in Finland
It’s Finland Again! Events in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Kimmo Lust, Henna Räsänen & Athanasía Aarniosuo
Fumetto Comic Festival Luzern
Switzerland 8.–17.3.
Timo Parvela
Münchner Bücherschau Junior
Munich, Germany 10.3.
Pirkko Saisio & Meri Valkama
It’s Finland Again! kick-off event and reading
Berlin, Germany 19.3.
Pirkko Saisio, Meri Valkama, Pajtim Statovci & Hanneriina Moisseinen
Leipzig Book Fair
Leipzig, Germany 21.–24.3.
Pajtim Statovci
Reading trip
Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Germany 6.5.
Theater Phönix Linz, Austria 7.5.
Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Germany 8.5.
Emmi Valve, Athanasía Aarniosuo, Susi Nousiainen, Hoopee Lehkonen, Shambhavi Singh, Jyrki Nissinen, Nina Mutik, Johanna Rojola
Comic Invasion Berlin
Berlin, Germany, 11.–12.5.
Meri Valkama
Reading at Literaturhaus Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, Germany 21.5.
Elli Valtonen
The European Festival of the First Novel / Literaturhaus Schleswig-Holstein e.V.
Kiel, Germany 23.-26.5.
Sanna Pelliccioni
Berliner Bücherfest
Berlin, Germany 6.-9.6.
Inger-Mari Aikio
Reading at Museum Europäischer Kulturen
Berlin, Germany 22.8.
Iida Turpeinen
International Literature Festival Berlin
Berlin, Germany 5.-18.9.
Iida Turpeinen & Johanna Holmström
Literary Evening during the ATdS-Conference in cooperation with Literaturhaus Bonn
Bonn, Germany 25.9.
Iida Turpeinen
Reading at Literaturhaus Wien
Vienna, Austria 27.9.
Tuomas Oskari
Mord am Hellweg XI: Skandinavische Nacht mit Camilla Sten, Kerstin Signe Danielsson & Roman Voosen und Tuomas Oskari
Kulturscheune auf Hof Haulle, Bad Sassendorf, Germany 12.10.
Matias Riikonen
Reading at Felleshus
Berlin, Germany 14.10.
Iida Turpeinen
Reading in Darmstadt (at the Hessische Landesmuseum in cooperation with the Literaturhaus Darmstadt). Moderator Maximilian Murmann
Darmstadt, Germany 15.10.
Matias Riikonen
Reading at Bittner bookshop (Moderator: publishing director Dr. Hans-Gerd Koch)
Cologne, Germany 15.10.
Iida Turpeinen
Frankfurt Book Fair – Open Books
Reading at Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt / Großer Saal, moderator: Maximilian Murmann
Frankfurt, Germany, 17.10.
Cristina Sandu
Reading at University of Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany 30.10.
Literary Cruise with Finnlines
Readings with Arttu Tuominen and Anke Michler-Janhunen
& Literary city tour of Helsinki
& Interview with Tuomas Niskakangas (Oskari) by his translator, Anke Michler-Janhunen
7.-10.11.
Hanna Meretoja
Reading Tour with moderator and translator Stefan Moster
19 November
Reading at Markus bookshop,
Gütersloh, Germany, 19.11.
20 November
Reading at Bücher-Max
Neusäß, Germany
21 November
Reading at Literarisches Zentrum Göttingen e.V.
Göttingen, Germany
22 November
Reading at Paderborn
Buch Vienna
Vienna Book Fair
Vienna, Austria 20.-24.11.
Lecture Series Finnish Contemporary Literature,
University of Cologne, Germany, Skandinavistik/Fennistik
Students will read newly translated Finnish literature based on the publications 30 or So Books from Finland in German 2024 & 2025
WSOY Literary Foundation has supported the author visits
It’s Finland Again! Programme 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurter Buchmesse
Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt, Germany 16.-20.10.
Wednesday 16 October – Friday 18 October
FILI’s Fellowship Programme for translators of Finnish literature
Wednesday 16 October
17:00 It’s Finland Again! Finnish Literary Evening, Freitagsküche
with social media influencers and literary journalists & with Finnish authors
Matias Riikonen and Iida Turpeinen
18:30 It’s Finland Again! Party
10th anniversary of Finland’s Guest of Honour year at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Thursday 17 October
10:00-11:00 Discussion: Translators as Scouts / Centre of Words, Halle 4.1 F21
Sebastian Guggolz (S. Fischer/Guggolz Verlag), Urtė Liepuoniūtė (Helsinki Literary Agency) and Tanja Küddelsmann (freelance translator from Finnish into German), moderator: translator Maximilian Murmann
10:30-11:00 Discussion: Glory of the Guest of Honour year – How long does it last? Frankfurt International Stage, Foyer Halle 5/6
Finland, Georgia and Iceland reflect on the long-term impact of the Guest of Honour year
CEO Timo Julkunen, WSOY, Finland, Senior Rights Agent Stella Jóhannesdóttir, Reykjavik Literary Agency (Forlagid), Iceland, CEO Tina Mamulashvili, Sulakauri Publishing, Georgia, moderator: director Tiia Strandén, FILI
11:30 Fellowship translators’ tour at the fair
& lunch, in cooperation with the Finnland-Institute
17:00-18:30 Finnish party together with other Nordic Countries, Stand 4.1 B 19
Sunday 20 October
11:00-11:30 Live Reading by Finnish Comics Authors
The Arts+ Stage, Hall 4.1
Terhi Ekebom, Eeva Meltio and Jyrki Nissinen read and present the new anthology Tihku and their other recent work
11:30-12:00 Comics Drawing Battle
The Arts+ Stage, Hall 4.1
Playful international Ger vs Fin. It’s Finland Again! After 10 years, the comics drawing battle returns to the premises of FBM. Both teams of seek revenge, what will be the result this time? Team Germany: Raimund Frey, Timo Grubing & Pascal Nöldner, Team Finland: Terhi Ekebom, Eeva Meltio, Jyrki Nissinen
Other events at the Frankfurt Book Fair
16 – 20 October
100 or So Books from Finland 2024 Exhibition at the Finnish stand 4.1 B 19
Meetings at the Frankfurt Book Fair: Päivi Haarala, FILI,
16 – 20 October
Comics from Finland presented at the fair, Halle 6.1/A72 / Comic Business Centre
Meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair: Kirsi Kinnunen, Siksi Agency,
15 – 17 October
Finnish Literature Society Delegation visiting the fair
16 – 19 October
Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing visiting the fair
16 – 18 October
Programme Director of Helsinki Book Fair Ville Blåfield visiting the fair
Authors in Frankfurt during the book fair
Authors Matias Riikonen & Iida Turpeinen
Wednesday 16 October
17:00-18:00 Discussion: Matias Riikonen & Iida Turpeinen
It’s Finland Again! Meeting with social media influencers and literary journalists
Thursday 17 October
15:30-16:15 Book signing: author Matias Riikonen
Karl Rauch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Halle 3.1 A 111
17:00 Reading: Iida Turpeinen, moderator: Maximilian Murmann
Frankfurt Book Fair – Open Books, Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Großer Saal
It’s Finland Again! Programme at Helsinki Book Fair 2024
Helsinki Book Fair 24 – 25 October
Fair Programme Helsinki, Finland 24.-27.10.
Lots of discussions about Finnish literature, translation, literary exports and the It’s Finland Again! project
FILI’s Fellowship programme for translators of Finnish literature in connection with the Helsinki Book Fair
Other It’s Finland Again! events in Finland
Finnish authors & translators
Ekenäs Dialog Festival – Nature Meets Human
Ekenäs, Finland 24.–28.7.
Tuesday 20 August
German book market 2024!
Update & fresh facts for Finnish publishers and literary agents: Dr Rüdiger Wischenbart, Content & Consulting
Wednesday 28 August
Literary export training for authors
FILI & performance coach Nick Vertigans, Ajan Consulting
9 October
It’s Finland Again! Literary Cruise with Finnlines & Lübbe Verlag
A city tour of Helsinki with a crime fiction twist for Finnlines cruise passengers
Interview with Tuomas Niskakangas (Tuomas Oskari) by his translator, Anke Michler-Janhunen
