Naja Marie Aidt

Saturday

Naja Marie Aidt’s latest novel, Carl’s Book  is an autofictive novel dealing with the her adult son’s sudden death in 2015. Carl’s Book will be published in Finnish in March 2018 and later this year in English.

Johannes Anyuru

Friday

Johannes Anyuru is one of the most acclaimed young writers on the contemporary Swedish literary scene. His latest novel De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar was awarded with the August Prize in 2017.

John Freeman

Saturday

American writer and a literary critic John Freeman was the editor of Granta until 2013, nowadays he publishes his own magazine called Freeman’s which concentrates on short stories from all over the world.

Kim Leine

Saturday

Kim Leine has written an epic novel about European history, about war and peace, evil and good.

Samanta Schweblin

Friday

Feverish stories from rural Argentina. The author Samanta Schweblin has been compared to the director David Lynch. Her latest novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker Award 2017.

Domenico Starnone

Saturday

Domenico Starnone, one of the most well known Italian writers internationally, has now been translated to Finnish for the first time with the novel Ties.

Ilmar Taska

Friday

Ilmar Taska writes about Estonian life during the Sovjet era in his reclaimed debut novel Pobeda 1946: A Car Called Victory. Taska is one of the most active cultural figures in his home country.

Cristóvão Tezza

Saturday

Cristóvão Tezza is one of the leading contemporary novelists of Brazil. His big breakthrough novel, O filho eterno/Eternal Son is now followed by the novel Professor.

Ebba Witt-Brattström

Saturday

Swedish author Ebba Witt-Brattström is the professor of Nordic Literature at the University of Helsinki. She’s known as a non-fiction writer, but published her first novel in 2016 which is now translated in Finnish.

Juha Hurme

Friday

Juha Hurme is one of the most well-known theatre directors in Finland as well as an author. His latest novel Niemi won the Finlandia Prize in 2017.

Sirpa Kähkönen

Saturday

Sirpa Kähkönen is a beloved author as well as an active spokesperson for writers. Kähkönen has been the president of Finnish PEN and is now the president of the Finnish Authors Association.

Laura Lindstedt

Saturday

Laura Lindstedt’s contemporary novel Oneiron won the Finlandia Prize in 2015 and has been sold to a dozen countries.

Sofi Oksanen

Friday

The novelist and playwright Sofi Oksanen returns to Helsinki Lit. This year, she will interview Estonian author Ilmar Taska.

Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo

Friday

Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo is a versatile Finnish-Swedish writer who has published novels, short stories, dramatics – and most recently a graphic novel.

Jani Toivola

Friday

Jani Toivola is a Finnish actor, dancer and politician. He debuted as a writer in 2016 with an autobiographical book, and is now publishing a new book – written for his daughter.

The Berlin Sound Poets Quoi Tête

The Berlin Sound Poets Quoi Tête explores vocal-based performances of poetry, experimental music, and a conceptual linguistic approach with solos, and different group formations.