SEE YOU AT SAVOY THEATER 16.–17.5.2025

The festival sold out in February, but we still want to offer all our festival fans the opportunity to follow the conversations from home.

Helsinki Lit’s streaming tickets are now on sale – a one-day ticket costs €10, and a full festival pass is €15.

Tickets are available in advance on Tiketti. The link will be valid for two months after the festival. As last year, the streaming is produced by Flux Production.

Authors

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

One of the literary world's biggest stars, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is coming to Helsinki Lit this spring! She is interviewed by the program director Philip Teir on Saturday.

Olga Ravn

Olga Ravn is a renowned Danish author and poet celebrated for her innovative storytelling and poetic voice.

Andrev Walden

Andrev Walden is a Swedish journalist and author whose debut novel, Jävla karlar, became a literary sensation in Sweden.

Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing is a celebrated British author and cultural critic whose work blends memoir, art, and sociology.

Louise Kennedy

Louise Kennedy grew up near Belfast. Trespasses, her first novel, was shortlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction.

Mikael Niemi

The celebrated author Mikael Niemi comes to Helsinki Lit for the first time. Here he meets Rosa Liksom on stage.

Annika Norlin

Annika Norlin is an author, songwriter, and artist from Sweden. Her novel The Colony har just been released in Finland.

Oliver Lovrenski

Oliver Lovrenski made a remarkable entrance into the literary scene with his debut novel, Back in the Day,

Ella-Maria Nutti

Ella-Maria Nutti made a splash with her debut novel "Coffee with milk" in both her homeland Sweden and in Finland.

Mikhail Shishkin

Mikhail Shishkin is one of the most prominent writers in contemporary Russian literature, and the only writer to have received all three of Russia’s most prestigious literary awards.

Karin Collins

Karin Collins was born in 1976 and grew up in Hangö. She studied English and French literature and linguistics. Karin lived in England for nearly twenty years, where she worked in marketing and copywriting. She is now back in Hangö – an inexhaustible source of inspiration – and writes full-time. Collins’ first book was published […]

Anna-Lena Laurén

Anna-Lena Laurén is the former Moscow correspondent for Dagens Nyheter and the Swedish-Finnish Hufvudstadsbladet. She now lives in Berlin.

Sirpa Kähkönen

Sirpa Kähkönen was awarded he prestigious Finlandia prize in 2023. At this year's Helsinki Lit, she will interview Ella-Maria Nutti.

Samuli Putro

Samuli Putro is one of Finland's most successful songwriters. He will meet Andrev Walden and talk about the men in both their lives.

Ville Verkkapuro

Ville Verkkapuro is a writer and musician with a day job as a copywriter. He will be interviewing Oliver Lovrenski at this year's festival.

Helmi Kekkonen

Helmi Kekkonen's latest book was nominated for the Finlandia Prize. At Helsinki Lit she will be interviewing Olga Ravn.

Silvia Hosseini

Silvia Hosseini is a writer, book critic and teacher based in Tampere, Finland. She is interviewing Olivia Laing.

Rosa Liksom

Rosa Liksom is one of Finland's most acclaimed writers. Her latest book was the historical novel Väylä. At Helsinki Lit she is meeting Mikael Niemi.

Laura Friman

Laura Friman is a radio host and journalist on numerous platforms. She will be interviewing Annika Norlin at this year's festival.

Philip Teir

Philip Teir is a writer, journalist, and founder of Helsinki Lit. At this year's festival he will be interviewing Louise Kennedy.