Continuing our series of author interviews, here comes a round of questions with Dr Julia Korkman, author of Memory Dependent. Julia Korkman. S&S. Kuva: Miikka Pirinen / S&S Dr Julia Korkman is a senior programme specialist at the UN-affiliated European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, the elected president of the European Association of Psychology and Law. Memory Dependent is one of HLA’s top non-fiction titles, and it approaches criminal investigations from an unexpected angle: Korkman highlights how people are used to thinking of their memory as an exact image of wha ..read more

The World French rights to The Mythicals series by Miila Westin have been sold to Sarbacane, marking the fourth foreign deal for this amazing graphic novel series. Endless Winter (Loputon talvi, 2023) The Mythicals series by Miila Westin is quickly becoming an international hit: the World French rights to Endless Winter (Mythicals #1) and A Dangerous Dream (Mythicals #2) have been acquired by Sarbacane in a two-book deal. Miila Westin’s The Mythicals Series combines adventure for middle-grade readers, Balto-Finnish mythology and wow-worthy illustrations. In Endless Winter (Mythicals #1) we fol ..read more

Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen, the hot book of autumn 2023, is now travelling to Turkey, where it will be published by Timas. Beasts of the Sea (Elolliset, S&S, 2023) Steller’s sea cow continues to swim out into the world: the Turkish rights to Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen have been sold to Timas in a deal brought to us by our co-agents at Anatolia Agency. Beasts of the Sea was the hot book of autumn 2023 and it quickly rose to fame as the most internationally successful debut from Finland ever. Its right were acquired in auctions, or with aggressive pre-empts, by some of the ..read more

The Mythicals series by Miila Westin, which began with Endless Winter and is now continuing with A Dangerous Dream, is travelling to Denmark, where it will be published by Straarup. Endless Winter (Loputon Talvi, S&S 2023) Miila Westin’s stunning The Mythicals series is on a roll: Endless Winter and A Dangerous Dream have been acquired by Straarup in a two-book deal, thus securing the Danish rights to the series. The Mythicals is a middle-grade graphic novel series that draws inspiration from Balto-Finnish mythology. In Endless Winter (Mythicals #1) we follow Eevi, a girl who has just lost ..read more

Juhani Karila’s wildly successful Fishing For the Little Pike has won the Silver Foreword Indies Award with the US edition, published by Restless Books. Juhani Karila’s Fishing For the Little Pike, our wildly successful, wonderfully weird and internationally best-selling title, has won the Silver Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award in the category Literary Fiction.  Foreword Reviews is a US-based platform dedicated to discovering, reviewing, and sharing the work of independent publishers, and it assigns on a yearly basis a literary award for fiction, non fiction, children’s liter ..read more

The Book of Misty Trees by Anja Portin, author of international best-selling title Radio Popov, has been awarded the LukuVarkaus Prize. Anja Portin‘s latest work, The Book of Misty Trees, has been awarded the LukuVarkaus Prize during the Vekara-Varkaus festival week, dedicated to children’s literature. The final decision on the winner of the prize was made by a jury of seven children, who chose The Book of Misty Trees motivating their choice by praising the book for being thrilling and captivating, adding that its central themes, friendship and protecting nature, are important in the lives of ..read more

The Helsinki Literary Agency is happy to share some exciting news for our team members. Urpu Strellman Urpu Strellman, who has been working in Helsinki Literary Agency (HLA) since its founding in 2017, first as CEO and from 2023 as agent-at-large, will move on to run the publishing house Art House she has today acquired. Urtė Liepuoniūtė returns to Helsinki Literary Agency in August in the new role of senior literary agent. Liepuoniūtė previously worked in the agency from 2019 to 2023, after which she focused on her career as an award-winning literary translator from Finnish to ..read more

Author Johanna Förster, who debuted with The Circus of Dreams this spring, participated in a literature panel during the LANU! Children’s and YA literature festival in Helsinki. The LANU! Festival banner The topic of the panel was “Fantasy of Alternative Realities”, and Johanna Förster discussed the dystopic future she built for The Circus of Dreams. The conversation, where Johanna Förster discussed with fellow author Niklas Ahnberg, gave her a chance to discuss The Circus of Dreams, which has been welcomed with brilliant reviews on Finnish media. Recording of the panel at LANU! Literature Fe ..read more

Ulla Donner’s The Natural Comedy has been nominated for the Urhunden Prize, the most prestigious award given by the Swedish Comics Association. This is the latest of several nominations for this graphically stunning and sharply funny title. The Natural Comedy (Den Naturliga Komedin, 2023) The Natural Comedy by Ulla Donner continues to receive accolades: the title has been nominated for the Urhunden Prize, the most prestigious award given by the Swedish Comics Association, Seriefrämjandet. The Urhunden Prize was established in 1987 and has since been awarded to one domestic and one translated t ..read more

Pirkko Saisio’s iconic Helsinki Trilogy continues its journey into the world: the Swedish rights have been sold to Förlaget M. The trilogy made Saisio the first living Finnish author to be included in the Penguin Modern Classics. The Helsinki Trilogy by Pirkko Saisio, the grand dame of the Finnish literary and dramatic scene, is continuing its journey into the world: Förlaget M has acquired the Swedish rights to the trilogy in a three-book deal. The Helsinki Trilogy consists of The Lowest Common Multiple, The Backlight, and The Red Book of Farewells. Pirkko Saisio’s autofictional trilogy carri ..read more