The Story of Wolt

Katja Boxberg, Merina Salminen

“A compelling behind-the-scenes account of what it really takes to build a billion-dollar company.”

Kirja-arviot.fi

Stiven

Ted Forsström

“This picture book duo has once again shown their paws and generated guaranteed reading pleasure for the whole family.”

– Maria Lassén-Seger, Huvudstadsbladet newspaper

The Last Point

Michaela von Kügelgen, Anne Hietanen

“We are so happy to add Anne Hietanen and Michaela von Kügelgen’s captivating, well written and intelligent crime novels to our list. The Last Point will definitely appeal to the many readers and fans of Nordic crime novels in Denmark. The writing is sharp with believable characters in an atmospheric setting.”

Mette Bentholm, Wapi and Cicero/Gyldendal

BAD KITTY GETS A JOB by Nick Bruel

This is one of my favorite Bad Kitty Books! This book was so funny! I liked all the pictures. My favorite job for bad kitty was mowing the grass!

Landon

Count Silently To Ten

Laura Lähteenmäki

A melancholic and beautiful tribute to childhood, fantasy, and growing up.

– Dagens Nyheter newspaper

Count Silently To Ten

Laura Lähteenmäki

“Count Silently to Ten” is a fluently written, linguistically beautiful children’s novel that describes a summer on the border between childhood and adolescence. Although the book depicts childhood in our time, the portrayal of play captures the timeless charm and power of childhood games.”

– The Jury of 2024 Nordic Council Children and Young Adults Literature Prize.

Brita-Kajsa

Katja Kettu

“Brita-Kajsa by Katja Kettu is a grand celebration of literary art. Whether everything in the new novel Brita-Kajsa, which tells the story of Lars Levi Laestadius’s wife Brita-Kajsa Laestadius, is true or not, the novel is great literary art, a linguistic bombardment under which a reader who loves the Finnish language gladly wants to remain. Or at least to survive long enough to devour more of this delicious text. Kettu’s novel is like nourishing food that a reader of literary fiction craves. Kettu serves up a rich mixed stew of language, seasoned with a touch of Northern Sámi, Meänkieli, and Swedish. [–] Katja Kettu is a genius!”

– Päivi Alasalmi, Keski-Suomi newspaper

Juuli, Big Brother and Five Raspberries

Maria Vilja

”Juuli, Big Brother and Five Raspberries is a delightful book. Vilja has quickly become one of my favorite illustrators. The book features truly wonderful pages, and Juuli’s expressiveness in particular is excellent. This little girl has character, and it shows clearly in the illustrations. The emotional range of the book is wide and is conveyed beautifully. The text and images support each other well. Based on the first two books, the Juuli series is currently among the very best of Finnish picture books; I warmly recommend these books to every family with picture book readers.”

– Mikko, Kirjavinkit book blog

The Saprophile

Anna-Kaari Hakkarainen

“The Saprophile is a mutable literary exploration of womanhood, love, and the masculine myth of artistic creation. The novel also depicts mistreatment, manipulation, the limits of personality, self-determination, and self-sacrifice. The novel’s central configurations and tensions recur in branching narrative lines, constantly transforming, like the branches of a tree or a river dividing into tributaries. From the narrative emerges intersecting images, characters, and motifs, all of which are essential. If even one were missing, the picture would not be complete. Hakkarainen’s strength as a writer lies in her ability to make the novel feel whole, even as the intersecting, mutually commenting characters, perspectives, levels, and structures continuously shift.”

Jarkko Laine literature prize winner 2026

Snowsinger

Emmi Itäranta

“Emmi Itäranta’s Snowsinger is a successfully modernized take on the Kalevala that breaks out from the level of fiction into real societal debate. Written in a sensitive and beautiful style, this fresh interpretation builds a multilayered fantasy from the world of the Kalevala, whose strong female perspective is timely and relevant in our own era as well.”

Tampere City Literary Prize jury