We are excited to launch our Fall 2024 Non-Fiction Catalogue today!

The hottest picks for you:

Sanna Marin: Finland’s Young Prime Minister (Wsoy, November 2024) reveals what kind of leader Sanna Marin truly was! This first book about international superstar SANNA MARIN, the youngest Prime Minister in the world tells the story of what happened behind closed doors. What kind of leader was Sanna Marin? Written by the award-winning Finnish journalist Salla Vuorikoski and publication in November 2024 in Finland by Wsoy.

A Short History of Eternal Life by Tiina Raevaara (Otava/Like, August 2024) What is the secret to longevity – why do we seek it? Tiina Raevaara’s book weaves together the beginnings of scientific history, vampire stories, as well as the discoveries of stem cell treatment and gene editing.

 

Check out Ahlback Agency’s Fall 2024 Non-Fiction Catalogue here!

 

Sanna Marin: Finland’s Young Prime Minister

Sanna Marin through the eyes of her inner circle

✓ The first book about Sanna Marin, to be published in Finland by WSOY in November 2024! 

✓ This new book, written by the award-winning Finnish journalist Salla Vuorikoski, reveals what kind of leader Sanna Marin truly was!

In December 2019, a dramatic government crisis catapulted Sanna Marin to become the youngest Prime Minister in the world. Soon she was to lead a country whose inner and outer security would be threatened by a serious pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine.  The outspoken Prime Minister garnered both admiration and spite. At the end of her term, the young social democrat from Tampere had grown to become an international superstar for whom Finland was too small and stifling. This biography details how Marin became a liberal symbol, an opponent of right-wing populism, and a role model for the world’s young women. Readers learn in-depth about her passionate support of Ukraine, along with a dive into the history of Finland’s former prime minister who joined a group of former leading politicians turned global consultants and speakers as part of an international network of leadership.

 

About the Author:

Salla Vuorikoski, a team lead of the investigative journalism unit at Finland’s largest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, has amassed an extensive amount of information and interviewed dozens of political insiders and individuals close to Marin.

 

 

 

 

A Short History of Eternal Life

The secret to longevity – why do we seek it?

✓ A narrative non-fiction title by the award-winning popular science author

✓ Author of Me, My Dog and Humanity, sold to Germany and the Netherlands!

✓ For readers Yuval Noah Harari and Rutger Bregman

Science is developing at an even faster pace, and people are living longer and longer. With what methods has humanity over time fought against aging and death, and what methods will be used in the future?  Tiina Raevaara’s book weaves together the beginnings of scientific history, vampire stories, as well as the discoveries of stem cell treatment and gene editing. It dives into the cryotank and asks whether the vision of a lengthy life is still worth pursuing. If humanity accepted that they are part of all things organic – both living and dead – could we finally get rid of all the exhaustion, anxiety and need to rush?

 

About the Author:

Tiina Raevaara (b. 1979) is a writer, science journalist, and biologist who received a PhD for her work in genetics. She received the State Award for Public Information and the Pro Scientia Prize from the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. She has published ten novels, five non-fiction books, and a novella collection which was awarded the Runeberg Prize. Her suspense novel Double Helix (2020), the opening chapter of a new thriller series, received the Laurin Kirja audio book award, and the second installment in the series, Polar Vortex (2021), has been widely praised.

Raevaara’s books combine grand perspectives of natural science with compelling literary expression. She draws inspiration from Nordic nature, the major questions of science, and the complexities of humanity.

Raevaara lives in Kerava, a small town in Southern Finland, and goes on daily walks in the forest with her two black dogs.