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We hope everyone had a great FBF! Just as the fair wound down, we have more auction news: Estonian rights to Salla Vuorikoski’s SANNA MARIN: FINLAND’S YOUNG PRIME MINISTER sold to the highest bidder, KAVA Kirjastus! The book is making waves in Finnish news outlets – in fact, it shot up to instant bestseller status within a week of release! Within the first week the book sold 6,000 copies in all formats!
An international edition will soon be available.
We are thrilled to share a praise from Valdo Randpere, co-owner of Kava Kirjastus:
KAVA Kirjastus is known in Estonia as the publisher of such international hits as Catherine Belton’s “Putin’s People“, Owen Matthews’ “Overreach“, Sylvie Kauffmann’s “Les Aveuglés” and Simon Shuster’s “Showman“. We are very happy that Salla Vuorikoski’s book “Sanna Marin. An extraordinary prime minister” is soon to be added to this list.
Sanna Marin is, of course, a well-known Finnish politician to Estonians, who to all Estonians will always be the prime minister who brought Finland into NATO. We are sure that the book about her will open many more interesting and so far unknown aspects of Sanna Marin’s life and political activities to Estonian readers.
We would like to express our special thanks to the Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency, whose professionalism and promptness in reaching an agreement between us has been completely unprecedented.
We truly appreciate such kind words, we are excited to collaborate with KAVA Kirjastus!
Featured praise:
“The end result is a high-quality non-fiction book”
– Oskari Onninen, Helsingin Sanomat
– Heikki Vento, Suomen Kuvalehti
ABOUT SANNA MARIN: FINLAND’S YOUNG PRIME MINISTER:
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. For some, Marin’s unconventional stance towards the ministerial institution was too much to bear. 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.
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.
Click here to access all reading materials for SANNA MARIN: FINLAND’S YOUNG PRIME MINISTER!
Publication Info:
Sanna Marin. Poikkeuksellinen pääministeri – WSOY 2024 – 467 p.
Rights Sold:
FINLAND: WSOY (orig.), ESTONIA: KAVA Kirjastus
Rights still available in the UK, Germany, France, Scandinavian territories…
Reading Materials:
English sample,
Table of contents and a summary of each chapter (international edition),
Full Finnish manuscript
