Lönnrotin terassi

Around the statue of Elias Lönnrot, the poetic garden festivities continue throughout the summer. Enjoy good food, drinks, and entertainment. Welcome!

Restaurants

Programme

Tuesday 12.8.

The Finnish Literature Society at Lönnrot Terrace

16:00–16:45 Finnish Literature on the Move:
Author Iida Turpeinen and Tiia Strandén (Finnish Literature Society – SKS)

17:00–17:45 Writers’ Personal Archives and 20th-Century Queer History:
Journalist and nonfiction author Antti Järvi and Katri Kivilaakso (SKS)

18:00–18:45 Does Folklore Have a Gender?:
Journalist Sampo Marjomaa and Eija Stark (SKS)

Hosted by: Kaisa Kaakinen (SKS)

Thursday 14.8

Elias Lönnrot’s Fairy Tales

15:00-16:30 Author Niklas Bengtsson will talk about his book Fairy Tales and Proverbs: Elias Lönnrot’s Fairy Tales (Aviador), which was published in the spring.

The author will be interviewed by publisher Vesa Tompuri (Aviador).

Friday 15.8.

Helsinki Book Fair Pre-Events: Four discussions about new books

17:00 Author, journalist Jussi Ahlroth talks about his non-fiction book Letter from the Buddha – The Buddhist History of Western Philosophy (SKS).

17:30 Authors Heidi Airaksinen and Tiina Tuppurainen talk about their rainbow historian The History of Secret Love (Like).

18:00 On the development of language: authors Topias Haikala, Laura Niemi and Ville Eloranta discuss their books Languages Before Us (SKS) and Finglish – Why English Annoys (SKS).

18:30 Author Juha Itkonen talks about his new novel Tomorrow I’ll Tell You Everything (Gummerus).

Interviewed by Helsinki Book Fair Program Director Ville Blåfield.