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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014, Finland Guest of Honour, Salla Simukka, Snow White, Lumikki, As Red as Blood, As White as Snow, As Black as Ebony, Finnish literature, Tampere
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Finnish writer’s youth fiction wins fans

Young Finnish author Salla Simukka is winning over youth-fiction fans worldwide with her Snow White trilogy.
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Finnish literature, Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 Guest of Honour, Finland Cool, Finnish Weird, Sofi Oksanen, Katja Tukiainen, Johanna Holmström, Katja Kettu, Johanna Sinisalo, comics, graphic novels, Tove Jansson, Ilkka Remes
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Finnish literature surges to the front

Finland’s cool, unique, multifaceted literature becomes the focus of the world’s biggest book fair in Frankfurt.
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Learning Finnish as a second language, textbooks, non-Finns, immigrants, Suomea suomeksi, Suomen mestari, Finnish for Foreigners, Eila ja Ossi, grammar, Finland, grammar, Finland
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How the heck do you learn Finnish? part 1

Learning Finnish is far from impossible! We ask people what books and strategies they are using to master the language.
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Finnish Beginnings, memoir, Rauni Ollikainen, Second World War, Winter War, Continuation War, Lapland War, Helsinki, post-war Finland, Finnish Canadian, immigrant experience, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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A life that began in Finland

The exciting, moving memoir of a Finnish Canadian forms a great story that goes from post-war Helsinki to western Canada.
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Finnish literature Finnish authors, novels, thrillers, Tove Jansson, Moomin, Lönnrot, Kalevala, Waltari, Oksanen, Paasilinna, Linna, Pulkkinen, Kivi, Mäkelä, Lehtolainen
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Top 10: Your favourite Finnish books

Finnish literature translated around the world: Here are ten of your favourite Finnish books as selected by thisisFINLAND readers.
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comics, Kalle Hakkola, Comics Centre, Finnish Comics Society, Helsinki Comics Festival, Finland
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Finnish comics draw a diverse fan base

Finnish comics are gaining recognition abroad and the respect for Finnish education know-how extends to the field of comics as well.
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Finnish language, grammar, nouns, adjectives, conjugations, Fred Karlsson, An Essential Grammar, Guide to Finnish Verbs, Guide to Finnish Declension, Finland
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The unbearable beauty of Finnish grammar

What doesn’t hurt you makes you stronger – here are three books to help you make Finnish word endings your best friends.
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Nordic Cool 2013, Nordic noir crime novels, Finnish detective fiction, Tapani Bagge, James Thompson, Leena Lehtolainen, Jarkko Sipilä, Helsinki, Finland
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Finnish blood runs in Nordic crime novels

Brutal murders aren’t what Finland is famous for, except in crime novels. The Finns’ contribution to the genre is unique.
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