Read more Arts & cultureLiteratureAlternative Kalevala in the making The Finnish national epic Kalevala leans on Christianity – how about another Kalevala based on bear cults and shamanism?
Read more Life & societyCuisineA Finnish poet and his pastry Runeberg Day is February 5: Can our New York reporter re-create Runeberg cakes and convey their significance to the Americans?
Read more Arts & cultureLiteratureFinnish author explores limits and truth We meet Riikka Pulkkinen, whose novels earn her a place in the upper ranks of young Finnish authors.
Read more Arts & cultureLiteratureFinnish writer’s youth fiction wins fans Young Finnish author Salla Simukka is winning over youth-fiction fans worldwide with her Snow White trilogy.
Read more Arts & cultureLiteratureFinnish literature surges to the front Finland’s cool, unique, multifaceted literature becomes the focus of the world’s biggest book fair in Frankfurt.
Read more Life & societyLanguageHow 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.
Read more Arts & cultureLiteratureA 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.
Read more Arts & cultureLiteratureTop 10: Your favourite Finnish books Finnish literature translated around the world: Here are ten of your favourite Finnish books as selected by thisisFINLAND readers.