Category Archives: Interviews

The bestselling Finnish Swedish writer Eva Frantz answers HLA’s questions about writing and literature.  – This year has been very successful to you on many fronts: your debut in children’s literature, The Mystery of Raspberry Hill, was awarded the prestigious Runeberg Junior Award; the second book in detective Anna Glad series, The Eighth Maiden, won the Crime Novel […]

The author Minna Eväsoja, known for her Japan-themed nonfiction, answers HLA’s questions. You are a rather exceptional Finnish author, since your works deal with Japanese culture. Could you explain a little about the beginnings: how did you end up in Japan and how did you decide to start writing about it?  I grew up with my […]

Ulla Donner’s The Natural Comedy has been nominated for the Urhunden Prize, the most prestigious award given by the Swedish Comics Association. This is the latest of several nominations for this graphically stunning, sharp, and funny title. The Natural Comedy by Ulla Donner continues to receive accolades: the title has been nominated for the Urhunden […]

Author Johanna Förster, who debuted with The Circus of Dreams this spring, participated in a literature panel during the LANU! Children’s and YA literature festival in Helsinki. The topic of the panel was “Fantasy of Alternative Realities”, and Johanna Förster discussed the dystopic future she built for The Circus of Dreams. The conversation, where Johanna […]

The Helsinki Literary Agency is happy to share some exciting news for our team members. Urpu Strellman, who has been working in Helsinki Literary Agency (HLA) since its founding in 2017, first as CEO and from 2023 as agent-at-large, will move on to run the publishing house Art House she has today acquired. Urtė Liepuoniūtė returns to […]