Helsinki Literary Agency

The authors on Helsinki Literary Agency’s list are a beautiful bunch.

There are those who write breathtaking literary fiction and those who know how to spin a crime novel. Some can take the reader centuries back in time – or to a whole new world. Some of them write to children in a such a thrilling way that it gives even the adult reader goose bumps. There are writers of the most intriguing narrative nonfiction and of fascinating guides and funny pass-time books too.

The power of literature lies in variety: there is a book to read for everyone. Hence the goal of Helsinki Literary Agency is to offer the readers in other countries a good, representative section of Finnish literature.

Take a peek at our authors and their books!

News

A Giraffe’s Heart Is Unbelievably Large sold to Hungary

A Giraffe’s Heart Is Unbelievably Large by Sofia & Amanda Chanfreau is travelling to Hungary, where it will be published by Cerkabella. This is the 17th language territory for this title. A Giraffe’s Heart Is Unbelievably Large by Sofia & Amanda Chanfreau is continuing its journey out into the world and is now travelling to …

The Natural Comedy by Ulla Donner sold to Poland

Ulla Donner’s The Natural Comedy is travelling to Poland, where it will be published by Kultura Gniewu. The Natural Comedy by Ulla Donner has started its journey into the international literary scene as its Polish rights have been acquired by Kultura Gniewu. The deal has been brought to us by our Polish co-agents at Book/lab. …

The Smuggler’s Treasure and The Sisters of the Desert nominated for the Runeberg Junior Prize

The Smuggler’s Treasure by Axel Åhman & Ola Skogäng (ill.) and The Sisters of the Desert by Malin Klingenberg are nominated for this year’s Runeberg Junior Prize. The accolades are rolling in for The Smuggler’s Treasure by Axel Åhman & Ola Skogäng and for The Sisters of the Desert, the first instalment in the new …

About the agency

Helsinki Literary Agency is a modern literary agency based in the capital of Finland. It offers publishers the best selection of Finnish fiction and nonfiction authors – a beautiful variety of genres and styles. Founded in the beginning of 2017, the agency is a joint venture of four Finnish publishing houses: Gummerus, Schildts & Söderströms, Siltala and Teos. The agency represents a wide range of prominent, award winning authors writing both in Finnish and Swedish.

Gummerus
Gummerus, founded in 1872, is Finland’s third largest publisher with a list of 200 titles each year. It is now owned by Swedish Storytel.

Schildts & Söderströms
Schildts & Söderströms is Finland’s largest Swedish language publisher with a history dating back 1891. Its imprint S&S publishes books in Finnish.

Siltala Publishing
Siltala, founded in 2008, publishes about 40 titles a year. Its list includes both literary fiction and nonfiction.

Teos Publishers
Teos, founded in 2003, publishes about 45 new titles annually. The focus is on literary fiction, but the list includes also nonfiction and children’s titles. Teos is as of 2024 part of Siltala Publishing.

Agents:

Viivi Arela 
CEO, Literary Agent
viivi@helsinkiagency.fi

Viivi Arela
Photo: Juho Sallinen

Urtė Liepuoniūtė
Senior Literary Agent
urte@helsinkiagency.fi

Urtė Liepuoniūtė
Photo: Juho Sallinen

Chiara Stanziani
Literary Agent
chiara@helsinkiagency.fi

Chiara Stanziani
Photo: Juho Sallinen

Anastasia Basova
Assistant
assistant@helsinkiagency.fi

Anastasia Basova
Photo: Juho Sallinen

Royalties
royalties@helsinkiagency.fi

Our family of agents, representing us exclusively around the globe:

(Image from the Finlandia Junior Prize winning Lost Key by Sanna Mander)

Children’s books
Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Swedish
Booksmugglers Agency | Benas Berantas
benas@booksmugglersagency.com

China
Grayhawk Agency | Clare Chi
clare@grayhawk-agency.blogspot.com

Eastern and Central Europe
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Agentia Literara Livia Stoia | Oana Vasile
oana.vasile@liviastoiaagency.ro

Greece
Ersilia Literary Agency | Avgi Daferera
childrensbooks@ersilialit.com

Korea
Amo Agency | Amo Noh
amonoh@gmail.com 

Poland
Book/lab | Pjotr Wawrzenczyk
piotr@literatura.com.pl

Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Portuguese
Casanovas & Lynch Literary Agency | Marina Penalva
marina@casanovaslynch.com

Turkey
Anatolia Literary Agency | Amy Spangler
amy@anatolialit.com

Address:
Lintulahdenkatu 3,
00530 Helsinki
FINLAND

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