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.
The writer’s eighth novel is a psychologically perceptive observation on the soul life of robots and humans. Author Marisha Rasi-Koskinen has been awarded the Tähtivaeltaja Prize for her most recent novel, Caesura. The prize has been given yearly for the last 40 years, to a work of fiction that bends and expands the definition of …
A Low-Budget War Film by Marjo Niemi is travelling to Italy, where it will be published by Cue Press Finlandia nominee A Low-Budget War Film by award-winning author Marjo Niemi is starting its journey out into the world: Cue Press has secured the Italian rights, marking the first foreign rights deal for this title. A …
Author Ellen Strömberg continues to charm Italian readers: she is attending the Démadé Festival in Livorno, Italy, where she will be interviewed by her translator Samanta Milton Knowles. Ellen Strömberg’s August Prize winning novel We’ll Just Ride Past has been a success in Italy, where the book is out with Terre di Mezzo: the book …
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. The agency was founded in 2017 as a joint venture of multiple publishing houses.
In April 2026, Schildts & Söderströms became the sole owner of Helsinki Literary Agency. The agency represents a wide range of prominent, award winning authors writing both in Finnish and Swedish.
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.
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
Central Asia, South East Asia (Arabic, Azerbaijani, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Uzbek) Introtema Literary Agency | Akif Pamuk akif.pamuk@introtema.com
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