Author: Chiara Stanziani

We are beyond happy to share some exciting news for our author Ulla Donner: her graphic novel Crap has been sold to France, where it will be published by Atrabile, a wonderful publishing house with a strong list of graphic novels.

Crap is a witty graphic novel about capitalism, freedom and potatoes that asks a powerful question: now that everyone is an activist is change really afoot or is most of it just the same old crap?

An ad agency is in the middle of a restructuring and all emotions are coming out at After Work debriefs. Colleagues at Dream Hackers Disruption Agency are discussing how much freedom they actually have. Have they chosen their vocation and their way of life? Are they even able to have a say in what their lives will look like, in the future? 

The launch of a new potato-based sausage is underway. The only problem with this innovation for replacing the meat is that it has almost no protein. There is a solution, but not without an additional risk.

Crap was awarded the Finlandia prize for the best Finnish graphic novel in 2019 and we are eagerly waiting for autumn, as a new graphic novel by Ulla Donner is on the way.

Warm congratulations to the author, and best of luck!

Thrilling news from our children’s list: Radio Popov, our best-selling hit by Anja Portin, has been sold to Slovakia, where it will be published by Tatran. This is the 25th international sale for this extremely loved, award-winning book who has won over readers all over the world.

Radio Popov follows Alfred, a nine-year old who is extremely lonely and lives practically alone. His mother has disappeared long ago, and his father, who stays away on business trips, doesn’t always seem to remember that Alfred exists.

One night, Alfred finds out there is a group called the Sharp Ears who can hear lonely children’s sighs. As he gets to know one of them he across an old radio, and starts making a secret, nightly radio broadcast that all the other forgotten children in the city listen to. 

But how can Alfred help the children, and what will Alfred’s father do when he notices that his son is gone? And who exactly are the Sharp Ears?

And that’s not all! Author Anja Portin has a new book on the way so… stay tuned!

Fantastic news from our children’s list: the Danish edition of The Princess Who Did a Runner has been featured in raving reviews by Danish bookstagrammers!

Bookstagrammer bibliotekat calls the book “a fairytale with a twist“, where a witty use of metaphors makes the book enjoyable not only for a children’s audience but also for readers of any age.

Bookstagrammer booksbyskolelaererlife praises the books for breaking with the stereotypes, and giving princesses the justice that they deserve, with an entertaining story and beautiful pictures.

The Princess Who Did A Runner by Saara Kekäläinen with illustrations by Netta Lehtola is the brilliant story of princess Leona, who decides to do a runner rather than going along with the marriage her parents have planned for her.

She then ends up from a fairytale to the next, breaking with the canon of fairytales every time: as it turns out, mirrors on the wall can be quite passive-aggressive and princes may be more interested in glass slippers than Leona herself.

Don’t miss out on this gorgeous title!

Exciting news for our fiction list: Ulla-Lena Lundberg‘s Light and Flame has been sold to Estonia, where it will be published by Eesti Raamat.

Light and Flame takes the reader on a journey through time, following three generations and the making of Finland as a nation, all through the perspective of a family that burns for workers’ rights and the educational movement. The novel has received great accolade in Finland, where it was met with raving reviews and ranked in the top 15 best-selling titles in the country on for over four months after its publication.

Ulla-Lena Lundberg is also the pen behind Ice, a historical best-selling novel that not only sold over 100.000 copies, but also won the Finlandia prize. It has already been sold to 10 territories, establishing itself as a contemporary classic with its depiction of life on a remote island in the late 1800s.

Warm congratulations to the author, and don’t miss out on this title!

It’s been a fantastic summer for Eva Frantz: The Mystery of Raspberry Hill has been sold to Lithuania, where it will be published by Terra Publica, a publishing house specialising in high-quality children’s literature. The book follows Stina, a young girl who is sent to a mysterious sanatorium, where nothing is as it seems. This is the 7th international deal for this spooky children’s title.

On the adult book front, the wildly successful detective series Anna Glad has just welcomed its fourth instalment, You Will Not Take My Child.

The series follows Anna Glad, a police officer who juggles a career in the force and her personal life and uncovers not only the truth about the crimes that have been committed but also the underlying and often complex bonds between people. The first three books in the series have sold 55,000 copies in Finland alone, and books of the series have been sold to 5 areas.

With the recent success of Frantz’s children’s mystery The Secret of the Helmersbruk Manor which will be published in English by Pushkin Press this fall, her books have now been sold to no less than 15 areas. Warm congratulations to the author and don’t miss out on these titles!