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Katja Kettu

Rose is Gone
Shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize for Fic on 2018
Winner of the Readers’ Vote Finlandia Prize for Fic on 2018
Over 20,000 copies sold

A wild, lyrical novel about love, iden ty, and unfulfilled

dreams by the acclaimed author of The Midwife.
An epistolary novel with a dus ng of magical realism set in the present 
day and 1970s, the story is told from the main point‐of‐view of forty‐five 
year‐old Lempi, who returns to the Minnesota reserva on of her child‐
hood a er a long absence. Her aging father has begun to remember what 
happened to his long‐lost wife Rose all those years ago. Seeking to solve 
the mystery behind her mother’s disappearance, Lempi must also face up 
to the ques on of her own iden ty, the reserva on and her sweetheart 
that she le  behind — and the fate of the girls who went missing all those 
years ago? 

Dealing with themes of iden ty, belonging, turbulent love, violent 
struggle, folklore and supers on, this passionate and vivid novel evokes 
comparisons to Louise Erdrich, Karen Blixen, and Gabriel García Márquez. 

HISTORICAL NOTE: When a copper mining company recruited Finnish wor‐
kers from Norwegian mines for their reputa on as hard workers, it spar‐
ked a mass migra on of Finns to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula a er the end 
of the Civil War to the early 20th century. Finding similari es in their 
respec ve beliefs and tradi ons, the Anishinaabe and Finns began to in‐
termarry, producing a new genera on of self‐iden fying ‘Finndians’, as 
documented in her photographic monograph and recent documentary 
film, In the Land of the Finndians.
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Czech: Argo
‘If you read just one Finnish novel this year, read Rose is Gone, Katja Estonian: Koolibri 
German: HarperCollins 
Ke u’s magnificent, Twin Peaks‐like mystery. […] Brilliant.' Hungarian: Gondolat 
– Aamuleh ★★★★★ Swedish: Albert Bonniers 
 
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‘A visionary novel.' Bulgarian: ICU 
– Helsingin Sanomat Croa an: Hena 
French: Actes Sud 
‘Like Stephen King’s Rose Madder, Ke u writes about the growing rage of  
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the subjugated woman […] in cap va ng language that enchants and se‐ WSOY, Finland 
duces.’ October 2018 
284 pages 
–  Kaleva  
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Katja Kettu (b. 1978) is renowned for her linguistic style and feminist themes. Her  Synopsis 
breakthrough novel, The Midwife (Kätilö, 2011) won the Runeberg and Kalevi  Le er from the Author
 
Jäntti prizes, was translated into over 20 languages and adapted into a Scandina‐ Film & TV Rights
vian feature film. Kettu’s recent works include Hawk Moth (Yöperhonen, 2015), Rights Available 
which sold 40,000 copies in Finland alone, and a documentary film and book, In
the Land of the Finndians (Fintiaanien mailla, 2016) with photographer, Meeri 
Koutaniemi and documentary‐maker, Maria Seppälä. She lives in Helsinki.  Contact
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Marja Kihlström

The Big O
The Scandinavian guide to female pleasure

A modern, clarion call for more and be er orgasms for

women, by Scandinavia’s answer to Esther Perel.
“Everyone knows how the typical Hollywood movie sex scene goes. A
man and a woman melt into each other, losing themselves in a frenzied
passion. Bypassing all foreplay, the man thrusts himself into the impas-
sioned woman and, a er a couple of minutes they come together with
a big moan.” 

Throughout history women’s sexuality has been supressed, denied, 
and treated as some kind of a disease. Many adult women do not 
consider their own orgasms as important as their partners do theirs ‐
women in heterosexual rela onships in par cular. But the female or‐
gasm is an issue of equality, which is something that needs to be talked 
about. The female orgasm is a wonderful thing.  

Disregarding movie scenes, the reality is that a woman’s orgasm is 
rarely achieved with such li le effort. At some stage in their lives, many 
women will suffer from difficulty in climaxing; it might elude them or 
not even come close. There’s no one way to get to the top but, fortu‐
nately, it is achievable.  

The Nordic countries are renowned for their strong women and their 
rela onships to their physical bodies. In this approachable yet profes‐
sional, fresh yet serious, and tender yet confident book, renowned 
Finnish sex therapist Marja Kihlström offers up modern psychological 
and prac cal advice and guidance for women to tackle the obstacles  Rights sold
standing in their way to their pleasure. In addi on to the author’s  Estonian: Pegasus 
Polish: Zwierciadlo 
words and knowledge, readers gain insights into others’ experiences of 
common problems, how other women themselves perceive their own  Publica on
Kosmos 
orgasms, and how your partner can help you to reach more and be er  April 2018 
246 pages 
orgasms.   
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English Sample Transla on 30pp 
Chapter Outline
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Marja Kihlström is a NACS‐qualified sex therapist with a prac ce in Helsinki, Fin‐ Film & TV Rights
Rights Available 
land. She has a well‐established pla orm in the media with a significant follow‐
ing. Over the past four years, she has gained a significant readership with her 
blog, a weekly podcast, and an unscripted tv series in development with a major 
Finnish tv channel. Through her prac ce and wri ng, her fresh and direct, yet 
sensi ve and understanding, approach in talking openly about sexuality has 
helped countless individuals and couples of any and every sexual orienta on, 
and inspired readers to love their bodies more. She has just published a compan‐
ion workbook to The Big O (Kosmos Publishing 2019). She lives in Helsinki with  Contact
Eleonoora Kirk 
her husband and three children.  
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Tommi Kinnunen

The Glass River

An instant bestseller — 32,000 copies sold

Acclaimed Finlandia Prize‐nominee Tommi Kinnunen re‐

turns with a three‐day novel about a community of glass
workers picking up the pieces in the a ermath of the war.  

The Tyynelä family has grown up in the shadows of the glassworks. 
Jussi, the eldest of the three siblings, is moved from pillar to post 
around different menial jobs at the factory as others work their way up 
in the ranks. But he sees the world around him differently, its detail 
and sharpness more acutely than those around him. 

Jussi’s sisters, Raili and Helmi are consumed by their own lives and 
worries. Helmi works at the factory and is filled with nostalgia for the 
past, and irascible Raili reminisces about her former life in Helsinki—
living in the belief that to get ahead in life, one must simply set one’s 
mind to it. But the war has changed everything... 

In his unmistakable style and lyrical prose, Kinnunen portrays the 
microcosm of the glassworks, the des nies of its people and the shape 
of their emo ons and rela onships with one another in the a ermath 
of the war.  A beau fully‐drawn portrayal of forgo en women and 
men with stylis c and thema c echoes of John Steinbeck and John Wil‐
liams.

Award Nomina ons

Rights sold
— Bothnia Prize 2019 — Norwegian: Pax 
 
— Young Alexis Prize 2019—  
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“Kinnunen’s style is assured and beau ful.”
Publica on
– Helsingin Sanomat WSOY, Finland 
August 2018 
“A very moving, well‐paced and nuanced story.” 291 pages 
 
– Etelä‐Saimaa  Material
Finnish Edi on 
English Sample Transla on 100 pp 
Synopsis 
Le er from the Author 

 
Film & TV Rights
Tommi Kinnunen’s (b. 1973) first two novels, Where Four Roads Meet (WSOY,  Rights available 
2014) and The Light Behind the Eyes (WSOY, 2016) were published in Finland to 
cri cal and commercial success. Both  tles were shortlisted for the pres gious 
Finlandia Prize for Fic on and received prizes and nomina ons for mul ple li‐
terary awards. Kinnunen’s works have been translated into over 20 languages to 
date. His next novel, Defiance (Ei kertonut katuvansa) will be published in   Contact
August 2020 by WSOY.  Eleonoora Kirk 
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Miki Liukkonen

The Master of Silence

”Like a detective novel in a coma.”

The Finlandia‐ and Runeberg Prize‐nominated author of O

returns with a dazzling, genre‐defying novel that captures
the zeitgeist of our me.
Following his meteoric magnum opus, O, Finland’s rockstar literary
savant is back with comparable brevity, with an astonishing new work
about people, the difficul es in communica on, and the interest in
things, outside of their ontological being.

At midday, a twenty‐something man is found dead in his office chair.

Meanwhile, Herman Leorne is interviewing people for his Youtube
channel, discussing the interes ngness of things. Elsewhere, a mother
with an ea ng disorder considers ending her life with an overdose of
Botox. But how does all this e in to the significance of Sinatra’s My
Way in karaoke history, stringent Subway™ staff training days, and iced
coffee?

In its tular homage to Rimbaud, Liukkonen proves himself to be a seer

of the big ques ons of our me, with influences of Thomas Pynchon,
David Foster Wallace, and Yukio Mishima in evidence in this brilliant,
new novel.

"There is no direct communica on. There is always a filter in between.

In this instance, it’s you."

“A Rabelaisian Danse Macabre. […] an incredibly fascina ng, neuro c, Rights sold
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and unique novel.”
– Helsingin Sanomat Publica on
WSOY, Finland
April 2019
“Enjoyable in the round.” 358 pages
– Etelä Suomen Sanomat
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“Liukkonen is Finland’s David Foster Wallace…no one in Finland writes English Sample Transla on 50 pp
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novel of the spring.” Press quotes
– Aamuleh   Film & TV Rights
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Miki Liukkonen (b. 1989) made his literary breakthrough with the astonishingly
accomplished novel O (WSOY, 2017) – an encyclopaedic narra ve of ordinary
people and extraordinary events, neuroses, stubbornly fixed ideas, and irra onal
things that became the most‐talked‐about literary tour de force in recent years.
A gi ed, mul ‐disciplinary ar st who feels equally at home in music and poetry
as he does in literature, Liukkonen likens his work to that of David Lynch’s in the Contact
Eleonoora Kirk
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Kaija Puura

How to Raise the World’s

Happiest Children 
From the world’s happiest country* a prac cal, non‐
judgmental and concise guide sharing the secrets of Nor‐
dic paren ng, akin to Philippa Perry’s The Book You Wish
Your Parents Had Read.
They say money can’t buy you happiness. Although Finland is an
affluent country with enviable PISA ra ngs, what is its qualita ve sec-
ret to achieving consistent high rankings on the global happiness in-
dexes?

”In order to grow up into a well-adjusted adult, a child needs love and
boundaries, emo onal skills, and apprecia on”, says Kaija Puura, pro-
fessor of child psychiatry and senior physician in Finland Puura defines
a happy, well-adjusted child as: independent; has healthy self-esteem;
can adapt their feelings and behaviour to a situa on; flexible-minded;
collabora ve; able to create posi ve rela onships; has empathy and
helps those who need it.

Puura shares insights into the child’s world, giving real examples of
different scenarios from everyday life. Her indispensable book equips
parents with prac cal and non-judgmental ps and encouragement
where their behaviour can have a posi ve impact on their child’s
growth and happiness, forming good habits with their children, and
how to keep their cool when a tantrum strikes!

 How to survive toddler meltdowns

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February 2019
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* according to the independent World Happiness Report 2019 conduct-
ed by Gallup, and the OECD’s Be er Life Index Film & TV Rights
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Kaija Puura (b. 1961) MD., Ph.D is Professor of Child Psychiatry and Head of
Child Psychiatry at the teaching hospital at Tampere University in Finland.
With a career spanning over thirty years, her extensive research and work on the
assessment and treatment of young children has been widely published in na -
onal and interna onal peer reviewed journals. She is currently an Associate Edi-
tor of the Infant Mental Health Journal. Kaija is also Execu ve Director of the
World Associa on for Infant Mental Health and Vice President of the Interna -
Contact
onal Associa on for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions Eleonoora Kirk
(IACAPAP). This is her first trade book. eleonoora.kirk@bonnierrights.fi
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Camilla Tuominen

Lead Your Emotions

Tools and Wisdom for a Successful
Working Life 

Understand and lead your emo ons – the meta‐skill of

the future!
How to lead yourself and your business wisely in the era of ar ficial
intelligence? Tools for success in the workplace of the future are un-
doubtedly emo onal intelligence, crea vity, innova on, linking infor-
ma on, and reading weak signals while machines do the basic work
needing linear intelligence.

Drawing on extensive experience and research, science and anecdote,

former management consultant and leading emo on coach Camilla
Tuominen dis lls her approach to share in short, engaging lessons on
how we can discover our hidden abili es and flourish in the workplace
in the informa on age and avoid burnout.

Learn to lead your emo ons to succeed at work with these indispen-
sable prac cal tools and wisdom from the leading Nordic expert on
harnessing the power of emo ons. This visual and engaging non-fic on
work will provide the readers a deeper understanding of an essen al
meta-skill for the workplace, for now and into the future.

Camilla Tuominen’s clients include several Finnish top companies and

ins tu ons, such as Kone, Nordea, F-Secure, Sanoma and Aalto Univer-
sity. She has given speeches also abroad and was interviewed at the
Nordic Business Forum live stage in 2018.

Rights sold
‘Camilla’s work in the field of building wellbeing and flourishing Russian: Mann, Ivanov & Ferber
through deeper understanding of emo ons is a gi to everyone. It’s a Publica on
joy to recommend Camilla’s book to anyone whom it may concern – Tammi, Finland
August 2018
which by the nature of its topic is, indeed, any human anywhere.’ 203 pages
—Emilia Lah , MSci, MAPP, PhD candidate, peace ac vist, awareness Material
coach and sisu expert Finnish Original Edi on
English Sample Transla on 30pp
Author Le er

‘Camilla has combined her own material, science and inspira onal
anecdotes with her gi ed ar s c touch into a work that is a joy to leaf
through, read and reflect upon.’
— Esa Saarinen, Professor of Applied Philosophy at Aalto University,
Finland

Camilla Tuominen (b. 1975), M.Sc. (Econ.) is a renowned Finnish emo on coach,
writer, illustrator, inspira onal speaker, CEO and one of the creators of Emo on
Tracker, a digital emo on diary. Her mission is to teach everyone how to under- Contact
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Ina Westman
 

Archipelago 

An episodic eco‐novel about a rela onship on the rocks set

against the idyllic backdrop of a Nordic summer.

Emma, Joel and their young daughter, Fanni, spend the summer at their 
island hideaway in the Finnish archipelago. Emma suffers headaches and 
hallucina ons caused by the livid scar on her head. Struggling to remem-
ber how it got there and what happened before the summer, she begins 
to dri  away from Joel, as she and he, in turn, tell their points-of-view 
with interjec ng conversa ons between Fanni and her grandfather. 

Evincing the atmosphere and intergenera onal dialogue of Tove Jans-
son’s The Summer Book, Ina Westman skilfully navigates Emma and Joel’s 
rela onship, peeling away the layers of themselves as their shared future 
hangs in the balance. Can they find their way back to each other? Emma 
must learn that in order to save others, she must save herself first. And 
can she remember what happened to her before her nightmares sub-
sume her en rely? 

An o en haun ng, beau ful and layered narra ve of a couple at sea with 

each other and the uncomfortable truths of climate change, racism and 
migra on. An homage to Tove Jansson’s wri ngs, which tackled similar 
themes, the novel also draws comparison to Philip Teir’s novel, The Sum-
mer House, and Elina Hirvonen’s novels. 

‘ A succinct and fine novel.’ Rights sold

German: Mare Verlag 
- Turun Sanomat  
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Kosmos , Finland 
‘Reminiscent of Tove Jansson’s wri ng.’ August 2018 
284 pages 
— Kippari  
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’It's hard to imagine a melier novel than Archipelago.' Finnish Edi on 
English Sample Transla on 60 pp 
– Helmi Kekkonen, author Synopsis 
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’This enchan ng novel contemplates global ques ons about refugees, Book Trailer 
 
adop on and climate change. If you enjoyed Elina Hirvonen’s novels or  
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Ina Westman (b.  1974)  works  as  a  communica ons  manager  for  a  leading 
publisher  in  Finland.  When  they’re  not  spending  me  at  their  sustainably-built 
summerhouse  on  an  island  in  the  archipelago,  Westman  and  her  family  live  in 
the  Finnish  capital,  Helsinki.  She  is  also  a  renowned  blogger  and  author 
of Shelter (Syliin, Kosmos, 2016), her warmly-reviewed debut, and co-author of 
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