I shoved my head through a hole of a tintamarresque during a rendezvous with marvelous couple Yli-Juonikas & Pajala & their three beautiful hens Helena, Eeva-Maija & Rauni-Leena. I also worked as a roadie for @kaupunginnaiset in a wedding – congratulations to the brides! Before we left Turku, we visited Anu Pentik’s ceramic art exhibition ”In the beginning there was a seed” @wamturku.
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On Friday we talked about the future of public funding for arts and sports @suomiareena. It’s going to be reduced significantly. This is ruinous specifically in the case of literature, which comes into being in a small language area like Finnish.
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I think we had quite a good conversation, @jouniovaska (MP) & Sami Itani (SUL a.k.a. Finnish Athletics Federation), moderated by @henriterho from @taikegram!
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📸: @petralampinen
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Lithuanian Natalia has landed into my hands!
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”Mano draugė Natalija” is translated by Urtė Liepuoniūtė & published by Balto.
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The original cover is designed by @jussiskarjalainen.
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I recently found out that Eric Carle, creator of ”The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, has passed away at the age of 91. He was definitely one of my childhood’s heros. In one of the Q&A’s I was asked what was my favorite book when I was a child. I responded:
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“Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969). This little omnivorous larva eating its way through the pages fascinated me immensely. The book itself embodies bookwormishness. It is an allegory for a voracious readership. The Hungry Caterpillar showed me from the very beginning that a book as an object of art doesn’t have to be sterile and intact. It can carry with it whatever you can imagine: holes, ruptures, traces of passion…”
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In (the middle of a) good company: @menaiset recommends 101 books written by women. My Friend Natalia is included (20.6.2021)!
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My essay ”How Stories Change When They Move From Page to Voice”, translated by @countertenorist & published by @literaryhub, is out now!
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You’ll find it here: https://lithub.com/how-stories-change-when-they-move-from-page-to-voice/
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