Bolla

Bolla by Pajtim Statovci (translated by David Hackston) is the third novel I have read by this author, following My Cat Yugoslavia and Crossing. I

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Crossing

Crossing by Pajtim Statovci (translated by David Hackston) is the second novel I have read by this author, following My Cat Yugoslavia. Its original title

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The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna (translated by Herbert Lomas) was originally published in Finland in 1975. Fennophile that I am, I had

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Ultra Bra reunites again

After a weeklong keen Internet teaser campaign, the secret is out: my favourite Finnish band, Ultra Bra, is reuniting for a summer concert next year

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Matti lives in Finland

Matti lives in Finland is a junior title written by Astrid Lindgren with photos by Anna Riwkin-Brick. It was written in 1969 and refers inside

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Secret Helsinki

Secret Helsinki by Milla Leskinen and Jiri Keronen covers, in its 248 pages, parts of the city that tourists, and even residents, might never have

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The Karelian Phoenix

I obtained The Karelian Phoenix by Paul Austin as an interloan from Memorial University of Newfoundland. This book was published by the University Press of

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Kroketti LP on red vinyl

Last year I wrote about my unsuccessful search for a red vinyl edition of the Kroketti album by Ultra Bra. Starting in the summer of 2017, Svart Records released

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