ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Welcome to The Nordic Reader!
We’re a podcast about books in translation.
We chat with publishers, bookstores, authors, libraries, and literary agents - anyone and everyone involved in creating and sharing books! Our lens is Nordic and our first season’s special focus is on Finland 🇫🇮
We hope you join us and enjoy listening!
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Average audio length:
52 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
11 episodes
since April 3, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
In today’s episode we are joined by our editor and social media guru Hanna Todd to reflect on some highlights from the first season of the podcast.
Books Mentioned:
Katabasis - R.F. Kuang
Babel - R.F. Kuang
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The Year of the Hare - Arto Paasilinna
Unkn…
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In today’s episode of The Nordic Reader, we are joined by award winning author Sofi Oksanen. Sofi is author of six novels, a number of plays and librettos, essays, poetry and non-fiction works. Her books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold more than 2 million copies across the glob…
In this, the 9th episode of The Nordic Reader podcast, we discuss Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book. First published in Swedish in 1972, it has been translated into English by Thomas Teal.
Tove Jansson is probably Finland’s most famous author, known as the creator of the now-iconic Moomins. Part of t…
In today’s episode we are joined by author Mariia Niskavaara to talk about her debut novel, Esther, the Butcher. Published in Finnish in October 2025, the English translation by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson is expected to be published in February 2027.
Mariia is an art historian and museum curator turned…
In today’s episode of The Nordic Reader, we are joined by literary translator Mia Spangenberg to chat about her translation of Pirkko Saisio’s Lowest Common Denominator. Originally published in Finnish in 1998, Mia’s English translation is published by Two Lines Press in the US, and by Penguin Rand…
In today’s episode of The Nordic Reader, we are joined by Anna Kokko to discuss Francesca Giannone’s novel, The Letter Carrier. Anna is an Executive Editor at WSOY, where she works with translated fiction. Originally published in Italian, the text is translated into Finnish by Leena Taavitsainen-Pe…
In today’s episode of The Nordic Reader, we are joined by translator Lola Rogers to discuss her translation of Johanna Sinisalo’s novel, The Core of the Sun. Originally published in Finnish in 2013, Lola’s English translation was published by Grove Atlantic in 2016.
Lola is an award-winning Finni…
In today’s episode of The Nordic Reader, we chat to author Petra Rautiainen about her debut novel, Land of Snow and Ashes. The novel is translated by David Hackston.
Published in 2020, Land of Snow and Ashes won the Savonia Prize, and was nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Literature prize and th…
On the corner of Nervanderinkatu and Dagmarinkatu in central Helsinki, you’ll find the Arkadia International Bookshop. As you enter the shop, you will find yourself in a large, cosy room, with couches, a piano, and floor to ceiling bookshelves on every wall. The store sells second hand books, mostl…
In today’s episode of The Nordic Reader we are joined by Daniel Seton to discuss Giuliano da Empoli’s novel, The Wizard of the Kremlin. The Editorial Director at Pushkin Press, Daniel acquired and published the English translation in the UK. Originally published in French, The Wizard of the Kremlin…
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