Oodi Book Fest

The first-ever Oodi Book Fest is set to take place just before the beloved Central Library’s fourth anniversary on 3–4 December 2022. Oodi invites residents of all ages to attend the festival programme, consisting of literary discussions with top names and a performance by rap artist Áilu Valle. The weekend’s celebrations culminate in a visit by Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen, the creators of the popular children’s book series Tatu and Patu, on Sunday.

The festival weekend events are free of charge and open to all. The discussions are in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Programme:

Saturday 3.12.

12–15 Maami Snellman & Evianna Korhonen: Word art workshop
Children’s event space, 3rd floor
Programme is in Finnish.

13–14 Susinukke Kosola: Poetry of things
Book Heaven, 3rd floor
Programme is in Finnish.

14–15 Aura Nurmi & Tuukka Hämäläinen: Games and literature
Urban workshop, 2nd floor
Programme is in Finnish.

15–15.45 Rosa Liksom
Maijansali-hall, 1st floor
Our much anticipated guest, Alex Schulman, has had to cancel his book tour in Finland due to illness. Fortunately, esteemed author Rosa Liksom, who was scheduled to interview Schulman, will be present to talk about his latest novel, Malman asema. Programme is in Finnish.

16–16.45 Heikki Kännö
Book Heaven, 3rd floor
Programme is in Finnish.

16.30–17 Áilu Valle: Song lyrics
Maijansali-hall, 1st floor
Programme is in Finnish.

17.30–18.15 Jussi Karjalainen & Heikki Kännö: Book cover panel
Lobby (1st floor)
Programme is in Finnish.

18.15–19 Áilu Valle: Rap gig
Maijansali-hall, 1st floor

Söndag 4.12

12–12.45 Aino Havukainen & Sami Toivonen
Maijansali-hall, 1st floor
Programme is in Finnish.

13–13.15 Tatu and Patu

13.30–13.45 Tatu and Patu

14.30–14.45 Tatu and Patu

14–15 Monika Fagerholm & Linda Bondestam
Book Heaven, 3rd floor
Programme is in Swedish.

15–16 Mart Sander
Book Heaven, 3rd floor
Programme is in Finnish.