Women's day afterparty

9.3.2025 15:00

Helsinki Central Library Oodi

The Saarikoski Rug, 3rd floor

The Women's Day afterparty features lyrics about women from antiquity to the present day by poets Ursula Anttila-Halinen, Riika Helle-Kotka, Pirjo Kotamäki, Leena Sainio and Zoila Forss-Crespo Moreyra from Runosvengi poetry collective. 

As a guest, antiquities scholar Marja-Leena Hänninen, PhD, recites texts by the most famous female poets of antiquity, Sappho and Sulpicia.
 

Possibility to perform your own poem 2–5 min./person, registration onsite. 

 

Book sales during the event.

Event's organizer: Runosvengi poetry collective