17:00 Annie Ernaux
The interviewer is Pihla Hintikka

Annie Ernaux, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2022 for her life’s work, talks about her new translation Tapaus, which is a gestural and perceptive description of illegal abortion in the 1960s. The powerful work, translated into Finnish by Lotta Toivanen, describes a great social phenomenon through the story of an individual. Ernaux is interviewed by writer-journalist Pihla Hintikka.

17:30 Tessa Hadley
The interviewer is Suvi Ahola

Tessa Hadley, one of the most important names in contemporary British literature, talks about her latest novel Vapaa rakkaus (Free Love). The sensitive novel explores the backdrops we set up, love, sexuality and what it’s like to live true to yourself. The work has been translated by writer-translator Marianna Kurtto. Hadley is interviewed by writer-journalist Suvi Ahola.