In the Literature programs category you will find Library Channel’s author interviews, reading tips, book introductions, reading campaign videos and other promotional videos regarding reading.

Banned books: 4th December Programme Director of Europeana & The European Library, Jill Cousins, presents Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee […]

Banned books: 16th December Markku Lehikoinen, librarian, presents Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (1930) by Hergé The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom […]

Banned books: 19th December Jan Usher, Curator from National Library of Scotland, presents The Well of Loneliness (1928) by Radclyffe Hall. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA […]

Banned books: 1st December UBC University Librarian and IFLA president Ingrid Parent presents The Wars (1977) by Timothy Findley. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on […]

Banned books: 23rd December Terhi Nikulainen, chief librarian (retired), presents The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) by Sigmund Freud. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom […]

Banned books: 22nd December Miguel Figueroa from ALA Office for Diversity presents The House of the Spirits (1928) by Isabel Allende The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA […]

Banned books: 2nd December IFLA President-elect 2011-2013 Sinikka Sipilä presents The Egyptian (1945) by Mika Waltari. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access […]

Banned books: 9th December Pirkko Ilmanen, librarian, presents The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom […]

Richard Russo performed at the Prosak Prose Club organized by Nuoren Voiman Liitto in September of 2012 at the National Theater’s Lavaklubi in Helsinki. In the video David McGuire from […]

Banned books: 15th December Lena Sundström, librarian, presents Pippi Longstocking (1945) by Astrid Lindgren. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access to Information […]

Banned books: 12th December Olli Myyrä, librarian, presents One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) by Gabriel Garcia Márguez. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom […]

Banned books: 21st December Joonas Nevalainen, librarian, presents On the Road (1951) by Jack Kerouac. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access to […]

Banned books: 3rd December Librarian Juha Kortesluoma presents Mein Kampf (1925-1926) by Adolf Hitler. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access to Information […]

Meet Finnish Authors in IFLA 2012, Helsinki 13.8.2012: Meet Tove Appelgren, a Finnish-Swedish author and theater director whose children’s books depict ordinary family life with a humorous twist. Read more: […]

Meet Finnish Authors in IFLA 2012, Helsinki 13.8.2012: Meet Monika Fagerholm, award winning Finnish-Swedish author, whose works capture and present moments, moods and mysteries. Read more: FILI, Finnish Litterature Exchange Author: […]

Meet Finnish Authors in IFLA 2012, Helsinki 14.8.2012: Meet Matti Rönkä, an author and TV-journalist, whose interesting and topical crime novels are in a league of their own.

Meet Finnish Authors in IFLA 2012, Helsinki 14.8.2012: Meet Leena Lehtolainen, the bestselling female crime author in Finland. Crime respects no gender roles. Read more: FILI, Finnish Litterature Exchange Author: Leena […]

Meet Finnish Authors in IFLA 2012, Helsinki 15.8.2012: Meet Johanna Sinisalo, award winning science fiction and fantasy writer – breaker of genre barriers. Read more: FILI, Finnish Litterature Exchange Author: Johanna […]

Meet Finnish Authors in IFLA 2012, Helsinki 15.8.2012: Meet Seita Parkkola, her intense and ambitious prose takes young readers into the vivid battle between good and evil. Read more: FILI, Finnish […]

Banned books: 13rd December John Birch from National Library of Scotland presents Maus (1972-1991) by Art Splegelman. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of […]

Banned books: 11th December Jani Nieminen, author and librarian presents Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access to […]

Lemminkäinen is the young hero of Kalevala, a proud and courageous soldier. The different phases of Lemminkäinen’s story comprise an essential part of The Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.

Banned books: 17th December Barbara Jones, Director of OIF and David Dorman, Executive Director of FTRF, presents Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928) by D.H. Lawrence. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland […]

Banned books: 18th December Sinikka Vuola, author, presents Kiss of the Spider Woman (1976) by Manuel Puig. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of […]

Banned books: 14th December Stuart Hamilton, IFLA Director of Policy & Advocacy presents In Utero (1993) by Nirvana. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom […]

Banned books: 8th December Kai Ekholm, National Librarian, presents Howl and Other Poems (1956) by Allen Ginsberg. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of […]

Henning Mankell visited Gothenburg’s University Library during IFLA conference. In this interwiev he speaks about illiteracy. Read more: Henning Mankell web page Interviewer: Kirsi Luukkanen Filming and editing: Tuomas Lipponen […]

Henning Mankell visited Gothenburg’s University Library during IFLA conference. In this informal discussion Henning Mankell told about his experiences of Africa and the meaning of free access to information. In this […]

Banned books: 7th December Marty Wade, National Librarian in the National Library of Scotland, presents Gain’s Book (1960) by Alexander Trocchi. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA […]

Gadget Island is a learning game that supports Pre-School curriculum goals in teaching kids about media awareness and information technology skills. The game will be published 13.11.2015. You can play […]