THE SECRETS OF FINNISH PARENTING
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English book proposal & sample chapters

The Secrets of Finnish Parenting

Annabella Daily

A calm, practical parenting guide inspired by Nordic philosophy, offering a humane alternative to intensive modern parenting culture

✓ By a Finnish journalist and mother of three with a popular international parenting Instagram platform
✓ Offers a humane, trust-based parenting model that reduces burnout and pressure
✓ Translates Nordic parenting principles into realistic practice
By a Finnish journalist and mother of three with a popular international parenting Instagram platform

American motherhood has become an endurance sport: optimize the sleep, curate the play, enrich the schedule, manage the feelings, stay grateful, look effortless. Annabella Daily tried—hard. As a Finnish journalist and mother of three living in the U.S., she chased the “perfect” mom ideal until it backfired in spectacular fashion. She burned out.

Searching for a way through, she moved her family back to Helsinki—where she discovered a radically different philosophy in action: less performance, more trust; fewer interventions, more competence; less pressure, more room to breathe.

The Secrets of Finnish Parenting combines Annabella’s intimate, memoir-driven storytelling with an accessible, practical framework that shows parents worldwide how to translate Nordic principles into everyday life. Each chapter pairs an intimate narrative arc (from one doomed attempt after another at getting it all right until she finally finds her way to the calm, humane Finnish methods that makes parenting not only manageable, but enjoyable again) with concrete “recipes” from the happiest country in the world that parents can implement immediately:

• Sleep and family rhythm
• Play, activities and boredom—and creating childhood magic
• Everyday autonomy, competence-building, and intrinsic motivation
• School, competitive sports and achievement pressure
• Food and family rhythm
• The art of doing less—without guilt

It’s a book for overwhelmed parents who don’t need more information; they need a new way to live.

Crucially, Daily doesn’t present these ideas as a “move to Finland” fantasy. After returning to the U.S., she tested and adapted these Nordic practices in real American life, shaping them into doable steps for parents living with the pressures, schedules, and expectations they can’t simply opt out of. The result is a distinctive, timely parenting book: culturally transporting, emotionally validating, and immediately actionable—helping overwhelmed parents raise capable, resilient kids while reclaiming bandwidth and breathing again.

GLOW: THE ART OF CONNECTION & WELLBEING
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English book proposal & sample chapters

GLOW: The Art of Connection & Wellbeing

Markus Wartiovaara

True well-being begins with connection: alignment with ourselves, meaningful relationships with others, engagement with our environment, and a mindful relationship with time

✓ Unique framework introduces Glow, a present state of connection and vitality
✓ Actionable tools, exercises and reflections readers can apply daily
✓ Resonates with readers worldwide, tapping into the growing interest in happiness, well-being, and mindfulness

In GLOW: The Art of Connection and Well-Being, Dr. Markus Wartiovaara presents a new approach to sustainable happiness. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, and meticulous research, Wartiovaara shows that genuine well-being comes not from what we have or do, but from who we are and how we connect—with ourselves, with others, with the world, and with time. In a fast-paced, complex, and often fragmented world, GLOW provides a scientifically based and existentially grounded roadmap for mastering happiness. Its approach is actionable, relatable, and universal.

This book is philosophical yet practical, reflective yet actionable. Readers will find a companion for self-discovery, a guide to living fully, and a toolkit for cultivating Glow—a unique state of presence, vitality, and deep well-being. With insights and exercises that can be returned to again and again, GLOW offers a transformative, connection-based path to flourishing.

Dr. Markus Wartiovaara is a Professor of Practice at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland, and the founder of the Nordic Happiness Summit.

THIS IS PEOPLE BUSINESS – DIPLOMACY, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNICATION
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This Is People Business – Diplomacy, Leadership, and Communication

Stefan Lindström

Finland is known for trust, education, and quiet influence — this book shows how those values translate into modern leadership, storytelling, and communication skills that work anywhere in the world

✓ If you ever wondered how a graduate course in diplomacy looks like – this is it!
✓ Offers a unique perspective on leadership, and diplomacy without relying on authority
✓ Combines history, theory, and practice to show how storytelling and language shape relationships, decisions, and political realities
✓ Highly relevant in a fast-changing world of technology, digital noise, and uncertainty
✓ Practical and inspiring lessons for leaders, entrepreneurs, diplomats, and anyone navigating human systems

This book explores modern diplomacy and leadership as a human-centered practice of influence built on trust, communication, and credibility. It shows how leadership today is exercised without force, through relationships, language, and emotional intelligence rather than authority.

Drawing from history, theory, and practice, the book highlights how metaphors shape international narratives and influence political realities, and how carefully chosen words create space for cooperation where confrontation would fail. Rooted in Finnish perspectives on trust, restraint, and foresight, it connects diplomacy with leadership in a world transformed by technology, uncertainty, and rapid change.

This book is a case for patience, precision, and human connection as strategic advantages and is as useful in a boardroom or startup as it is in a negotiation room or international forum.

Stefan Lindström is a Finnish Ambassador with more than 30 years of experience at the intersection of global politics, technology, and power. He has served as Finland’s Ambassador for Technology advising governments and leaders on how technological change reshapes diplomacy, democracy, and international competition.

SITTEN PURJEHDIMME POHJOISEEN
Merkintöjä arktisilta meriltä
Atena, March 2026, 350 pp.

Reading material:
English sample and synopsis
Finnish edition

Then We Sailed North

Sohvi Kangasluoma

An extraordinary sailing journey across seas that appear as nothing but ice on the map

✓ This is a one-of-a-kind journey through Alaska, the Northwest Passage, and Greenland, combining daring sailing with real-life overwintering in Arctic ice
✓ Sohvi Kangasluoma is a postdoctoral researcher at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland 
✓ The book shows climate change through intimate, lived experiences

Sohvi and Juho live aboard their sailboat. The sea is their home, and it is also the heart of the entire planet.

This captivating work of narrative nonfiction portrays the couple’s unique way of life, sailing via Alaska to the Northwest Passage and wintering frozen into the ice in Greenland. Along the way, they encounter inhabitants of land and sea and witness firsthand the impacts of climate change in the North.

Grounded in personal experience and solid research, the story reveals how the environmental crisis affects life in the Arctic seas and challenges our understanding of the North. The adventure offers an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between humans and the sea, and on the nature of love amid the ice.

VIIMEINEN KIERTUE
Like, October 2025, 411 pp.

Reading material:
English sample + synopsis
Finnish PDF
International edition of 320 pp. (in Finnish)

HIM: The Last Tour

Kimmo Aroluoma

An intense memoir of HIM’s global rise, international touring life, and the relentless pace of the rock business – and its consequences

✓ HIM is Finland’s most internationally successful rock band, over 10 million records sold worldwide
✓ Multiple No. 1 chart positions, and the first Finnish band to receive Gold record in the US
✓ The band’s former guitar tech Kimmo Aroluoma offers an insider’s account of life on tour with HIM

How did HIM, led by the charismatic Ville Valo, rise from the Helsinki underground to global stardom? What kind of pressure, and personal sacrifice are required to sustain success at the highest level—and what ultimately causes a band to fall apart?

In HIM: The Last Tour, he band’s (former) guitar tech Kimmo Aroluoma takes readers behind the scenes of HIM’s farewell tour and across the band’s entire career, from the 1990s club circuit to sold-out international arenas. Moving between continents, green rooms, and moments of quiet collapse, the book exposes the hidden mechanics of international touring, the mythology of artistic genius, and the emotional toll placed on those who serve a singular vision.

At once a tour memoir, a study of power and loyalty, and a personal survival story, HIM: The Last Tour offers an intimate portrait of the modern rock industry—seductive, exhausting, and ultimately unforgiving.

THE CURIOSITY CODE:
Stay Curious or Stay Stuck in a World of Constant Change
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The Bodley Head (PRH UK), 2026

Reading material:
English book proposal and sample chapters
Full English ms. in May 2026

The Curiosity Code:

Stay Curious or Stay Stuck in a World of Constant Change

Alexander Puutio

What if the very playbook we’ve been handed for success – grit, passion, specialization – isn’t just incomplete, but entirely counterproductive to a fulfilling life? 

✓ A no-bullshit blueprint for a more meaningful life—by Finland’s most curious export that has taught leaders at Harvard, Columbia and NYU Stern
✓ In 2024, dr. Puutio reached 1,5 million readers with his columns on Forbes, Fast Company and Psychology Today, and speaking invitations from Adobe to Thomson Reuters
✓ Bold Nordic take on reinvention and permission: you don’t need approval to change paths – you just need curiosity

For decades, we’ve been told that specialization, grit, and mastering a single craft are the keys to success. However, success stories like Warren Buffet, Jack Ma, and Marc Benioff suggest a different formula: breadth over specialization, questions over certainty. And most important of all, an insatiable sense of curiosity that leads from one rabbit hole to another.

In The Curiosity Code, Ph.D. Alexander Puutio draws on his research at Harvard spanning 550+ assessments of global CEOs, a colorful career lived across disciplines (including three PhDs) to uncover what truly drives fulfilling lives. The answer isn’t found in the grind. Instead, it stems from weaponized curiosity: the courage to question, to pivot, and to explore without apology. Blending business insight, behavioral science, and lessons from Finland’s quietly radical “permission culture,” this book redefines success for an age where reinvention is not an exception, but the norm.

This book is a guide for anyone who’s ever been told they are too scattered, too unfocused, or too unconventional to succeed, and is ready for the validation they deserve. And for those who have bought into the cult of grit and the 10,000 hours, this book offers an invitation: to join a more rangeful, curious exploration of life.

The Curiosity Code will be published in 8 languages, rights sold in heated auctions recently: In the UK & Commonwealth, The Bodley Head, Penguin Random House UK, will be the primary publisher. World Spanish rights sold to PRH Mexico, Korean rights to Seosamdok, and Dutch rights to HarperCollins Holland.

STOP CHASING HAPPINESS
A Pessimist’s Guide to a Good Life
Allen & Unwin, 2025, 200 pp.

Reading material:
English edition
Finnish edition

Stop Chasing Happiness
A Pessimist’s Guide to a Good Life

Frank Martela

A guide to finding happiness by Finland’s leading happiness expert

✓ English edition published by Allen & Unwin, German edition published by Knesebeck!
✓ World Spanish rights have been acquired by Planeta Mexico!
✓ Finnish rights sold at auction to Gummerus! Bestseller – close to 10,000 copies sold!
✓ English and German editions available!
✓ Frank Martela, PhD, is Finland’s #1 internationally bestselling non-fiction author – his previous title, A Wonderful Life, has been sold to 30 countries!
✓ A unique blend of personal stories and quirky anecdotes combined with deep understanding of the latest psychological research on well-being
✓ Finland has been ranked the happiest country 8 times in a row and Frank Martela has explained the secret to Finnish happiness for CNN, BBC, Fox News, New York Times, Scientific American and New Scientist

What if the secret to happiness isn’t finding it — but letting it go?

 Finding happiness is less about learning new tricks and more about unlearning ways of thinking holding you back: Stop chasing happiness, stop obsessing over what others think, stop caring too much about how you feel, stop making sacrifices for personal success.

 In a world obsessed with success and self-improvement, the chase for happiness often leaves us feeling more lost than fulfilled. Instead of anxiously optimizing every aspect of your life, the real path to contentment lies in unlearning the thinking habits holding you back: stop obsessing over what others think, stop being so sensitive about your feelings, stop measuring your value by what you have.

 Here, academic and philosopher Frank Martela unpacks why we value happiness, and why chasing it is actually making you miserable. He reveals the secrets to Finland’s continued top rankings in the global happiness reports by showing that, actually, living with purpose and contentment is much more beneficial that striving to be happy.

 Building on Frank’s personal encounters with people from all walks of life during travels around Finland and abroad, this book blends personal stories and quirky anecdotes with the latest scientific research and ancient traditions to deliver a strong message about how you should approach life: what you should stop doing and what you should start doing instead, to find an enduring sense of contentment and an energizing sense of purpose for your own life.

 Stop the anxious chase. You have already arrived. Start living your own life through accepting the past, enjoying the present, and working towards a better future – it all starts here.

PUTININ USA
Näin Venäjä hajottaa ja hallitsee Yhdysvalloissa
Johnny Kniga, October 2025, 400 pp. 

Reading material:
English sample
Finnish edition

Putin’s USA

Jessikka Aro

It is worse than the Cold War!

✓ Jessikka Aro is the winner of the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Courage of Journalism Award
✓ Her first book, Putin’s Trolls, has been sold to 16 territories and will be turned into a TV series! Putin’s Trolls has sold more than 40 000 copies in Finland
✓ Putin’s USA is a page-turner you wish wasn’t true

The Kremlin attacks the United States with weapons copied from scifi movies as if the Cold War never ended. Attacks in the cyber realm, information space and the physical world against US legislators, intelligence agencies, the voters and election systems are causing endless destruction.

Non-fiction author Jessikka Aro describes the operations of Russian intelligence services in the United States at a breathtaking pace. Patriotic hackers, honey traps infiltrating the Republican Party and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign team’s close links to Putin’s spies and acoustic weapons – the existence of which the Kremlin denies – are under the magnifying glass in Jessikka Aro’s new book.

The book describes, from close-up and from numerous sources, how systematically the Kremlin’s military and intelligence leadership have prepared the Russian society for a major war not only against the United States, but against the entire rule-based world order. Jessikka’s interviewees, young Russians having escaped the Russian military service and totalitarianism tell how the Kremlin turned even universities into weapons to breed young people into Putinism spreading agents.

The information in this book should arouse the Western decision-makers to take serious countermeasures to protect Western democracies from Russia’s hybrid war.

PUTININ MAAILMANSOTA
Venäjän salaiset operaatiot Lännen tuhoamiseksi
Johnny Kniga, May 2024, 352 pp. 

Reading material:
English sample & summary & table of contents
German PDF
Finnish edition

Putin’s World War

Jessikka Aro

A highly topical book featuring horrifying true stories about the secret operations of Putin’s intelligence services

✓ Sold to 7 territories!
✓ Jessikka Aro is the winner of the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Courage of Journalism Award and her previous book, Putin’s Trolls,  was sold to 16 territories and will be turned into a TV series!
✓ Bloomsbury USA acquired the World English rights! Publication in Spring 2026!

Russia is threatening the West with World War III, even though it has been waging it for years. As its weapons, the Kremlin uses agents of chaos, a covert operation, fake priests spreading hate speech, hackers recruited from prison, and the gullibility of people.

Jessikka Aro’s new non-fiction book about the Kremlin’s world war presents the secret operations of Putin’s intelligence services in detail.

The book takes the reader on a breath-taking journey from the lobby of the Helsinki Courts of Appeal to the controversial Bronze Soldier statue in Tallinn, from the media center run by the Russian military intelligence from Berlin to the Russian troll factory that operated in Ghana in West Africa.

Read if you dare.

IKUISEN ELÄMÄN LYHYT HISTORIA
Otava/Like, August 2024, 318 pp.

Reading material:
Finnish edition
English sample and synopsis

A Short History of Eternal Life

Tiina Raevaara

The secret to longevity – why do we seek it?

✓ Rights sold to 7 territories! World English rights acquired by Flatiron Books (Macmillan)!
✓ A narrative non-fiction title by the award-winning popular science author
✓ Won the 2024 Helsinki Book Fair Nonfiction Jury Award
✓ For readers of Yuval Noah Harari and Rutger Bregman

Science is developing at an even faster pace, and people are living longer and longer. With what methods has humanity over time fought against aging and death, and what methods will be used in the future? 

Tiina Raevaara’s book weaves together the beginnings of scientific history, vampire stories, as well as the discoveries of stem cell treatment and gene editing. It dives into the cryotank and asks whether the vision of a lengthy life is still worth pursuing. If humanity accepted that they are part of all things organic – both living and dead – could we finally get rid of all the exhaustion, anxiety and need to rush?

Reading material:
English edition
Finnish edition
French edition
German edition

The Women I Think About at Night

Mia Kankimäki

What can a 40-something childless woman do with her life? Hop on a plane and follow the footsteps of the historical female heroes of their time! 

✓ Over 60,000 copies sold in Finland and over 28,000 copies sold in Sweden!
✓ An international hit sold to 21 territories! Film & TV rights sold!
✓ A TV series based on the book in development by napafilms

Have you heard about Artemisia Gentileschi, Lavinia Fontana or Nellie Bly? What about Karen Blixen? The Women I Think About at Night follows in the footsteps of 10 historical women, who did what was impossible for women to do in their own times: travel the world or create a career as an artist. And these women were quite successful – some of them actually became celebrities of their own time! So why have they been forgotten by the history books?

Finnish writer Mia Kankimäki sold her house, packed her suitcase and traveled the world to find out. Part biography, part travelogue, this book takes you from Karen Blixen’s farm in Kenya to Renaissance artists’ Florence and modern-day Japan.

Warning: May cause strong case of wanderlust!

A publishing sensation in Finland with over tens of thousands of copies sold, The Women I Think About at Night solidifies Kankimäki’s standing as one of Finland’s leading new authors. Her book was translated by Douglas Robinson and published by Simon & Schuster, one of the four largest English-language publishers in the world. Her book has received positive reviews in Publisher’s Weekly, Library Journal, Travel & Leisure, and Kirkus Reviews, along with Fortune magazine.

KANSALAINEN KEKKONEN
WSOY, August 2021, 507 pp.

Reading material:
English manuscript
Finnish edition

The Finnish Front Line

Gordon Sander

With the fate of his country and relations between superpowers in the balance, what is the President of Finland to do?

✓ A gripping and lucid account of one of the lesser-known crises of the Cold War
✓ The latest title from the Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter, historian, author and Nordic specialist
✓ World English rights sold to Cornell University Press! Rights sold to 3 territories!

In the fall of 1961, Soviet and American tanks faced off at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin in an explosive confrontation known as the Berlin Crisis, which many feared might lead to World War III. At the same time, 1500 kilometers to the northeast, in Finland, the USSR and the US were squaring off for another potentially explosive confrontation over the Kremlin’s desire to maintain its sphere of influence over that country. This has become known as the Note Crisis.

The Note Crisis, the events leading up to it, and the three figures who were at the center of it—Urho Kekkonen, the Machiavellian president of Finland, fighting for his political life; Nikita Khrushchev, the feisty Soviet premier and Kekkonen’s sponsor; and John F. Kennedy, the US president, who sent a top secret message of support to Kekkonen—comprise the climax of Gordon Sander’s groundbreaking book.

Sander’s biography is based on three years of research and includes exclusive interviews with Khrushchev’s late son Sergey, and the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö.

The Finnish Frontline is intended for general audiences and scholarly ones. It would be of interest to anyone who is interested in:

– reading and learning about one of the great “forgotten” crises of the Cold War

– Russian/Soviet history and/or Nikita Khrushchev

– the Kennedy administration

Katja Pantzar

✓ Bestselling author of The Finnish Way, sold in 24 territories!
✓ Forget hygge – it’s time to blow out the candles and get out into the world!
✓ Inspiration and practical tools for creating a wellness retreat using the qordic contrast bathing philosophy, whereIer you are in the world

FINNISH WAY

EVERYDAY SISU: TAPPING INTO FINNISH FORTITUDE FOR A HAPPIER, MORE RESILIENT LIFE

THE POWER OF HOT AND COLD. FROM SAUNA TO SEA: THE FINNISH WAY TO A HAPPY, HEALTHY LIFE

HELSINKI BY SAUNA

Reetta Ranta

✓ Perfect for modern audiences drawn to the growing mobement of forest therapy, mindfulness, and ecological spirituality
✓ Visually stunning books that introduces Finland’s enchanting nature to an international audience!
✓ Reconnect with nature and learn about the mythology and tradition connected to the most breathtaking places in Finland
✓ Aimed at readers interested in folklore, Nordic and Scandi mythology, and nature’s
spiritual aspects

BACK TO NATURE FINLAND: EXPLORE NATURE, MYTHS, AND ANCIENT WISDOM

TIMELESS NORDIC RITUALS: BRINGING PURPOSE AND JOY TO MODERN LIFE

SACRED TREES

Sanna Nyqvist

✓ Nominated for the 2024 Finlandia Prize for Non-Fiction Literature! Winner of the 2024 Lauri Jäntti Prize Honorary Award!
✓ One of the ten best nonfiction books of 2024 – Suomen Kuvalehti magazine
✓ Rights sold to 4 territories!
✓ The book has inspired readers to take sailing trips to the Stockholm archipelago and other captivating landscapes
✓ Thematically, combining place and culture, drawing comparisons to the books of Mia Kankimäki, Dorthe Nors and Nina Burton

BY THE SEASHORE: HOW WRITERS DISCOVERED THE SEA

Frank Martela

✓  Frank Martela, PhD, is Finland’s #1 internationally bestselling non-fiction author – A Wonderful Life, has been sold to 30 countries!
✓ Finland has been ranked the happiest country 8 times in a row and Frank Martela has explained the secret to Finnish happiness for Fox News, New York Times, Scientific American and New Scientist.
✓ A revolutionary, mind-blowing author!

A WONDERFUL LIFE: INSIGHTS ON FINDING A MEANINGFUL EXISTENCE

THE MEANING MANIFESTO: WHY WORK NEEDS TO HAVE A PURPOSE

STOP CHASING HAPPINESS: A PESSIMIST’S GUIDE TO A GOOD LIFE