Bonnier News - Tammi

Leena Lehtolainen on Making it in America

By Bert Menninga on 2012-02-01
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Finnish crime writer Leena Lehtolainen scores it big with Amazon Publishing. Tammi’s Hannu Harju interviews the author.

Leena Lehtolainen, the bestselling Finnish crime writer published by Tammi Publishers, has made a deal with U.S. publishing conglomerate Amazon Publishing for the world English rights of all her crime novels.

Alpo Finds Alma on the iPad

By Bert Menninga on 2011-09-09
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Finnish author-illustrator Jukka Lemmetty's Alpo finds new life in an app for kids.

When Finland's book publisher Tammi decided to do a different kind of e-book for children, it was obvious at this point that the way to go was with an app. "We thought it was important to get started with apps - not just e-books - since for now the app format  is actually even more suitable for doing a children's book," says Mari Männistö, business manager at Tammi. "Previous e-book titles for kids have been more like a traditional book that you can just read on screen," she says.

Finland's Top Chef Gets Top Cookbook

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-19
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As part of his winnings, Finland's Top Chef Akseli Herlevi got his own cookbook, which sold out in the first week.

When TV channel Sub debuted Top Chef Suomi in Finland in January, the show was a big success, with an average of 315,000 viewers and an audience share of 14.4. But before Sub had even started, a big question was: What should the grand prize be? "The first idea of giving the winner a job in a three-star Michelin restaurant abroad wouldn't have worked if an older contestant with Michelin experience and a family won," says Pete Paavolainen, executive producer at Sub.

Tammi Educational Hits New Niche with Home & School Series

By Bert Menninga on 2010-06-16
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Educational books for children before they start school to launch in August.

Not being No. 1 has its advantages. So says Sanna Lukander, content director at Tammi Educational in Finland: "You can be more flexible and take more risks."

A division of book publisher Tammi, Tammi Educational is the No. 3 educational materials publisher in Finland, producing textbooks, guides and other materials for all school ages including adults. Which gives Lukander plenty of opportunity to try new things.

Tammi's Manga Imprints Capture Finland's 13-year-olds

By Bert Menninga on 2010-06-07
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Sangatsu Manga and Punainen jättiläinen, Tammi's two manga imprints, try a novel way to reach their core audience.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines manga as "a Japanese comic book or graphic novel." A pretty colorless description for a complex genre. Read back to front, top to bottom and right to left, with conventions for storytelling, style of illustration and even the ratio of text to picture, manga has become a global phenomenon. Although real manga is always from Japan, it has spawned versions in other cultures and inspired designers with its often elegant illustrations. And it's been a hit everywhere from the U.S.

Nobel Prize to W&W and Tammi

By Niklas Sessler on 2009-10-08
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Herta Müller, whose books in Swedish are published by Wahlström & Widstrand and in Finnish by Tammi, is this year's Nobel laureate in literature.

It was the German-Romanian author Herta Müller who received this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. She is described as "a prolific novelist and essayist whose works depicting the human devastation of the Romanian dictatorship and the rootlessness of political asylum."

Her Swedish publisher Wahlström & Widstrand are obviously very pleased today.

"We had a hope," says Martin Stromberg at Wahlstrom & Widstrand. "But you can never be sure."

In Pocket

By Niklas Sessler on 2009-04-24
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Finnish publisher Tammi's classic series Gula Biblioteket celebrates their 55th anniversary with pocket-sized versions.

Gula Biblioteket is releasing pocket-sized versions of their classics first time.  They will start with ten books from different decades: Niko Kazantzaki's Zorba the Greek, Graham Greene's  The Quiet American, Alberto Moravia's Contempt, Kurt Vonnegut God Bless You, Mr.