Interview with Mintie Das
For the Midsummer 2021 Espoon Fantasia -group interviewed India born, US raised and Finland based author Mintie Das, whose book Brown Girl Ghosted came out just before Covid in US and is now available in Finnish as Kuolleetkin ghostaa. You...
A Story about how the library community is making a systemic change for people with special needs
The relationship of Espoo City library with other public services caught the attention of Ph.D. Candidate Anna Au at the Athens IFLA conference in 2019. This interest sparked an episode to Anna Au's podcast "Between The Stacks" where she discusses...
Interview with Matt Haig
In the Espoo City Library, we have (for many years now) had an group of librarians who love science fiction and fantasy. We call ourselves Espoon Fantasia and we have a Facebook and Instagram accounts in addition to our blog....
Two (2) important things found in Finnish libraries
In the beginning, I would like to ask one question “What is the value of libraries nowadays?” ICT and electronic devices have developed rapidly, and it enables us to access information easily. Therefore, the libraries where a lot of information...
어느 한국인이 본 핀란드 도서관 – Finnish Library from the Eyes of a Korean
*IN ENGLISH BELOW 어느 한국인이 본 핀란드 도서관 - 한국, 독일, 핀란드 도서관을 비교해보면 - Arim Lee in Iso Omena library 초등학교 고학년 때부터 스스로 지자체 도서관에 찾아가 책을 빌려 읽곤 했다....
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Language cafe – We talk to each other Finnish here
A few minutes to 5 p.m. on Monday and Thursday afternoons at Sello Library it’s time to start our language cafe for adults. There is a real happy bustle and...
No fancy buildings, but making people’s life better
Espoo City Library is a really, really good library. In some things, anyway! And we have a popular Youtube -contribution to prove it. Our strategy has a new motto: For...
Espoon Fantasia - Espoon kirjaston fantasia-asiantuntijat kertovat kirjoista ja kirjastoelämästä taikurin hatut tiukasti päässään.