If you missed Emmi’s event at the Science Fiction Bokhandeln in Stockholm last month, you can listen to it on Souncloud. Emmi and Alva Markelius talk about dystopias, writing, future speculations, science fiction, and the novel Emmi is currently working on, amongst other things. The interview is in English.
Europarama is a podcast series about science fiction and the future of Europe. In this second episode titled Baubotanik, Giuseppe Porcaro and Emmi Itäranta imagine a utopian future for Europe.
On April 24th 2019 at 12PM KAVI, the National Audiovisual Institute presents a Seminar on Film and Literature at Kino Regina in Helsinki. The seminar invites both researchers and authors to analyse the connections between film and literature. At 2.30PM begins the second section of the seminar, titled “Authors to the Front”, during which various creators are interviewed. Lead by Katri Tenhola, Emmi will be discussing writing fantasy and horror with Ilja Rautsi, the author of the screen play based on Memory of Water. The event is in Finnish, and free to attend. More information can be found here.
In April, Emmi will embark on a brief tour of Sweden. Here are the dates so far.
February 28th sees the release of Finská čítanka, an anthology of stories by Finnish authors, translated into Czech. The anthology has been edited by Jitka Hanušová, and it includes work from Katja Kettu, Johanna Sinisalo, Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, Rosa Liksom, Tuomas Kyrö and Emmi Itäranta. Emmi’s contribution is Roads of Silver, Paths of Gold, a short story originally written for the Arthur C. Clarke Centenary anthology. You can buy the anthology here.