{"id":7512,"date":"2026-07-08T15:21:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirjallisuuskalenteri.fi\/event\/author-talk-asne-seierstad\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:21:40","slug":"author-talk-asne-seierstad","status":"publish","type":"event_listing","link":"https:\/\/kirjallisuuskalenteri.fi\/en\/event\/author-talk-asne-seierstad\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Talk: \u00c5sne Seierstad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to an author talk with \u00c5sne Seierstad (NO) and Erkka Mikkonen (FI), where the two Nordic journalists share their experiences from today\u2019s Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As other reporters are called home from wartime Russia, Norwegian journalist\u00a0\u00c5sne Seierstad\u00a0travels there. Join her as she reflects on the current state of the country through her book\u00a0Ufred \u2013 Russland fra innsiden\u00a0(Never Say War: Life in Russia Today).<\/p>\n<p>Seierstad is known for her work as a war correspondent and has previously reported from Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya. In this conversation, she is joined by Erkka Mikkonen, a foreign affairs journalist and former Moscow correspondent for Yle. Mikkonen also offers insights from his own book\u00a0Homona Putinin Ven\u00e4j\u00e4ll\u00e4\u00a0(Gay in Putin\u2019s Russia).<\/p>\n<p>The discussion will be held in English and will be accompanied by readings from Seierstad\u2019s work in both Norwegian and Finnish.<\/p>\n<p>The event is a collaboration with Gummerus, the publisher behind the Finnish translation of the book in question,\u00a0Rauhattomuus \u2013 Ven\u00e4j\u00e4 sis\u00e4lt\u00e4 k\u00e4sin, translated by Onerva Kuusi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"event_listing_type":[168,157],"class_list":["post-7512","event_listing","type-event_listing","status-publish","hentry","event_listing_type-englanniksi","event_listing_type-keskustelut-ja-haastattelut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirjallisuuskalenteri.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing\/7512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirjallisuuskalenteri.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirjallisuuskalenteri.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event_listing"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirjallisuuskalenteri.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirjallisuuskalenteri.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing_type?post=7512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}