Otava Publishing Company

Otava is a family-owned company founded in 1890. We publish a diverse range of fiction, non-fiction and children’s and young adult literature. We release more than 500 titles each year. Promoting literature and reading lies at the heart of Otava’s mission. Authors and their work are at the center of everything we do. 

Our publishing imprints include Otava, Karisto, Like, Atena, Moreeni, Nemo, and F-Kustannus. All of our books are locally printed in Finland, in Otava Printing House, using environmentally friendly materials and techniques. 

Famous publications and authors include:

Patriot by Alexei Navalny, Promised land by Barack Obama, Becoming by Michelle Obama, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson,

Margaret Atwood, Sally Rooney, Ian McEwan, Camilla Läckberg, Robert Galbraith, Richard Osman, Emily Henry, Paula Hawkins,

Rick Riordan, Holly Jackson, Angie Thomas and Kazu Kibuishi. We are also proud publishers of Paw Patrol and Peppa Pig.

The Otava Group is Finland’s third-largest diversified media group. We engage in some way with almost all Finns. Our business areas are Books, Otava Learning  and Otava Media. The largest chain of bookstores in Finland, Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, is owned by Otava. Otava media’s online presence reaches over 2.5 million Finns a month, and magazines reach over 1.5 million readers a month.

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Contact us

Otava Publishing Company Ltd
Uudenmaankatu 10
00120 Helsinki
Finland
tel. +358 9 15661
fax +358 9 643136
email: firstname.lastname@otava.fi

Managing Director, Otava Publishing Company, Eva Reenpää
Mobile +358 50 3649702, email: eva.reenpaa@otava.fi

Publishing Director Antti Kasper (fiction)
Mobile +358 50 3132414, email: antti.kasper@otava.fi

Publishing Director Ville Rauvola (non-fiction)
Mobile +358 40 5720667, email: ville.rauvola@otava.fi

Publishing Director Kaisu-Maria Toiskallio (children and young readers)
Mobile +35 50 3103024, email: kaisu-maria.toiskallio@otava.fi

Sales Director Nona Ratia (general literature)
Mobile +358 50 5319542, email: nona.ratia@otava.fi

Marketing and PR Director Kirsi Tähjänjoki (general literature)
Mobile +358407255374, email: kirsi.tahjanjoki@otava.fi

Fiction

Editorial Director Antti Kasper
antti.kasper@otava.fi

Executive Editor Maarit Halmesarka
(mainly Scandinavian fiction)
maarit.halmesarka@otava.fi

Executive Editor Salla Pulli
(mainly literary and upmarket fiction)
salla.pulli@otava.fi

Executive Editor Iina Tikanoja
(mainly commercial and upmarket fiction, crime and thrillers)
iina.tikanoja@otava.fi

Editorial Coordinator Päivi Ylöstalo
paivi.ylostalo@otava.fi

Editorial Coordinator Maria Salakari
maria.salakari@otava.fi

Books for Children and Young Readers

Publishing Director Kaisu-Maria Toiskallio
Mobile +358 50 3103024, email: kaisu-maria.toiskallio@otava.fi

Executive Editor Anne Luukkanen
Mobile +358504329971, email: anne.luukkanen@otava.fi

Business Area Manager, product licenses, Mia Lindgren
Mobile +358 406263783, email: mia.lindgren@otava.fi

Editorial Manager Noora Sällström
Mobile +358 50 408 4517, email: noora.sallstrom@otava.fi

Non-fiction

Publishing Director Ville Rauvola
Mobile +358 40 5720667, email: ville.rauvola@otava.fi

Executive Editor Mari Mikkola
Mobile +358407570368, email: mari.mikkola@otava.fi

Executive Editor Jarkko Vesikansa
Mobile +358405416709, email: jarkko.vesikansa@otava.fi

Editorial Coordinator Nina Kuusisto
Mobile +358 40 528 7628, email: nina.kuusisto@otava.fi