Otava Publishing Company
Otava Publishing Company Ltd is a major Finnish publishing house. Otava is a bold, principled publisher whose current roster of authors includes leading writers from Finland and abroad, much-loved storytellers and promising young authors. Tradition and new ideas walk hand in hand at Otava, and Otava’s publishing is guided by an exuberant enthusiasm and a commitment to high quality.
Otava has been publishing Finnish-language literature since 1890. Its main areas are general-interest literature and teaching materials. Otava publishes more than 600 new titles by Finnish and foreign authors annually: fiction and non-fiction, books for children and young people, comics and teaching materials textbooks and multimedia. Otava is known and respected for its innovative publishing of both commercial and literary successes. Otava’s unconventional attitude and significant investment have also made it a pioneer in electronic publishing, as well as the market leader in general literature.
Otava Publishing Company Ltd is a member of Otava Group, which is a private, independent and financially sound media corporation. It ranks third among graphic communications publishers in Finland. The Group consists of four business areas: book publishing, retail trade, magazine publishing and New Business Functions. The Group also includes Otava Book Printing Ltd, the nationwide book store chain Suomalainen Kirjakauppa Ltd, and Otavamedia Ltd, a magazine publisher that operates the Great Finnish Book Club, Finland’s oldest book club and current market leader.
Otava publishes among others the following international authors: Chimamanda Adichie, Margaret Atwood, Albert Camus, J.M. Coetzee, Patricia Cornwell, Marguerite Duras, Jeffrey Eugenides, Frederick Forsyth, Tess Gerritsen, Joanne Harris, Robert Harris, Alan Hollinghurst, Khaled Hosseini, Siri Hustvedt, Conn Iggulden, E L James, Åsa Larsson, J.M.G.LeClézio, Donna Leon, Doris Lessing, Henning Mankell, Liza Marklund, Alexander McCall Smith, Ian McEwan, Kate Mosse, David Nicholls, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Ondaatje, Leif GW Persson, J. K. Rowling, Jean-Paul Sartre, Wilbur Smith, Anne Tyler, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
Otava Learning
Otava Publishing Company Ltd. is a major Finnish publishing house. It publishes both printed and digital educational materials for a wide range of subjects and for all levels of education. These materials have been one of the reasons behind the Finnish success in the educational field.
Are you interested in licensing our educational materials? Otava offers content for better learning. We are a flexible and reliable partner in international co-operation and have understanding for different needs in different markets.
Please contact us for more information:
Mari Kyyhkynen
Foreign Rights
Otava Learning
+358 503103068
mari.kyyhkynen@otava.fi
Books In Foreign Languages
Otava Publishing Company publishes high quality books not only in Finnish but also in several other languages, for example in Swedish, English, French and German. The literature genres of these books inlcude e.g. novels, children’s literature, history, nature, art and architecture, and cuisine.
Private persons can buy these books at Akateeminen and Suomalainen net bookshops.
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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 Surakka
paivi.surakka@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
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
Otava Learning
Business Director Henna Miettinen
Digital solutions
Mobile +358 40 1834394
Sales Director Minna Sarestie
Mobile +358 50 4131670
Business Manager Anna-Reetta Sipilä
Basic education
Mobile + 358 40 7194303
Business Manager Eeva Lahdenmäki
General upper secondary school and upper secondary level
Mobile +358 40 5503140
Business Manager Mari Kyyhkynen
International sales, Otava Learning
Mobile +358 50 3103068
Executive Editor Susanna Björkell
Educational materials in Swedish
Mobile +358 445304630
