Author Leena Paasio Visits the Library

Leena Paasio discusses her latest young adult novel Meren koskettamat (WSOY, 2024), set on the island of Utö and beginning with the events of the Estonia disaster. The book explores young people's relationships and the search for identity.

Paasio has previously written young adult books in the Baltic Sea series Harmaja luode seitsemän (WSOY, 2022) and Bengtskär kahdeksan (WSOY, 2023).

This author visit is part of Jätkäsaari Library's "Rakkaudesta" event series in autumn 2026, which includes communal singing, a love poetry competition, and speed dating. Full programme: tapahtumat.hel.fi/rakkaudesta