KVALSUND. To tell about war, and how it affects people, can be told in many ways. Many historians and scholars [...]

MURMANSK. The noble art of armchair travelling is both comfortable and practical. The vehicle is often a travel book, and the [...]

SYKTYVKAR. The Komi Republic has a rich and vivid folklore, a tradition that also has strong support from authorities and [...]

ARKHANGELSK. It’s finally here – the fourth volume of the Pomor Encyclopedia, totally devoted to culture in the Arkhangelsk Region. [...]

KARASJOK. The North Sami word Gaba means  “capable and independent woman”. Since 1996, it’s also the title of a very [...]

LULEÅ. From 2013, the public libraries in Norrbotten county are united into one single unit. This means that a reader [...]

HELSINKI. Writer Rosa Liksom was born in Ylitornio, Finnish Lapland. After living in Denmark, Russia, France, Iceland and Norway, and [...]

SYKTYVKAR. The Komi Republic, in the easternmost corner of the Barents Region, has two official languages:  Komi language (belonging to [...]

ROVANIEMI. There are travellers, and there are travellers. When Pasi Pikkupeura goes to Russia, he will probably not lie on [...]

MURMANSK. – This town is like a kaleidoscope, changing all the time, people move in and out. Writer Dmitry Korzhov [...]

SYKTYVKAR. A book is a book. On the Internet you can find enormous amounts of information. But the form and [...]

ONEGA. There are books that make you happy. The Russian “Не век жить- век вспоминать: народная культура Поонежья и Онежского” [...]

ARKHANGELSK. We don’t know very much about the literature of our neighbours in the Barents Region. The standard introduction is [...]

SOLVYCHEGODSK. Famous Russian writer and philosoper Kozma Petrovich Prutkov (1803 – 1863) worked for the government of the Russian Empire [...]

ARKHANGELSK. In 2001, the first volume was issued. The editor in chief,  Vladimir Bulatov, handed me a copy of “The [...]

THE ARCTIC. Book & Barents lovers can look forward to two major publications next year – “The Barents Encyclopedia” and [...]

                        ARKHANGELSK. The All-Russian/International theatre festival named after Fyodor [...]

KONOSHA. In 1964-65 the young poet Joseph Brodsky was exiled to village Norenskaya, outside railway junction Konosha in the south-western [...]

  KEMI. French cartoonist Christophe Blain has gained fame for his comic books about the pirate/painter Isaac. Blain is one [...]

PETROZAVODSK. Today is World Poetry Day. One of many celebrations will be held in Petrozavodsk, at the Center of National [...]

OULU. A new book from Oulu writer Eero Suvilehto is underways, this time about Iceland. Meetings with modern Vikings, readings [...]