Martta Kaukonen
@marttakaukonen.bsky.social
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Harrogate New Blood panel 2024
Harrogate New Blood panel 2024
As Theakston Crime Writing Festival is now on full swing and I'm home at Helsinki here's some memories. I was a guest at the festival for the first time last year. Here I'm with @mserinkelly.bsky.social. Her books were an important influence for Follow the Buttefly. @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
As Theakston Crime Writing Festival is now on full swing and I'm home at Helsinki here's some memories. I was a guest at the festival for the first time last year. Here I'm with @mserinkelly.bsky.social. Her books were an important influence for Follow the Buttefly. @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social
I just got the Latvian edition of my psychological thriller Follow the Butterfly. It's the 14 foreing edition of the book. Some foreign publeshers who have bought the translation rights to the novel haven't published it yet. 😍
May 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I just got the Latvian edition of my psychological thriller Follow the Butterfly. It's the 14 foreing edition of the book. Some foreign publeshers who have bought the translation rights to the novel haven't published it yet. 😍
Meta stole my debut psychologicaal thriller Follow the Butterfly. This is the day for protest!
On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
SoA day of action following allegations of Meta’s mass theft of authors’ work – The Society of Authors
On Thursday 20 March, The Atlantic broke the story of how Meta has used the Library Genesis (LIbGen) dataset, which is full of pirated material, to develop their AI systems.
societyofauthors.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Meta stole my debut psychologicaal thriller Follow the Butterfly. This is the day for protest!
My debut psychological thriller Follow the Butterfly is one of the millions novels that Meta has ripped off.
We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
March 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My debut psychological thriller Follow the Butterfly is one of the millions novels that Meta has ripped off.
I had such a good time as a guest at @theconversation.bsky.social Thank you so much, Nadine! Here's a clip of us talking about what is a proper age for a debut author. Enjoy! 🤩
It’s incredible how the stories we tell ourselves can hold us back. In this clip from ep 111 of 🎙️ @theconversation.bsky.social with my guest @marttakaukonen.bsky.social we talk about why you’re never too old to write. Listen to the full podcast now - link in bio
March 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I had such a good time as a guest at @theconversation.bsky.social Thank you so much, Nadine! Here's a clip of us talking about what is a proper age for a debut author. Enjoy! 🤩
I had the time of my life in @theconversation.bsky.social! Thank you dear Nadine for having me as a guest! Have fun listening to it! 🎉
“There was too much blood in the room.” A voice in the night changed everything for Finnish author @marttakaukonen.bsky.social Now, her protagonist, Ida, is captivating readers worldwide. Available now! Hear our full conversation on her writing journey & breaking free from self-doubt.
March 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I had the time of my life in @theconversation.bsky.social! Thank you dear Nadine for having me as a guest! Have fun listening to it! 🎉
Al Majalla, the Arab world's leading current affairs magazine interviewed me. I got to talk about how I heard the first lines of Follow the Butterfly in my head. Thank you AlMajalla and the lovely journalist @nesrein.bsky.social! #followthebutterfly
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Finnish writer Martta Kaukonen on film, fame, and fjords
Fêted on the literary scene, the Finnish film critic turned novelist still finds all the attention a little surreal, but that watching so many movies—and having an encouraging editor—helped her write
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March 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Al Majalla, the Arab world's leading current affairs magazine interviewed me. I got to talk about how I heard the first lines of Follow the Butterfly in my head. Thank you AlMajalla and the lovely journalist @nesrein.bsky.social! #followthebutterfly
en.majalla.com/node/324713/...
en.majalla.com/node/324713/...
The sequel of my psychological thriller Follow the Butterfly will be published in Germany today. It's called Meet Me in the Darkness and it's German tittle is Traumatisiert. Happy birthday! 🎉
March 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The sequel of my psychological thriller Follow the Butterfly will be published in Germany today. It's called Meet Me in the Darkness and it's German tittle is Traumatisiert. Happy birthday! 🎉
Today we celebrate in Finland Finnish Culture Day.
February 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Today we celebrate in Finland Finnish Culture Day.
My agent Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has published their Spring 2025 Rights Guide! My debut psychological thriller's Italian edition Butterfly is on the cover. Thank you Elina and the whole team!
February 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My agent Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has published their Spring 2025 Rights Guide! My debut psychological thriller's Italian edition Butterfly is on the cover. Thank you Elina and the whole team!
Happy Valentine's Day! This picture is so old that I don't recognize myself anymore. What if someone has broken in to my apartment and put her picture on my old photo album so that I would loose my sense of identity? Could this be the starting point for my next psychological thriller? 🤣
February 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Happy Valentine's Day! This picture is so old that I don't recognize myself anymore. What if someone has broken in to my apartment and put her picture on my old photo album so that I would loose my sense of identity? Could this be the starting point for my next psychological thriller? 🤣
You can't get inside of this Mondadori bookshop in Rome without bumbing to my psychological thriller Follow the Butterfly (italian name: Butterfly)!
February 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
You can't get inside of this Mondadori bookshop in Rome without bumbing to my psychological thriller Follow the Butterfly (italian name: Butterfly)!
I had a lovely evening yesterday in Taivassalo library: a reading and an interview. Thank you librarian Taneli Toppari and and the brilliant audience. And my dear friend Anu who was my chauffeur as I don't have a driving license.
February 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I had a lovely evening yesterday in Taivassalo library: a reading and an interview. Thank you librarian Taneli Toppari and and the brilliant audience. And my dear friend Anu who was my chauffeur as I don't have a driving license.
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Today is your last day to secure early bird tickets for #CapitalCrimeFestival 2025
Here are some of the incredible names announced so far, with 60+ more huge names still to come!
Don't miss out: www.capitalcrime.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Attention, crime & thriller fans - time is running out!
Today is your last day to secure early bird tickets for #CapitalCrimeFestival 2025
Here are some of the incredible names announced so far, with 60+ more huge names still to come!
Don't miss out: www.capitalcrime.org
Today is your last day to secure early bird tickets for #CapitalCrimeFestival 2025
Here are some of the incredible names announced so far, with 60+ more huge names still to come!
Don't miss out: www.capitalcrime.org
I've been approved as a member to the Crime Writer's Association. Thank you so much! I'm delighted.
January 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I've been approved as a member to the Crime Writer's Association. Thank you so much! I'm delighted.
Goodbye, X! I'm here! Now I have made at least one good decision in my life.
January 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Goodbye, X! I'm here! Now I have made at least one good decision in my life.