stockholm calling

Friday to Saturday, September 15-16, 2006, the Swedish poetry magazine OEI, together with the Finnish one, Tuli&Savu (and in cooperation with Galleria Huuto), will present "Finnish Poetry Now!", a happening with 1) a reading on Sept. 15, 8 PM, by J. O. Mallander and Leevi Lehto in Café Edenborg, Stora Nygatan 35 (in the Old Town), 2) on Sept. 16, 3 PM to 10 PM, a huge reading at Ugglan, Närkesgatan 6 (at Nytorget) with 30+ Finnish, Finland-Swedish and Swedish poets, featuring Anna Hallberg, Cia Rinne, Eino Santanen, Fredrik Hertzberg, Fredrik Nyberg, Heidi von Wright, Helena Eriksson, Henriikka Tavi, Ida Börjel, J. O. Mallander, Janne Nummela, Johan Jönson, Johannes Heldén, Juhana Vähänen, Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Jörgen Gassilewski, Kajsa Sundin, Karl Larsson, Lars Mikael Raattamaa, Leevi Lehto, Mara Lee, Marina Ciglar, Marko Niemi, Martin Högström, Miia Toivio, Reetta Niemelä, Silja Järventausta, Teemu Manninen, Tuomas Timonen, Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson, Ulrika Nielsen, and Ville-Juhani Sutinen, to be followed by a party with electronic music by Jean-Louis Huhta. The happening is also a release of a special Finland issue of OEI, suOmEI - featuring contemporary Finnish poetry (in an 170 page anthology edited by Leevi Lehto) and textart (in a separate section edited by Marina Ciglar and Fredrik Hertzberg).