Tove Jansson
Elena Ferrante and Marian Keyes among authors competing in Eurovision book contest
As musicians prepare for the Eurovision song contest on Saturday, entries for its literary counterpart have been announced
Lucy Knight
12, May, 2023 @10:43 AM
‘A masterpiece’: why Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book is as relevant as ever at 50
She might be better known as the creator of the Moomins but the Finnish author’s tender hymn to nature and tolerance is as relevant today as it was a half-century ago
Lucy Knight
01, Sep, 2022 @3:51 PM
Top 10 novels about things that go horribly wrong on islands
From John Fowles’s deep weirdness to Yōko Ogawa’s amnesiac dystopia, these books could put you off beach holidays for ever
Rebecca Rukeyser
08, Jun, 2022 @10:05 AM
The best books about islands, from Wide Sargasso Sea to Dark Matter
Author Kiran Millwood Hargrave picks her favourites, including Monique Roffey’s fabulist Caribbean and Madeline Miller’s witch banished by Zeus
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
23, Aug, 2021 @8:00 AM
Tove review – gentle biopic of the early career of the Moomins creator
This engaging drama centres on the bohemian postwar years when Tove Jansson began drawing some mischievous trolls…
Simran Hans
11, Jul, 2021 @10:30 AM
Tove review – impassioned portrayal of Moomins creator lights up biopic
The story of Tove Jansson’s artistic struggles and daring bisexual affairs in 1940s Finland is energised by a shining central performance from Alma Pöysti
Cath Clarke
08, Jul, 2021 @8:00 AM
How Tove Jansson’s love of nature shaped the world of the Moomins
The Finnish artist’s work was hugely influenced by her passion for the great outdoors – in particular the tiny island of Klovharun
Susannah Clapp
05, Jun, 2021 @3:30 PM
The Guardian view on the picture book: not just for children
Editorial: When a Nobel-prizewinning novelist turns to illustrated fiction, it’s time to question assumptions
Editorial
19, Mar, 2021 @6:33 PM
On my radar: Indira Varma's cultural highlights
The actor on Tove Jansson’s adult fiction and eclectic French radio
Killian Fox
12, Sep, 2020 @2:00 PM
My favourite book as a kid ... Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson
I found the story of Moomintroll waking up alone in a world transformed deeply unsettling as a child - and still do, writes historian Tom Holland
Tom Holland
07, May, 2020 @8:00 AM
What the Moomins creator can teach us about small worlds
Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book tells of people on a tiny island off Finland, living together with tact, grace and delightful attention to their surroundings
Melissa Harrison
11, Apr, 2020 @10:00 AM
Elizabeth Gilbert: ‘Don’t we all wish we’d written Wolf Hall?’
The bestselling author on her love of Tove Jansson, trying to read Ulysses and why we shouldn’t ‘book-shame’
Elizabeth Gilbert
27, Mar, 2020 @10:00 AM
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