Finnish author living and writing in London. Addicted to books, Nordic Noir, fashion, art, theatre. I love this city!
Showing posts with label radio interview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label radio interview. Show all posts
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Want to hear me speak in Finnish?
I was asked some time ago to do an interview for the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London. Afterwards, I promptly forgot about it, until today when I came across the email exchange about the Language Trail project.
I don't usually like listening to myself (and here I go on a bit), because I sound like a high-pitched girl rather than a grown-up woman. So I was surprised how deep my voice seemed here. Perhaps it's the language - Finnish is spoken a few octaves lower than English? Or perhaps this is just another sign of old age. (Probably the latter. Oh my).
Whatever the case, here is the whole interview, where I talk in Finnish about my work at Finn-Guild, about how I came to be in England, and about my novel, The Englishman.
Saturday, 18 December 2010
My radio voice
In case you ever wondered what I sound like, here's a short excerpt from a US radio station. I'm talking about Sofi Oksanen's award-winning book, Purge. I reviewed it more fully on my other site here. Hope you enjoy this short snipped of Helena on air.
The whole radio broadcast of PRI's The World is here.
The whole radio broadcast of PRI's The World is here.
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