Enchanted Words – literature and literary arts festival for children
and young people will be held for the nineteenth time this spring.
Starting at the end of April, the Valve Cultural Centre will be filled
with literary art joy: stories, poetry, workshops, artist meetings,
exhibition experiences, performances, and concerts. This year’s
illustrator for Enchanted Words is Jenni Erkintalo, whose work
defines the festival’s visual identity for this year. Erkintalo is a
children’s book author, illustrator, and publisher who has illustrated
and written ten children’s picture books and published around
a hundred. Erkintalo’s book ‘Kuka ihana?’ was a nominee for the
Finlandia Junior Literature Award in autumn 2024. Jenni Erkintalo
will be the festival’s artist guest on the opening day, Saturday,
April 26. The events are in Finnish.