Andres Allan Ellmann: One of the few mystics By Lauri Sommer ELM 2/2019 ••• Andres Allan Ellmann (1964-1988) was one of the very few mystical poets in post-war Estonian poetry. I think it was in his blood – his moth...
Veronika KivisillaA perfect day By Veronika Kivisilla ELM 2/2019 ••• A perfect day naturally begins early in the morning. That is my time! I hope I never learn to sleep in! I’d never exchange the promisin...
Eda AhiWarmth and perturbation By ELM ELM 1/2019 ••• Eda Ahi is a poet whose sharp words, impeccable sense of rhythm, and rich imagery has captivated readers since her very first collection. M...
Kristiina EhinBut Love Has a Forest Bird’s Heart By Siim Lill ELM 1/2019 ••• 2018, 88 pp.ISBN 9789949888399 Kristiina Ehin’s eighth and latest work But Love Has a Forest Bird’s Heart is a collection of poems writt...
Mihkel MuttAll is Well By Siim Lill ELM 1/2019 ••• Fabian, 2018. 192 pp.ISBN 9789949933686 Mihkel Mutt’s collection of short prose All is Well, published in late 2018, is a follow-up to h...
Kai Aareleid Secret Lives By Elisa-Johanna Liiv ELM 1/2019 ••• Varrak, 2018. 152 pp.ISBN 9789985345016 Kai Aareleid’s first short-story collection Secret Lives comprises novellas and miniatures writt...
Mehis Heinsaar The Gardener of Tension Fields By Maarja Helena Meriste ELM 1/2019 ••• Verb, 2018. 96 pp.ISBN 9789949723812Mehis Heinsaar’s baroquely fantastical world of writing no longer needs a greater introduction for Esto...
Veronika Kivisilla Until Love Sparks By Maarja Helena Meriste ELM 1/2019 ••• Hunt, 2018. 224 pp.ISBN 9789949731909 Occasionally, people speak in alarm about how the digital age has sentenced ‘cherished old book cu...
Maarja Kangro My Awards By Peeter Helme ELM 1/2019 ••• Nähtamatu Ahv, 2018. 336 pp.ISBN 9789949886623Writing about literature is always rife with dangers. One pitfall is that the author ends up ...
Rein Raud Last One Turns Out the Light By Peeter Helme ELM 1/2019 ••• Salv, 2018. 192 pp.ISBN 9789949887408 Rein Raud is an author riveted by society. In addition to writing prose, poetry, and drama, he is ...
Andrus Kivirähk Tilda and the Dust Angel By Krista Kumberg ELM 1/2019 ••• FD Distribution, 2018. 144 pp.ISBN 9789949724802 For anyone expecting to find Andrus Kivirähk’s usual mischievous humor imbedded with im...
Anti Saar Pärt and the Last Piece of Cake By Tiina Undrits ELM 1/2019 ••• Päike ja Pilv 2018. 32 ppISBN 9789949728527 Growing up is a big adventure and a challenge, especially when you’re a seven-year-old b...
The 2018 Turku Book Fair: Notes from the organiser By Sanna Immanen ELM 1/2019 ••• In October of last year, Finland’s oldest annual book fair brought together a total of 700 performers, 500 book releases, hundreds of stand...
Reeli Reinaus Marius, Magic and Lisa the Werewolf Translated by Susan Wilson ELM 1/2019 ••• This time Marius moved with utmost care and memorised exactly where he’d come from. He no longer had any intention of dozing off or meeting...
Danutė Giraitė: work = hobby = lifestyle By Pille-Riin Larm ELM 2019/1 ••• Danutė Sirijos Giraitė has been translating Estonian literature into Lithuanian for over 40 years, with a list of titles that spans prose, ...
Reeli Reinaus:From competition writer to true author By Jaanika Palm ELM 2019/1 ••• Not everyone can sufficiently appreciate literary competitions and their effect on the rise of future writers. Such contests are often seen...
Ene Mihkelson: “How to become a person? How to be a person?” By Aija Sakova ELM 1/2019 ••• Once, a mistake was made, and the mistake was violenceEven afterward, people were born (poor ones?)who adapted to the mistake and lived inn...
Poetry by Kristjan Haljak from the collection Verlaine’s Revolver Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2019 ••• (Tuum, 2018) OH SUN OH LIGHT OH DUST I this could be rum’s dialogue and quotation marks but that woman I saw in the woods yeste...
Kristjan Haljak Poète maudit? By Siim Lill ELM 1/2019 ••• Kristjan Haljak is a poet, translator, and instructor of literature. Haljak has occasionally been called a Decadent (no matter whether seri...
A Brief Guide to Toomas Nipernaadi’s Estonia By Jason Finch ELM 1/2019 ••• The object of this guide is to supply curious readers, who are possibly also travellers in the country, with some information about the lan...
Tiit Aleksejev Hortus Conclusus Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2019 ••• We attack from three sides at once. From the south where the moat is now the shallowest and it’s possible to nudge the siege tower up to th...
Tiit AleksejevPlaces of writing By Tiit Aleksejev ELM 1/2019 ••• Places of writing can be divided into two: those where writing is possible in general, and those that have a direct connection to the subje...
Poetry by Eda Ahi from the collectionWar and Peturbation Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2019 ••• (Verb, 2018) Obolon Obolon’s raspberries.  ...
Lyrikline – Listen to the poet 20 years of spoken poetry By Elle-Mari Talivee ELM 2019/1 ••• This year, the Lyrikline.org poetry portal, which was founded in Berlin in 1999, will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Running the site is t...