Sara Norja

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Tietokirja: Alkemian historia ☆ PhD in English ☆ Speculative fiction & poetry ☆ Historical linguistics ☆ History of alchemy ☆ Manuscript studies ☆ English/suomi ☆ Queer ☆ She/her ☆

Unboxing-video, jossa Sara Norja näkee ensi kertaa Keijut - myyttinen historia -kirjan
18.30-19.00 Kullan kiiltoa ja transmutaatiokieltoja: Keskiajan alkemia tieteenalana Lisa Hagman -juhlasali, 1. krs Tilaisuus myös verkossa
Photo of a big, gloriously red toadstool in a Finnish forest
Photo of T. Kingfisher's novel Hemlock & Silver
Closeup photo of a bookshelf with Kate Elliott books, focused on the Spiritwalker trilogy: Cold Magic, Cold Fire, and Cold Steel, as well as the collection The History of the World Begins in Ice.
Photo of a very happy, smiling Sara in her doctoral top hat, wearing a long black skirt and a historically inspired black coat - with a ceremonial doctoral sword at her waist.
Sara Norja kirjailijavieraana 6.5.2025 - klo 18-19 - aikuiset Valokuvassa Sara Norjan kasvokuva (kuvaaja: Tuukka Lindholm). Sara on valkoinen, silmälasipäinen nainen, jolla on hiukset kiinni ja riikinkukkokuvioinen sininen mekko.
Photo of Sara Norja, a white woman in a long skirt wielding a longsword with a green grip. In the background: bookshelves full of books and knicknacks.
Wanted poster format, with a photo of Netanyahu: International Criminal Court WANTED For crimes against humanity Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel Logo of The Left EU in the right corner
Cover of Amal El-Mohtar's novella The River Has Roots, photographed laying flat on a William Morris patterned yellow cushion.
Cover of Angeli Primlani's novel The Marlen of Prague: Christopher Marlowe and the City of Gold
KUSTANNUSSOPIMUS SKS Oppi ja Tieto Oy / SKS Kirjat (edempänä kustantaja) ja Sara Norja (edempänä tekijä) ovat tänään tehneet sopimuksen Keijut maailman myyteissä ja tarinoissa-nimisestä teoksesta (työnimi, edempänä teos), johon tekijällä on täysi tekijänoikeus. Kyseessä on narratiivinen populaari tietokirja, kokonaislaajuus 150 000–200 000 merkkiä välilyönteineen. Käsikirjoitus sisältää tekijän kuvitussuunnitelman.
Closeup photo of Sara's desk with some Tolkien-related books, a notebook, and a mug of tea (the mug is from Gladstone's Library).
13.30 – 14.15 Seksi, kuolema ja queerius suomalaisessa kansanperinteessä Paneeli katsoo ruumista historiasta käsin. Mitä on suomalainen kansanperinne, ja miten vaikeita aiheita käsiteltiin? Onko ihmisruumista koskevan keskustelun moninainen näkökulma jotain uutta? Keskustelemassa väitöskirjatutkija ja kirjailija Rimma Erkko sekä kirjailijat Juha Jyrkäs ja Sara Norja. Haastattelemassa Sara Snellman.
Portrait of Charles II as an infant by an unknown artist, 1630. He's got a spaniel in his lap, is grasping them by one ear, and has a teething toy in his other hand. See https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw09919/King-Charles-II
Detail of the phoenix among Elizabeth I's sumptuously embroidered dress, from Hilliard's Phoenix Portrait at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The Phoenix Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I by Nicholas Hilliard, c. 1575
A picture of a title-page with the text On Parchment Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age Bruce Holsinger
The recto side (flesh) of a 55 by 40 cm sheet of parchment with musical notation, some Latin lyrics and a couple of large initials in blue and red ink. The folio number 211 has been written in the right margin twice. Dating: ??
Kirjastosilta bridge in Turku, Finland, lit a ghostly blue on a rainy October night
A three-quarter photo of Sara, looking to the sea with wind-whipped short hair and shades of blue, purple and green in her clothes. In the background is a receding Helsinki and the Baltic Sea.
Bluesky image celebrating million users, showing that Sara was #460,424!
Sara Norja, baffled and happy with her debut Finnish verse novel Kummajaisten kesä
Cover image for the -punk anthology Breaking Through, featuring a green-haired, punky white person's face broken up like mirror shards. Pre-order now - out 10/17
Photo of a moss-covered tree in a green Scottish forest. Its branches stretch out, forming a complex lattice against the background of green leaf and mist.
A selfie of some excellent and wonderful writers at Worldcon in Glasgow, sitting at a picnic table outside, grinning despite the stiff wind
The cover of This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, held up by my hand against a background of my lounging legs on my balcony sofa, green plants in the background.
Closeup of a writer's desk, with a scrawled-upon manuscript draft, a mug of matcha for fuel, and a tarot card (the Knight of Coins).
Book cover of Premee Mohamed's The Butcher of the Forest
A chonky pigeon in a tree
Photo of Sara Norja holding her book Kummajaisten kesä
Tiny snail on yellowfoot mushroom, held between two fingers
Black beetle scuttling on the forest floor
Woman with glasses