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Our president Tarja Halonen opens the litterature tour #crowdlitterature #kokoteatteri #crowdlitbus

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Daniel Malpican esitys menossa Crowd-avajaisissa #crowdlitbus pic.twitter.com/Tq5yheO9hM

— Nuoren Voiman Liitto (@NuorenVoimanL) May 2, 2016

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it is so nice yo see you all here! and the ones who are not here yet, we have program until 23 o'clock!

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daniel malpica & moritz cartheuser dear followers! it's so ambient it takes us to a completely another world

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Lily Michaelidis on #crowdlitbus tour in Helsinki 2016 pic.twitter.com/U1v1y7MaIj

— Aino Laine (@laine_aino) May 2, 2016

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#crowdlitbus live in Helsinki

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Jos tämä ei ole jazzia, on se varmasti jazzilta pakenemista. Valitsemme joogan tai kapakan. Marko Tomas #crowdlitbus pic.twitter.com/tAbnAh9UHv

— Aino Laine (@laine_aino) May 2, 2016

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Alev Adilin runoutta ja videota yhdistänyt esitys oli valehtelematta yksi parhaita näkemiäni. Niin vahvaa, karismaattista, oivaltavaa ja rohkeaa. Aika siistiä päästä näiden tyyppien kaa kiertueelle #crowdlitbus

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Listen to some snippets of the readings at the Opening Ceremony for the OMNIBUS Reading Tour:

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#bussiselfie Hämeenlinnan kohdilta. Ihan kaikkia kirjailijoita ei näy kunnolla, mutta mun pää sitäkin isompana. Ollaan jo Tampereella ja esiinnytään Telakalla 18.00. Nähään siellä! #crowdlitbus

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My friend the Finnish poet Mari Laaksonen who lives in Tampere and will be reading the translations. Nice iNose iSunshade for me. Jesus, they didn't tell me Finland was a tropical country! #crowdlitbus

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Ollaan alusta asti puhuttu, että meidän #crowdlitbus ideana on saattaa ihmisiä yhteen. Tänään se konkretisoitui esim. siinä, kun opiskelukaveri ja kongolaistaustainen kirjailijamme Fiston juttelivat ranskaksi innokkaasti esityksen jälkeen terassilla. Kuva liittyy, joskin siinä on @ricardoxdomeneck valmistautumassa omaan esitykseensä (ja kertomaan samat vitsit joihin muut kiertueen kirjailijat kuulemma ehtivät takuulla viikossa kyllästyä).

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Tampere. Cute square. Sun. The Finns go craaazy. #crowdlitbus

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with Fiston Mwanza Mujila during cigarette break on the road to Tampere. We stopped in Hämeenlinna, where Sibelius was born. #crowdlitbus

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Satu Taskinen (Finland), Katarzyna Fetlińska (Poland) and Fiston Mwanza Mujila (Congo) in the lobby, with our bus outside waiting. Bye, Helsinki. We are off to Tampere. #crowdlitbus

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Congolese novelist and poet Fiston Mwanza Mujila just nailed it. A griot is a griot is a griot is a griot. #FistonMwanzaMujila #crowdlitbus

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Our event has started well with prose of Marko Tomaš and Satu Taskinen in #Tampere and cultural spot named Telakka. If you are nearby, please feel free to join us! #crowdlitbus

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So powerful, so beautiful, so brave Alev Adil performing her poetry. Translations are read by local author Alexandra Salmela. Really amazing evening with literature is going on here in #Tampere! #crowdlitbus #telakka

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Reading last night in Tampere. It was an honour to have Finnish poet J. K. Ihalainen (b. 1957) read the translations. #crowdlitbus

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You realize it's true when we say #crowdlitbus is about connecting people when you follow a Finnish literature student and Fiston Mwanza Mujila having lively conversation after the event. But in the picture, there are our host JK Ihalainen and @ricardoxdomeneck performing earlier today.

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Writing workshop with Finnish high schoolers in Jyväskylä. #crowdlitbus

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Tonight I read only one of my poems and then one by Cia Rinne, from the anthology that I edited – "Your + 1: some Berlin-based international writing" (Berlin: #GullyHavoc, 2016). #crowdlitbus

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Tonight I read only one of my poems and then one by Cia Rinne, from the anthology that I edited – "Your + 1: some Berlin-based international writing" (Berlin: #GullyHavoc, 2016). #crowdlitbus

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Finnish novelist Satu Taskinen. We started our reading in Jyväskylä. #crowdlitbus

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Novelist & poet Marko Tomaš, from Bosnia and Herzegovina. #crowdlitbus

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Novelist Peter Højrup, from Denmark. #crowdlitbus

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Finland is not only a land of thousand lakes but also a land of endless fields and roads. And it's just perfect weather for a road trip! Video doesn't have sound but we truly recommend to watch it with listening to a Finnish band called Scandinavian Music Group. #crowdlitbus is on the road!

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When we waited to get to ferry to #Hailuoto some of our authors tested how warm is sea water. At the end of the video you can hear how our worker Anna is being polite and tough at the same time 😄 #crowdlitbus

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Cypriot poet Alev Adil walking to the sea on the island of Hailuoto, in the Gulf of Bothnia. #crowdlitbus

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We are having some readings and relaxing and discussing with locals. The main subject has been speaking and reading different languages and what do they sound like. Katarzyna just told that Finnish sounds like someone was hopping: "lallalallalalla". The place we are is called Eikanpirtti which is a villa of passed away, well-known cultural person named Eikka. We are having really good time here in sunny North! #crowdlitbus #Hailuoto

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Saanijärvi Lake, seen from the bus. We are driving north to the ferry that will take us to the island of Hailuoto. #crowdlitbus

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Miten kaunis päivä (ja maisemat) istua nenä kiinni läppärin näytössä ja lähetellä maileja kirjailijoille, jotka päättää heittäytyä hankaliksi. #justsayin #crowdlitbus #finland #9am

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#tbt to 1st week of #crowdlitbus and the moment we started to fill in our papyrus roll. This roll will round the whole tour. Every author will leave his or her mark on it. #Eikanpirtti #Hailuoto

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Saavuttiin Ouluun, lähdettiin Annan kaa kaljalle. Harhailtiin puoli tuntia kun mulla oli aina uusi idea paikan suhteen muttei tietoa sijainnista. Sanoin Oulua kolmesti Turuksi. Tultiin kaljalle, unohdin ensin maksaa ja menin vaan pöytään. Me tarvitaan nää kaljat ja ehkä unta. #crowdlitbus #oulu

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Lauttamatka. Edelleen hämmentää miten nää kaikki autot pysyy pinnalla ja miten kaunis meri onkaan. #hailuoto #crowdlitbus

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Kari is being the pope! What is happening here?!!! You tell us! #crowdlitbus

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One event in Oulu behind, one more to go! Our authors read their texts at the brand new Literature House and told stories behind the texts. It was nice! Meet us in Tuba in two hours! Showtime at 7 PM. #crowdlitbus #oulu

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Theater and Library. #crowdlitbus

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Vaikka meillä oli Oulussa koko aamupäivä vapaata, aika meni tiiviisti työn touhussa. Sentään ehdin käydä kahvilla torilla ja Kofeiinikompaniassa tee- ja kahviostoksilla. Myös #Oulu kohtelee ihmistä hyvin. #crowdlitbus

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Our Ville & our companion from Oulu Kari Miettunen are presenting the tour for the northern audience!!! #crowdlitbus

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Reading at the Writers' House in Oulu, Finland, a couple of days ago. Photo by Alev Adil. #crowdlitbus

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We got our girl from Kemi @sylvielina join us for last night and short trip from #oulu to #kemi. Meet Elina on our last Northern week in Sweden and Denmark! #crowdlitbus

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unettoman yön jälkeen ravintolavaunun ikkunassa heijastus eikä ulkona puissa vielä yhtään silmuja. voi lappi. #crowdlitbus

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Here we have @ricardoxdomeneck feet at the Arctic Circle. We crossed it! This is the most Northern place he or I have ever visited. We have a reading in Kauppayhtiö, Rovaniemi at 6 PM #crowdlitbus

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#tbt Rovaniemelle, missä meidän #crowdlitbus vietti kaksi päivää. Kemijoki oli vaikuttava.

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Not a bear but polar. #crowdlitbus

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Ricardo Domeneck, Ville Hämäläinen and Marko Tomaš on hallowed ground in Rovaniemi (a.k.a. Santa’s birthplace). Photo: Peter Højrup

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NOW KISS THE MOOSE LIKE YOU MEAN IT #crowdlitbus #vainrovaniemijutut

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our dear Andrea Inglese let audience read #finnishpeopleareshy #crowdlitbus

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kemijoki ja alkava ystävyys #crowdlitbus

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kemijoki ja alkava ystävyys #crowdlitbus

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It is. Ks. @veeramilja'n kuva. #rollo #crowdlitbus

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matkaan lähden! jallun kanssa aikomus hankkia ystäviä. #crowdlitbus

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Great to run into Czeck poet Ondřej Buddeus in Rovaniemi. I met him in Berlin a couple of years ago when he stayed at the Poets Hotel (my flat). Our group ends the tour in Finland today, his group stars theirs and drives to Norway. #crowdlitbus #OndrejBuddeus

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olarkreis #crowdlitbus

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We just finished our last event in Rovaniemi. Here you can see Peter Højrup performing. It has been amazing week with these authors! #crowdlitbus

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Great to meet Swedish poet Aase Berg in Finland. Look for her work! #crowdlitbus #AaseBerg

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järvet jäässä, grillillä kosittiin. Enontekiöö! #crowdlitbus

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The first day of the second week! We are hosting a discussion in high school of Enontekiö, which is the town before entering Norway in the north of Finland! #crowdlitbus

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On our way to back to home. Andrea and Alev of course have a bit longer journey. It will be a nice experience (and for me, the first time in a night train, too) even if Andrea left his key inside the room and it took two members of staff to get him inside 🙊 #crowdlitbus

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