Bonnier Rights Finland

🎯 Rights sold!

🇸🇪 Opal acquired Swedish rights to Jukka Behm’s latest YA novel —from the author whose bestselling Hammersmith United trilogy has even the most reluctant readers hooked.

🫣 What if hiding your face gave you a voice? A hurtful incident at school leads teenager Daniel to stop talking in front of people. A paper bag seems like a solution to him. When Daniel posts a video with his mask on, he feels braver and calls out injustice and speaks out the uncomfortable truths about being a teenager – and the world listens. ’s popularity soars, yet irl Daniel is still not talking to those closest to him. A sharp, tender and highly original novel about shame, kindness, visibility, fame, and the courage it takes to truly be seen.

Jukka Behm
Bokförlaget Opal

🤍 Sonja Koski has been posthumously awarded the 2026 State Award for Public Information for her non-fiction book THE CHIMPANZEE WITHIN US.

🏆 Conferred every year by the Ministry of Education and Culture, it's the highest national recognition for distinguished publication of information in Finland. The award for THE CHIMPANZEE WITHIN US also serves as a tribute to Sonja Koski (1973–2025) and her work as a researcher.

👏 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘦𝘴: 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴. [...]
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 “𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦.” —Committee for Public Information motivation