2/2025

6.6.2025
|In Aktuellt, Övriga nummer
|By Astra

Astra 2/2025

June is here! And with it a new issue of Astra.

Astra issue 2/2025 is a collaboration between editors Sofia Elie and Elliot Lundegård, and they have been to film festivals, interviewed exciting authors, and had the honor of publishing funny, beautiful, and moving contributions from writers and photographers from different corners of the Nordic region and the world.

The issue contains, among other things, a photo reportage by Ukrainian Anya Tsaruk , poetry about language and belonging by Jakob Niedziela and a very recent short story play by Mirva Helenius , in which she explores contemporary stories about war and militarism based on Svetlana Aleksijevic’s writing. And much more!

The issue is available in stores in both Finland and Sweden now. You can find our retailers here , and you can also order a printed or digital copy directly.

If your local library or bookstore doesn’t have Astra, ask them to contact us at [email protected] and we’ll arrange it!

 

Cover image:  Minna Salami  photographed by Yvonne Schmedemann / THE NEW INSTITUTE

 

Astrid Sverresdotter Dypvik writes insightfully about women’s increasingly prominent place within the far right. Illustration: Sara Östman
Elliot Lundegård has met Tatjana Brandt in a long interview about Brandt’s latest book, The Dreamer Rousseau. Photographer: Helen Korpak

 

Contributors

Jacob Niedziela

Mio Lindman

Tatjana Brandt

Sofia Elie

Mirva Helenius

Anya Tsaruk

Astrid Sverresdotter Dypvik

Fredrik Soderlund

Elliot Lundegard

Minna Salami

Sara Ostman

Helen Korpak

Yvonne Schmedemann

Emma Johansson

 

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The issue reviews the latest book about Tove Jansson – where, among other things, Jansson’s daring ballads about lesbian sex and partying are published for the first time. Image: Publisher M
Anya Tsaruk’s photo report nuances the picture of today’s Ukraine. Photographer: Anya Tsaruk