Dear friend of Arkadia, You are invited to a very special evening. Karmela Belinki has very kindly accepted to visit the bookshop  on Thursday 16.9 at 6pm. She will talk and read from her books and life in Finnish, Swedish and English. www.karmelabelinki.com. You are heartily welcome. Warm regards, Ian www.arkadiabookshop.fi – Entrance is free and green tea will be served. A donation of €2 (or more!) is suggested and would be very welcome. Vieraana omassa maassa – främling i sitt eget land – stranger in one’s own country. Karmela Bélinki kertoo ja lukee omista teoksistaan – berättar och läser ur sina egna verk and so on. Whom am I? by Karmela Belinki Born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1947 Educated in Finland and in the United Kingdom Ph.D. in History and Literature Journalist, Writer, Translator and Academic Professional Work for UN Agencies and Inter-European Organizations Visiting Professor to many universities in Europe and the United States Political offices locally and nationally Honorary chairmanships and leading posts in national and international NGOs Published about twenty books of fiction and non-fiction, academic works etc. Thousands of lectures, articles, radio and tv programmes in various languages