Nov. 27, 2025 - Hidden Gems Podcast ​with Chris Tuch and Roland Hulme (podcast)

 

Nov. 25, 2025 - Ramblings from the Little Shed with Holly & Rogan Gutwillinger (podcast)

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Nov. 12, 2025 -- Book Review Surviving Stutthof, Author Anthony Avina (blog)

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Nov. 11, 2025 -- Like Water for Weary Souls Review, Melanie Martilla, The Seaboard Review of Books (book review)

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Nov. 9, 2025 -- Book Launch, Like Water for Weary Souls, 1-3:00 PM, Finlandia Village, Sudbury, ON​ (view recording)

 

Nov. 6, 2025 -- Fall in love with great stories by Sudbury Writers, Judi Straughan, Sudbury Star (article)

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Nov. 4, 2025 -- Tea Time with Elizabeth Gagnon Live at 7:00 PM EST; YouTube recording (podcast)

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Oct. 30, 2025 -- Book Review, Sassy Reviews (blog review)

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Oct. 25, 2025 -- Moderator, Paths to Publishing, Wordstock Literary Festival (panel)

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Oct.25, 2025 -- Blueprint Bootcamp: Plan Your Story in 7 Steps, Sisters in Crime, Jersey Sleuths Chapter (presentation)

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Oct. 23, 2025 -- The Editor's Inkpot 021: Writing Process (and Favorite Tudor Queens) with Liisa Kovala, host  Margaret Mcnellis (podcast)

 

Oct. 17, 2025 -- Liisa Kovala on the 5 Things You Need to be a Successful Author or Writer, Kristin Marquet, Authority Magazine  (interview)​

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Oct. 9, 2025 -- Book Review: Like Water for Weary Souls, Author Anthony Avina (blog)

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Oct. 9, 2025 -- Empowering Women Writers: A Conversation with Liisa Kovala, Behind the Publisher's Desk with Colin Mustful (podcast)

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Sept. 21, 2025 -- Intergenerational Storytelling with co-presenter Caroline Topperman, Kingston WritersFest (workshop)

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Aug. 9, 2025 -- Blueprint Bootcamp: Plan Your Story in 7 Steps, Sudbury Writers' Guild, Roving Outdoor Book Fair (workshop)

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Mar. 22, 2025 -- Sarah Selecky's Story is a State of Mind Workshop, Sudbury Writers' Guild  (workshop)

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Mar. 3, 2025 -- Our Brains on Story, The Writers Union of Canada, Writers-in-Schools program  (workshop)

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Jan. 25, 2025 -- Interview with author and book coach Liisa Kovala, Show, Don't Tell Podcast with Suzy Vadori (podcast)

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Nov. 3, 2024 -- From Memories to Manuscript, Canadian Friends of Finland, Vancouver  (workshop)

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Nov. 2, 2024 -- Moderator, The Inner Lives of Women, Wordstock Literary Festival (panel)

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Sept. 9, 2024 -- Google Classroom for Your Clients, Author Accelerator, Coaches Teaching Coaches (presentation)

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Dec.16, 2023 -- Northern Ontario Stories: Discussion & Author Signing, Liisa Kovala & Vera Constantineau, North Bay PL (author talk)

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Nov. 14, 2023 -- Book Coaches from Sudbury putting on immersive writers' retreat, Hugh Kruzel, Sudbury Star (article)

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Oct. 6, 2023 -- Our Brains on Story, The Writers Union of Canada, Writers-in-Schools program (presentation)

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Aug. 2, 2023 -- Youthwords Workshop, Wordstock Literary Festival (workshop)

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June 23, 2023 -- Sisu's Winter War, review by Alison Manley, Miramichi Reader (book review)

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June 19, 2023 -- Surviving Stutthof, New Books Network with Ari Barabat (podcast)

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June 9, 2023 -- Sisu's Winter War, New Books Network with Ari Barabat (podcast)

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May 27, 2023 -- Riverside Reading Series, Liisa Kovala, Tanis Macdonald, Adelle Purdham, & Alexandria Goodall, Paris, ON (reading)

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May 9, 2023 -- Guest reader, Conspiracy of Three, North Bay, ON (reading)

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April 13, 2023 -- Creative Non-Fiction Workshop, Northwestern Ontario Writers' Workshop (NOWW) (workshop)

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March 25, 2023 -- Keynote Speaker, Penage Road Women's Institute, Lively, ON (presentation)

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Feb. 2, 2023 -- Book Signing, Ontario Library Association Superconference (author signing)

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Jan. 23, 2023 -- Guest speaker, Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), Sudbury, ON (presentation)

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Jan. 22, 2023 -- Sisu's Winter War, Alison Manley, Miramichi Reader (review)

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Dec.15, 2022 --  Debut novelist Liisa Kovala on how the Finnish concept of sisu informed her story of war, family, and Alzheimer's, Open Book (article)

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Dec. 9, 2022 -- Interweaving Fact and Fiction: Writing About Finnish History, Canadian Friends of Finland, Ottawa (presentation)

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Nov. 29, 2022 -- The Book Cover with Lisa Tucker, The Borderline Radio, Sault Ste. Marie, ON (interview)​​​

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Oct. 30, 2022 -- Guest Speaker, Finnish Canadian Historical Society, Sudbury, ON (presentation)

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Oct. 7, 2022 -- Sudbury author releases book set in Finland's Winter War, Heidi Ulrichsen, Sudbury.com (article)

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June 24, 2022 -- Reading, Sisu's Winter War, Finnish Grand Festival (video reading)

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Sept. 4, 2020 -- Isän salaisuus by Timo Kiiski, Iltalehti (article)

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June 22, 2019 -- Finns in Fiction (with Roy Blomstrom and Mark Munger) Finnish Grand Festival, Thunder Bay, ON (author panel)

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June 20, 2018 -- Lecture, Finnish Grand Festival, Toronto, ON (presentation)

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Oct. 29, 2017 -- Latitude 46 Publishing launches 5 new books, CBC Books 

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Oct. 16, 2017 -- Latitude 46 Publishing: Surviving Stutthof, Our Crater (article)

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July 24, 2017 -- Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2017 Non-Fiction Preview, Kerry Clare, 49th Shelf (article)

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June 26, 2016 -- A Survivor's Story, Jennifer Lacelle, Talent North (article)

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Mar. 16, 2016 -- Wine & Cheese Signature Event, Centennial Public Library, Sault Ste. Marie, ON (presentation)

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Sept. 25, 2015 -- Suomalaismiehet selvisivät keskitysleirien kauhuista, Ilta-Sanomat, Helsinki (article)

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April 16, 2015 -- A WWII Survival Story, Heidi Ulrichsen, Sudbury.com (article)

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March 22, 2015 -- New book details life in WWII concentration camp, Ben Leeson, The Sudbury Star (article) 

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Oct. 23, 2013 -- Local writer's story appears in latest Chicken Soup edition, Heidi Ulrichsen, Sudbury Star (article)

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Apr. 28, 2013 -- Suomalainen keskitysleirivanki tapaa Bill Clintonin - hurja seikkailu Stutthofissa, Tuomas Manninen, Ilta-Sanomat (article)

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