Residency artists and researchers Literature Juuli Niemi author Juuli Niemi (born 1981) is an author and scriptwriter from Helsinki. She has published two collections of poetry: Tara (Otava 2003) and Enduring Joy (Otava 2005). She has also published a collection of short stories entitled Tule hyvä (Come, My Dear, Otava 2007), and wrote the screenplay for the film Kesäpaikka (A Summer Place). The film was a joint production by the national broadcasting corporation YLE and the Finnish Film Foundation. ‘I spent two wonderful months at the Saari Residence in May and June of 2008. A city girl’s longtime dream of being able to write in the rural calm finally came true, and in many ways even surpassed my expectations. Besides long walks and hours spent gazing at cattle in the nearby fields, I also got plenty of work done. You’ll be able to read the results in my next collection of poetry, due for publication in 2010’. Juuli Niemi worked at the Saari Residence in April and May 2008.