Residency artists and researchers Literature Kissansulka workgroup Russian children’s literature translation workshop During our time at the Saari Residence we organized discussion sessions about Finnish and Russian children’s literature and about children’s literature in general. The writers and translators worked together in the workshop on translations of prose and poetry by the writers present. The translations we produced are intended for the Kissansulka (Cat’s Plume) festival to be held in Mynämäki in 2010, at which the Russian writers in the group will be holding workshops for children. The Russian translators translated Finnish-language children’s comic books for the upcoming Boomfest comic book festival to be held in St. Petersburg. Workgroup: Mihail Jasnov, children’s poet, translator Sergei Mahotin, children’s author, journalist Stas Vostokov, children’s author, illustrator Reetta Niemelä, children’s author Anna Sidorova, translator Silvia Parsadanjan, translator Teemu Kaskinen, author, translator Anneli Ahonen, translator, journalist Jenniliisa Salminen, researcher, translator Miro Turunen, translator