Season 2 episodes of the animated Moominvalley series are now featured in the illustrations of Arabia’s new special series mugs. The Fire Spirit is a magical picture of Moomins walking on stilts, threatened by a volcanic eruption. Moominmamma’s Mural depicts Moominmamma, suffering from homesickness, but finding a magical way to travel. The second season of the […]

The first Moomin story, The Moomins and the Great Flood, published in 1945, was no imminent success, and few guessed that the peculiar characters featured in the story would one day be loved by millions of readers all over the world. The publisher thought Moomintroll was such a strange word that it had to be […]

Hemulen’s Herbarium is a picturesque book for current and future nature lovers. The book is made and illustrated with Hemulen’s precision and introduces about a hundred common plants in the Nordic countries. “A strange and nice smell filled the air and my snout with expectation. I didn’t know yet that it was the wood’s perfume […]

The Swedish kitchen company Cupboards & Goods has released a new collection in collaboration with Carl Larsson-gården Sundborn – a limited colour collection called Ett Hem.  Cupboards & Goods offers handmade, tailor-made and pre-assembled kitchens built in the tiny village of Hyssna, located on Sweden’s west coast. They were commissioned by the family trust of Carl […]

The season two Moominvalley soundtrack is now available on all digital platforms. The album includes exclusive music from rising stars such as Cavetown, girl in red, Alex Vargas, BOBBi. The album follows the successful Season 1 soundtrack which featured Tom Odell, First Aid Kit and MØ. Gutsy Animations’ internationally celebrated animated drama series Moominvalley is […]

SF Studios has acquired the Nordic rights to Moominvalley, the record-breaking adaptation of Tove Jansson’s beloved Moomin stories produced by Gutsy Animations. First seasons will be launched in December 2020. Seasons one and two of the animated drama will be available on DVD and digital copy across the Nordics in December 2020 through a deal […]

After a break of almost 20 years, Moomin ice cream makes a comeback as Ingman brings them to the stores in Finland again. The new Moomin range consists of the Muumi-Eskimo and Ingman 1L ice creams with less sugar, the Muumi by Ingman Creamy premium ice creams as well as the coming summer’s favourites: Jättis […]

The Otava Book Foundation has awarded the 2020 Veijo Meri prize to Finnish author Antti Tuuri who was described as: “The master of Finnish fiction and short stories, an independent innovator renewing the best tradition of 1950s modernism. Tuuri explores the world and the purpose of human. His ability to present clear and precise narrative […]

The first issue of the new Moomin Magazine is here!  We at Rights & Brands are incredibly proud of this new take on the Moomin catalog, in collaboration with Moomin Characters and design agency Kobra. The magazine contains a wide variety of articles, such as the history of Tove Jansson and the brand, news on […]

Author Veera Salmi and illustrator Matti Pikkujämsä are one of the nominees for the 2020 Nordic Council Children’s and Youth Literature Prize for their picture book The Duck Who Was Afraid To Fly (in Finnish Sorsa Aaltonen ja lentämisen oireet published by Otava Publishing Company in 2019). Our warmest congratulations to both! Quote from the […]

“Tove Jansson had the status of a beloved cultural icon—adored by children, celebrated by adults.”  The New Yorker has published a long, in-depth article on the life and work of Tove Jansson. Read the magnificent full story on the New Yorkers webiste here. The article will also be published in the print edition on April 6th.

The Heart, Sea Monsters and Silkmonkey’s Laughter have been selected for the Most Beautiful Books 2019 collection by the Finnish Book Art Committee. The Heart by Malin Kivelä was selected as one of the most beautiful books of 2019 in the category of fiction. The selection committee complimented The Heart as a “charming and original […]

The hugely successful character brand Moomin has added a new brand licensing partner to its worldwide network: Bavaria Sonor Licensing – the licensing division of Bavaria Media GmbH. Bavaria has been appointed by Moomin master agent Rights & Brands to manage the Moomin licensing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Rights & Brands has ramped up […]

We are delighted to share with you our spring 2020 catalogues.  Check out the new redesigned Children’s Books and Young Fiction Spring 2020 Catalogue. Discover new authors, book titles and which picture book sequels are coming out soon. To download the catalogue please click here. We have also updated the latest Adult fiction catalogue with […]

School is like a zoo and sometimes you need a bit of ironic humor, a creative imagination and critical thinking to find your place. This is the recipe for the main character Atlas Frisk in the new TV series Viral Geniuses (Virala Genier) that premiered on Friday March 6th. The series is based on the Finlandia Prize nominated Zoo #1: Viral […]

We warmly congratulate Juha Itkonen, who has been nominated for the 2020 Nordic Council Literature Prize for his book Beyond Our Reach (In Finnish ‘Ihmettä kaikki’, published by Otava in 2018). Quote from the jury: “Close to death and life is when we are at our most fragile and vulnerable: confusion and clarity both abound. […]

Tove Jansson’s art and Moomin stories are difficult to imagine without the sea. However, the Baltic Sea is amongst the most polluted seas in the world. It needs our help. Tove Jansson lived by the Baltic Sea – both in her hometown Helsinki as well as in Pellinge archipelago which served as her summer home. […]

The #OURSEA campaign is now launched and it has already been getting some good press. Moomin Characters Creative Director Sophia Jansson got to be a guest on  the daytime show Malou Efter Tio together with Mark Levengood and talked about the Moomins 75th anniversary, Toves legacy and of course, the #OURSEA campaign! Read more about […]

The year 2020 marks 75 years since Tove Jansson wrote her first story about the Moomins, “The Moomins and the Great Flood”. To celebrate the anniversary, Moomin Characters Ltd together with its partners is launching a one-year campaign to help the Baltic Sea.   “He came to the edge of the water and stood watching […]

Finland’s most successful and beloved children’s book author Mauri Kunnas celebrates his 70th birthday on February 11th. Mauri Kunnas published his picture book “The Book of Finnish Elves” back in 1979. It was the starting point of his successful career as a remarkable storyteller that has continued for over 40 years. During the past decades […]