Kasper Salonen is a bilingual spoken word poet and translator from Helsinki, Finland. He graduated with a major in English philology from the University of Helsinki in 2015, and has performed psychedelic performance poetry in both his native languages, English and Finnish, since 2010. He is also a long-time active member and producer in the Helsinki Poetry Connection community. In 2014, Salonen self-published a collection of his early English poetry (Correlations) and a five-track spoken word album (Jigsaw EP). He has several projects forthcoming, including cross-disciplinary collaborations as well as his Finnish debut poetry collection and a selection of his translations from legendary poet Arto Melleri (both from Enostone, 2020). Salonen has translated the work of numerous Finnish poets into English and organized more than 50 multilingual poetry events.

INger-Mari Aikio was born in 1961 in Ohcejohka/Utsjoki and lives in Sámiland in Northern Finland. She is a poet, writer, translator, and director and producer of documentary films and music videos. She has also worked as a journalist, radio host and reporter. Inger-Mari has published ten books in Northern Sámi. Seven of these are poetry collections: Gollebiekkat almmi dievva (1989), Jiehki vuolde ruonas giđđa (1993), Silkeguobbara lákca (1995), Máilmmis dása (2001), Camera Poetica–Suonat (2008), Beaivváš čuohká gaba–Aurinko juo kermaa (2014) and 69 čuoldda–69 pylvästä (2018). Her poetry has been translated into English, Spanish, Norwegian, German, Hungarian, Finnish, French, Italian, Arabic, Kiswahili and Bulgarian. A trilingual poetry collection, Roađđi – Rosa Boreal – Boreal Rose (2016), was published in Sami, English and Spanish, together with Niillas Holmberg. Inger-Mari has also published two children’s books and a novel for teens and young adults in Northern Sámi: Riebana bihpporgáhkut (2006), Čáhcerávgga gazza (2011) and Tropihka rievssat (2016). She has also directed 11 documentaries and 12 music videos. Inger-Mari was nominated for the Nordic Litterature Prize (2004), the Skábmagovat Film Award (2013), and the State Award for Children’s Culture (2015).