"always be creating"

- Jesse Karjalainen

Who is Jesse Karjalainen?

I built this website as a hub for all of my creative outlets.
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It took less than 2 months to have my first book, 'The Joy of English', accepted for publication. (This was soon after I gave up looking for an agent.) That first book came out in hardback in 2011. A global publisher then acquired my small publisher. And then it changed hands again. And we pretty much lost contact. On the books, I am an author signed with Hachette.

Since that first book, I have written 10 more.
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Jesse Karjalainen Author.
‍I write books around three central themes: The English language, History and Scandinavia. So far I have published 11 full-length books.
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They way I work is to typically be working on 4-5 book projects at any one time. One of thes will always be the one that is due to be finished next.

My latest book is "Thor's Day - Untangling the real history, art and language of   Viking Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon Britain". It is due out in January 2024.
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Jesse Karjalainen Photographer.
‍I specialise in studio work: portraits, commercial, fashion, product and narrative jewellery photography. I work from my own studio and have sold around 25,000 photos to date.
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Jesse Karjalainen Illustrator.
‍I started doing illustration for fun when I had a small child and was unable to have the head space to write. I specialise in technical illustrations and maps. My tool of choice is Illustrator. I don't use a Wacom or even a mouse. Believe it or not, all my work is done using the trackpad on my Macbook. This way, I can illustrate anywhere. Even while watching TV.
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Jesse Karjalainen Podcaster and Youtuber.
‍I am by no means an influencer whatsoever. Instead, I am still finding my true north when it comes to Youtube and podcasting. You have to try and fail in order to succeed. I have some exciting new projects lined up in 2024 on the video front, so come back another time.  

Jesse's reading list 2024

As you can see, I love to read and I love to write. I try to read 50 books a year. "How do you find time," people ask me. It's easy to find time for the things you love doing. Writing is easy, so is reading. But I should find time to exercise more. That is hard.

People who read books often like to know what books other people read.
So here are the books I have finished (not just bought) this year.

  • Victoria Silvstedt, Victoria Silvstedt

  • Israel - a simple guide, Noa Tishby

  • When McKinsey comes to town, Michael Forsyth and Walt Bogdanich

  • How to write a Mystery, Edited Lee Child

  • Save the Cat, Blake Snyder

  • Taxtopia, the Rebel Accountant

  • Sveriges Nya Miljardärer, Erik Wisterberg

  • Writing the Gods - the race to decode the Rosetta Stone, Edward Dolnick

Jesse's reading list 2023

  • Call for the Dead, John LeCarre

  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, John LeCarre

  • Contagious: Why things Catch On, Jonah Berger

  • The Honorable Schoolboy, John LeCarre

  • Smiley's People, John LeCarre

  • Tills All Dör, Diamant Salihu

  • När Ingen Lyssnar, Diamant Salihu

  • Studio Six, Liza Marklund

  • Desert Star, Michael Connelly

  • The Columbus Affair, Steve Berry

  • När Finland Var Sverige, H. Lindqvist

  • They ask you answer, Marcus Sheridan

  • Spelkungen, Johanna Bäckström

  • Doppleganger, Naomi Klein

  • The Lover's Portrait, Jennifer Alderson

  • Who Owns Britain, Guy Shrubsole

  • The Fiction Formula, Sean M Platt

  • A Murder of Quality, John LeCarre

  • The Looking Glass War, John LeCarre

  • Scary Smart, Mo Gawdat

  • Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson

  • George Michael, James Gavin

  • The Lost Girls of Paris, Pam Jenoff

  • Siren Song: Life in Music, Seymour Stein

  • Split Decision, Ice-T

  • Diary of a Madman, Scarface

  • Parental Discretion is Advized, Gerrick Kennedy

  • Win Every Argument, Mehdi Hasan

  • Big Energy, Fi Lindfors

  • Evergreen Assets, John Lamerton

  • King Cnut, W.B. Bartlett

  • Epic Content Marketing, Joe Pulizzi

  • Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson

  • Absolute Power, David Baldacci

  • The New Negro, Jeffrey C. Stewart

  • Imperium, Robert Harris

  • The Modern Artist's Way Bridgette Mayer

  • The Secret Pilgrim, John LeCarre

  • The White Sniper, Tapio Saarelainen

  • Game On! Video Game History, Dustin Hansen

  • The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown

  • Hustle Harder, 50 Cent

  • From Pieces to Weight, 50 Cent

  • River Kings, Cat Jarman

  • Konsulterna, Anna Gustafsson

  • Hype Yourself, Lucy Werner

  • The Vikings, Neil Oliver

  • Viking Britain, Thomas Williams

  • Fibula, Fabula, Fact, Joonas Ahola

  • First into Action, Duncan Falconer

  • Primal Branding, Patrick Hanlon


Jesse's reading list 2022

  • The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly

  • The Drop, Michael Connelly

  • Echo Park, Michael Connelly

  • The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly

  • The Magic of Thinking Big, David Schwartz

  • A Village in the Third Reich, Julia Boyd

  • Brobyggarna, Jan Guillou

  • Dandy, Jan Guillou

  • What got you here won't get you there, Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter

  • Mellan Rött och Svart, Jan Guillou

  • The Panama Papers, Frederik Obermeier

  • The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly

  • The Gods of Guilt, Michael Connelly

  • Three Simple Steps, Trevor Blake

  • Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, Deborah Riley Draper, Travis Thrasher

  • Start with Why, Simon Sinek

  • The Reversal, Michael Connelly

  • Nine Dragons, Michael Connelly

  • The Poet, Michael Connelly

  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldham

  • Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany, Hans Massaquoi

  • The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressel

  • The Power Law, Sebastian Mallaby

  • The Wentworth Prospect, John Smibert, Wayne Moloney, Clulow

  • Get Different, Mike Michalowicz

  • I Shall Bear Witness, Victor Kemperer

  • The Thought Leadership Manual, Tim Prizeman

  • The Fractional CMO Method, Casey Stanton

  • The Scarecrow, Michael Connelly

  • The Perennial Seller, Ryan Holiday

  • The Black Box, Michael Connelly

  • The Overlook, Michael Connelly

  • From Staircase to Stage, Raekwon

  • Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order, Ray Dalio

  • Four Hundred Souls, Ibram X,
    Kendi, Keisha N

  • The Metaverse, Matthew Ball

  • Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World, Adam Tooze

  • The McKinsey Mind, Ethan Rasiel

  • The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein

  • Scarred, Sarah Edmonson

  • This is how they tell me the world ends, Nicole Perlroth

  • The World of Yesterday, Stefan Zweig

  • How to get Paid and Persuade, Phil M Jones

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I live by the motto: "Always be creating". Whether it is 10 words,  10 pages or 10 photos, I try to make sure I have added/created something new by sundown.

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