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Pirkko Saisio’s The Red Book of Farewells travels to Georgia

And more sold rights from the beginning of May!

8.5.

l’Altra Editorial has bought the Catalan rights to Ellen Strömberg’s We’ll Just […]

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Mikaela Wickström has started as FILI’s new programme manager

Mikaela Wickström has started as FILI’s new programme manager responsible for grant programmes and translator training. We’re so pleased to […]

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100 or So Books from Finland 2024

The first book recommendations of the 100 or So Books from Finland 2024 can now be found here! There […]

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FILI application round closes on 1 May

Please note, that FILI is closed on 1 May and there is no online help available then. The results will […]

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Apply for translation and printing grant

There is still time to apply for translation and printing grant for the translation of Finnish literature into other languages! […]

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Iida Turpeinen’s Beasts of the Sea continues its international success

And the other rights sold from the end of April!

25.4.

Publishing House Greg has bought the Polish rights to Kaisa Paasto’s […]

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A three-book deal for Arttu Tuominen’s River Delta-series

And more sold rights from April!

19.4.

Ars Libri has bought the Romanian rights to three titles in Taru Viinikainen’s and illustrator […]

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Maaret Kallio’s, Susanna Ruuhilahti’s and illustrator Julia Savtchenko’s Antsy-series sold to Romania

9.4.

Ars Libri has bought the Romanian rights to Maaret Kallio’s, Susanna Ruuhilahti’s and illustrator Julia Savtchenko’s Antsy-series (Murkens 1-4, WSOY) […]

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Markus Majaluoma’s Pipsa & Uncle Pompidou’s Travelling Circus sold to Hungary

4.3.

Koinonia kiadó has bought the Hungarian rights to Markus Majaluoma’s Pipsa & Uncle Pompidou’s Travelling Circus (Taiteilijaelämää. Pipsa ja herra […]

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The grant decisions for the first application round

The grant decisions for the first application round of 2024 can be found here.

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Katja Kettu’s The Investigations of a Certain cat sold to Hungary

And other translation rights sold!

13.03.

Gondolat has bought the Hungarian rights to Katja Kettu’s The Investigations of a Certain Cat (Erään […]

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FILI at the London, Leipzig, Bologna and Prague book fairs

This spring, FILI will participate in the London Book Fair on 12–14 March, the Leipzig Book Fair on 21–24 March, […]

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Magdalena Hai’s The Horned God sold to Estonia and Sweden

And the other translation rights sold at the end of February and the beginning of March!

28.02.

Hena Com has bought the […]

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New trainee at FILI

Christoph Scheike has started working as an intern at FILI. He is a master’s student of Nordic literary and cultural […]

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Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators to Maima Grīnberga

Grinberga has translated an unparalleled 100 books into Latvian

This year, the recipient of the Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators […]

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Fiction Editors’ Week begins!

FILI is organizing an Editors’ Week visit for eight international publishers from 12-15 February. The publishers coming to Helsinki are: […]

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30 or So Books from Finland in German – read now!

Our new publication is here! You can read about the more than 30 translated books being published this year […]

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Invite a Finnish author to visit!

More than 30 Finnish books will be published in German this year. With the It’s Finland Again! project, you can […]

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FILI’s mentoring programme for translators starts on 17 January

The application period for the 2024 translators’ mentoring programme starts on 17 January and ends on 7 February. You can […]

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We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Our office is closed during the Christmas holidays 23.12.2023-8.1.2024.

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