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3 Finnish Children’s Books travelling to Denmark

And 11 more sold rights!

13.12.24

Antolog Books has bought the (North) Macedonian rights to Ninka Reittu’s Tully and Roly the Pony […]

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FILI will focus on French- and German-speaking Europe

In 2025, FILI will focus on French-speaking Europe and continue with focus on German-speaking Europe after last year’s It’s Finland […]

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Finnish Comic Series travelling to Vietnam!

And other sold rights from this week:

21.1.

Filia has bought the Polish rights to Riikka Jäntti’s Little Mouse and the Amazing […]

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Nordlit meeting in Reykjavík

Wonderful Nordlit meeting with Nordic literary export organisations, this time in Reykjavík 14-16 January.

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17 rights sold in the first half of January

3.1.

Barta has bought the Italian rights to Selja Ahava’s Things That Fall From The Sky (Taivaalta tippuvat asiat, Gummerus) from […]

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Merry Christmas!

The FILI staff will be on Christmas holiday from 23.12.2024 to 6.1.2025. The office will be closed during this period.

Thank […]

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Translation rights sold before the Christmas holidays

2.12.

Kodansha Ltd has bought the Japanese rights to Tove Jansson’s Sculptor’s Daughter (Bildhuggarens dotter, Förlaget) from Rights & Brands.

4.12.

Edition Bracklo […]

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Translation and printing grants for the last application round to 95 projects

FILI’s Advisory Board has decided on the translation and printing grants for the last application round of the year. A […]

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Finnish Literature travelling to Oceania and Taiwan

And more sold rights from December!

10.12.

Oratia has bought the English and Polynesian rights to Susanna Venho’s & Sanna Pelliccioni’s Forest […]

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Four books travelling to Hungary

And other sold rights from the past two weeks!

25.11.

Shangai Joy-Curiosity Cultural Development Co., Limited has bought the Chinese (simplified) […]

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Moomins in Bulgaria

And other sold rights from the past two weeks!

Esprit has bought the Polish rights to Julia Pöyhönen’s, Heidi Livingston’s […]

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Martta Kaukonen’s psychological thrillers in Icelandic

And other sold rights from the past few weeks:

24.10.

Albatros has bought the Czech rights to Ninka Reittu’s Tully and […]

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Non-fiction Editors’ Week is underway

FILI’s Editors’ Week visit for non-fiction publishers continued with visits to WSOY and Otava. On Friday, Annette Beger (Kommode Verlag, […]

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Meet the Fox & the Bear Family in Italy

And other sold rights from the beginning of November:

1.11.

Petergailis has bought the Latvian rights to Kaisa Paasto’s Prankenstein (Prankenstein, Tammi) […]

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Rights to 26 books sold!

All sold rights from the second half of October:

11.10.

PHBERN has bought the Swiss German rights to Linda Liukas’ Hello Ruby […]

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Eva Frantz’s Anna Glad series is travelling to Bulgaria

And other sold rights from the middle of October!

9.10.

Kirjastus Hea Lugu has bought the Estonian rights to Aino Havukainen’s and […]

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A 3 book pre-empt for Anne Hietanen’s and Michaela von Kügelgen’s The Last Word-series

24.09.

Compañía Naviera Ilimitada has bought the Spanish (Argentinia, South America) rights to Tove Jansson’s The True Deceiver (Den ärliga bedragaren, […]

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It’s Finland Again! looks to new readers

This year, Finnish literature is in the spotlight in German-speaking Europe. 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of Finland’s Guest of […]

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100 or So Books from Finland 2024 is complete

Our publication 100 or So Books from Finland is now complete!

Visit the publication to check it out and prepare […]

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The application round for FILI’s translation and printing grants begins today

The application round for FILI’s translation and printing grants has begun today and ends on February 1, 2025.

For more information, […]

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