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Finnish literature on its way to Arabic- and German-language audiences

And other rights sold this week:

07.3

Publisher Katharina Bielenberg and Quercus md Jon Butler has pre-empted world rights, excluding Finland, […]

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FILI at the spring book fairs

FILI will participate in the spring book fairs in London 11-13 March, Leipzig 27-30 March, Bologna 31 March-3 April and […]

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Ramona Tyler has started working as an intern at FILI

Originally from the USA, Ramona Tyler has lived in Germany for nearly 15 years. They have studied Finnish and Norwegian, […]

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Satu Rämö’s Hildur series to be published in 20 languages!

And other acquired rights this week:

01.3.

Relacja has bought the Polish rights to Selja Ahava’s The Day the Whale Swam […]

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12 rights sold to round off the month

6.2.

Tympanum has bought the Czech rights to Tove Jansson’s The Moomins and the Great Flood (Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen, […]

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Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators to Sébastien Cagnoli

– the French translator has translated from Finnish and ten other languages

This year’s Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators goes […]

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4 books travelling to Estonia

And more rights sold this week!

7.2.

Rahva Raamat has pre-empted the Estonian rights to Matti Laine’s Armadillo series #1-3 from […]

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The first Editors´ Week of the year

The first Editors’ Week programme of the year for fiction publishers is currently running from 10-13 February. 

Participating in the visit […]

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Nordic Rituals for the English Speaking World

And more sold rights:

13.1.

Helios has bought the Estonian rights to Katri Kirkkopelto’s Blue and the Magnificent Pet (Molli ja suurenmoinen […]

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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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