Year: 2019

Max Seeck: ‘Uskollinen lukija’ sold to the Czech Republic

Grada / Cosmopolis has acquired the Czech translation rights to Max Seeck’s Uskollinen lukija (‘The Faithful Reader’) from Elina Ahlbäck […]

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Laura Lindstedt: ‘Ystäväni Natalia’ sold to Hungary

The Hungarian translation rights to Laura Lindstedt’s ‘Ystäväni Natalia’ (in English: ‘My Friend Natalia’) have been sold to Scolar Kiadó.
Laura Lindstedt is […]

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FILI grants 1/2019 awarded

At its meeting on 19 March 2019, FILI’s Advisory Board made the decisions on this year’s first round of grant […]

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2019 Frankfurter Buchmesse fellowship and grant programmes

Publishers, editors, rights and licensing managers, literary agents and literary translators from around the world can now submit applications for […]

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Panel discussion on children’s literature and literacy at the Leipzig Book Fair

FILI director Tiia Strandén will be participating in the Leipzig Book Fair on 21–24 March.
FILI and NORLA […]

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FILI at the London Book Fair

FILI will participate in the London Book Fair 12–14 March 2019. Please come and meet us at the Nordic collective […]

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Katja Kettu: ‘Rose on poissa’ sold to the Czech Republic

Bonnier Rights has announced that the Czech translation rights to Katja Kettu’s book ‘Rose on poissa’ (in English: ‘Rose is gone’) have […]

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Tuutikki Tolonen: ‘Mörköviesti’ sold to Germany

The German publisher Carl Hanser Verlag has acquired the translation rights to Tuutikki Tolonen’s ‘Mörköviesti’ (in English: ‘Monster Message’). The book […]

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Sisko Savonlahti: ‘Ehkä tänä kesänä kaikki muuttuu’ rights sold to Sweden

Norstedts has acquired the Swedish rights to Sisko Savonlahti’s novel ‘Ehkä tänä kesänä kaikki muuttuu’ (in English: ‘Maybe This Summer […]

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Katja Kettu: ‘Kätilö’ rights sold to Croatia

Hena has acquired the Croatian rights to Katja Kettu’s novel ‘Kätilö’ (in English: ‘The Midwife’).
Katja Kettu is represented by Bonnier […]

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FILI’s selected titles 2019 are here!

The spring 2019 selection presents 25 new works of fiction and non-fiction for adult readers, and some older ones worthy […]

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Siiri Enoranta: ‘Surunhauras, lasinterävä’ sold to Lithuania

Tyto Alba has bought the Lithuanian rights to Siiri Enoranta’s Surunhauras, lasinterävä (‘Dawn Crossing’) from Bonnier Rights.

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Mia Kankimäki’s ‘The Women I Think About at Night’ sold to the Czech Republic & Lithuania

In 2019, the translation rights for Mia Kankimäki’s “The Women I Think About at Night” have been sold by Elina […]

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Olli Jalonen: ‘Taivaanpallo’ sold to Estonia

Hea Lugu has bought the Estonian rights to Olli Jalonen’s Taivaanpallo (‘The Celestial Sphere’) from Rights & Brands.

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Olli Jalonen: ‘Taivaanpallo’ sold to Spain

Kalandraka Publishing has bought the Spanish and Galician rights to Olli Jalonen’s Taivaanpallo (‘The Celestial Sphere’) from Rights & Brands.

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Pajtim Statovci: ’Tiranan sydän’ World Spanish rights sold

Alianza has acquired the World Spanish rights to Pajtim Statovci’s novel ‘Tiranan sydän’ (in English: ‘Crossing’).
Pajtim Statovci is represented by […]

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Kjell Westö: ‘Lang’ sold to several countries

The translation rights to Kjell Westö’s “Lang” have been sold by Copenhagen Literary Agency to the following countries:
Bulgaria: Perseus
Denmark: Lindhardt […]

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Kjell Westö: ‘Där vi en gang gått’ sold to several countries

The translation rights to Kjell Westö’s “Där vi en gang gått” have been sold by Copenhagen Literary Agency to the […]

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Kjell Westö: ‘Gå inte ensam ut i natten’ sold to several countries

The translation rights to Kjell Westö’s “Gå inte ensam ut i natten” have been sold by Copenhagen Literary Agency to […]

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Kjell Westö : ‘Den svavelgula himlen’ sold to several countries

The translation rights to Kjell Westö’s “Den Svavelgula Himlen” have been sold by Copenhagen Literary Agency to the following countries:
Bulgaria: […]

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