Author: Hannele Jyrkkä

The nominees for this year’s Tore Bearer Prize have been announced

Five works of fiction have been shortlisted for the prize, selected by the jury for their potential to reach international […]

There’s still almost a week left to apply for translation and printing grants

There’s still almost a week to submit your application for translation and printing grants in the final application round of […]

FILIs much-anticipated annual Fellowship Programme for translators of Finnish literature kicked off today!

We are delighted to welcome 60 wonderful translators from across Europe to explore the art of literary translation, exchange ideas […]

Frankfurt Book Fair Director Juergen Boos and 60 International Translators of Finnish Literature to Visit Helsinki Book Fair

Juergen Boos, the long-serving Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, will visit the Helsinki Book Fair at the invitation of […]

Funding information session for publishers, 13 October

This autumn, FILI will hold an information session for publishers on the types of translation and printing grants available and […]

Finnish Comics Take Centre Stage in Paris

A major celebration of Finnish comics kicked off in Paris today, with 12 Finnish comics artists and other industry professionals […]

Autumn in Finnish literature: powerful women’s voices, borderlands, and one werewolf

New Finnish literature continues to bring strong women to the fore; different generations, unique identities and stories unfolding in borderlands, […]

FILI’s new translation intern

Kotoha Yabuki from Japan has just started her internship at FILI. She recently graduated from Tokai University, where she majored […]

100 or So Books from Finland publication has been updated

Our online publication 100 or So Books from Finland has now been updated with the latest highlights from the […]

Eight foreign publishers visiting Helsinki this week

FILI will organise an Editors’ Week visit for fiction publishers from 4–7 May 2026. A group of publishers will travel […]

Applications for translation and printing grants open again in April

FILI’s next grant application round will run from 1 April to 1 May 2026. Translation and printing grants are available […]

Welcome back to the FILI Podcast

In this thought-provoking new episode, Sofi Oksanen—one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in contemporary Finnish literature—joins John Steinmark, […]

The FILI team will be on Christmas holiday from 23 December 2025 to 6 January 2026

The office will be closed during this period.Thank you all for a wonderfully full autumn season, and happy holidays!

FILI Team

Iida Turpeinen’s novel Elolliset has been selected as the December pick for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s Book Club

Wonderful news! Iida Turpeinen’s internationally acclaimed novel Elolliset (S&S, represented by Helsinki Literary Agency) has been selected as the December […]