Author: Hannele Jyrkkä

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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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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Nordlit meeting in Reykjavík
Wonderful Nordlit meeting with Nordic literary export organisations, this time in Reykjavík 14-16 January.
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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 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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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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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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And other sold rights from summer and the beginning of September:
10.07.
SM Educação has bought the (Brazilian) Portuguese rights to Anne […]
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The Prize for Contemporary Literatures in Translation to Pajtim Statovci and Stefan Moster
Prestigious The Prize for Contemporary Literatures in Translation/Internationaler Literaturpreis 2024 – award in Germany has just been awarded to the […]
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The staff of FILI will be on vacation from 4 July to 7 August
The FILI office will be closed during this time.We would like to thank everyone for a great spring season and […]
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The publication 30 or So Books from Finland in German 2025 has been launched
During the It’s Finland Again! project, we are producing separate publications that feature translations of Finnish literature published in German-speaking […]
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The results of our spring application round are online
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International Editors’ Week is underway
FILI’s traditional Editors’ Week visit for publishers of children’s and young adult books is underway! Our guests for three days […]
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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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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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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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