Author: Hannele Jyrkkä
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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And the other translation rights sold at the end of February and the beginning of March!
28.02.
Hena Com has bought the […]
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New trainee at FILI
Christoph Scheike has started working as an intern at FILI. He is a master’s student of Nordic literary and cultural […]
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Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators to Maima Grīnberga
Grinberga has translated an unparalleled 100 books into Latvian
This year, the recipient of the Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators […]
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Fiction Editors’ Week begins!
FILI is organizing an Editors’ Week visit for eight international publishers from 12-15 February. The publishers coming to Helsinki are: […]
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30 or So Books from Finland in German – read now!
Our new publication is here! You can read about the more than 30 translated books being published this year […]
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Invite a Finnish author to visit!
More than 30 Finnish books will be published in German this year. With the It’s Finland Again! project, you can […]
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FILI’s mentoring programme for translators starts on 17 January
The application period for the 2024 translators’ mentoring programme starts on 17 January and ends on 7 February. You can […]
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We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Our office is closed during the Christmas holidays 23.12.2023-8.1.2024.
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The translation and printing grants have been awarded
The decisions on the autumn’s last application round for translation and printing grants have been announced. Funding was granted to […]
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Katja Raunio’s novel Last Times won the 2023 Torch-Bearer Prize
Katja Raunio’s novel Last Times (Teos, 2023) won the 2023 Torch-Bearer Prize, congratulations Katja!
The 5000 euro prize was awarded to […]
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Finnish literary exports at all-time high
Finland’s literary exports grew by five percent last year. Revenue from Finnish literary exports rose to an all-time high of […]
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The nominees for the Torch-Bearer Prize have been announced!
The prize has been established to promote Finnish book exports. FILI will offer the winner an export promotion programme. The […]
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Applications for translator residencies open at the end of October
The 2024 residency application period starts 30.10. and ends 12.11.2023. Foreign translators of Finnish literature can apply for a three-week […]
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