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Lina Laurent & Maija Hurme: Plats på jorden sold to Estonia

Ühinenud ajakirjad has bought the Estonian rights to Lina Laurent & Maija Hurme: Plats på jorden (’Secret Gardeners’) from Helsinki […]

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Lina Laurent & Maija Hurme: Plats på jorden sold to Estonia

Ühinenud ajakirjad has bought the Estonian rights to Lina Laurent & Maija Hurme: Plats på jorden (’Secret Gardeners’) from Helsinki […]

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Mauri Kunnas: ’Suomalainen tonttukirja’ sold to Romania

Pandora Publishing s.r.l. has bought the Romanian rights to Mauri Kunnas’ Suomalainen tonttukirja (‘The Book of Finnish Elves’) from Rights […]

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Mauri Kunnas: ‘Viikingit tulevat’ sold to Romania

Pandora Publishing s.r.l. has bought the Romanian rights to Mauri Kunnas’ Viikingit tulevat (‘The Vikings are Coming’) from Rights & […]

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Magdalena Hai & Teemu Juhani: ‘Kurnivamahainen kissa’ sold to Sweden

Epix Bokförlag has bought the Swedish rights to Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani’s Kurnivamahainen kissa (’Grumblebelly Cat’) from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency.

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Hannu Sokala & Juha-Pekka Raeste: ‘Maailman 50 vaarallisinta yhtiötä’ sold to the Netherlands

A.W. Bruna has bought the Dutch language rights to Hannu Sokala and Juha-Pekka Raeste’s Maailman 50 vaarallisinta yhtiötä (‘The 50 […]

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Arto Paasilinna: ’Jäniksen vuosi’ sold to Russia

Eksmo has bought the Russian rights to Arto Paasilinna’s Jäniksen vuosi from Bonnier Rights Finland.

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Arto Paasilinna: ’Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha’ sold to Russia

Eksmo has bought the Russian rights to Arto Paasilinna’s Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha (’A Charming Mass Suicide’) from Bonnier Rights Finland.

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Tuutikki Tolonen: ‘Mörköviesti’ sold to South Korea

Seosawon has bought the Korean rights to Tuutikki Tolonen’s Mörköviesti (‘Monster Message’) from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency.

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Tuutikki Tolonen: ‘Mörköreitti’ sold to South Korea

Seosawon has bought the Korean rights to Tuutikki Tolonen’s Mörköreitti (‘Monster Route’) from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency.

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Tuutikki Tolonen: ‘Mörkövahti’ sold to South Korea

Seosawon has bought the Korean rights to Tuutikki Tolonen’s Mörkövahti from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency.

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Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators goes to Kirsi Kinnunen

Kirsi Kinnunen, a translator of Finnish graphic novels and other works into French, has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators. The award includes a cash prize of €15,000. Kinnunen received her award on Tuesday 25 May from Finland’s Minister of Science and Culture Annika Saarikko.

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Join us for Editors’ Coffee Breaks!

We have organised a couple of virtual Editors’ Coffee Breaks this Spring. During the Coffee Break, we exchange news and […]

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FILI’s book picks

Instead of catalogues, this Spring we publish small videos presenting our top picks of topical Finnish literature.
Video: […]

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Application round has ended, results will be published in mid-June

Our application round ended 1 May. We received a really nice amount of applications, around 130 from foreign publishers and […]

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FILI application round closes on Saturday 1 May

Please note, that the deadline falls on Saturday and there is no online help available then. So the sooner you […]

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Application round for FILI grants has started 1 April

Application round for FILI translation grants began on 1 April 2021 and ends on 1 May 2021. Results will be […]

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Join us for Editors’ Coffee Breaks!

Next up is an event for non-fiction editors and publishers:  Editors’ Coffee Break Non-Fiction 21.4. from 2 to 3.30 pm (CET). If you’re interested in participating in the virtual coffee break, please contact FILI’s Päivi Haarala. The events are informal.  Before summer we will also hold a virtual coffee break for children’s and young adult book editors as well as a second meeting for fiction editors.

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The results of the year’s first grant period have been published

FILI’s advisory board held its meeting on 17 March, and the results of the grant round have now been published […]

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Ninka Reittu: ‘Messi ja Mysteeri: Kattiralli’ sold to Russia

Dodoland has bought the Russian rights to ‘Messi ja Mysteeri: Kattiralli’ (Messi and Myster Cat 3: Cat Race) from Rights & […]

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