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Ninka Reittu: ‘Messi ja Mysteeri: Käpälät kohti seikkailua’ sold to Russia

Dodoland has bought the Russian rights to Messi ja Mysteeri: Käpälät kohti seikkailua (Messi and Myster Cat 2: Heading for […]

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Ninka Reittu: ‘Messi ja Mysteeri: Kaikki järjestyy’ sold to Russia

Dodoland has bought the Russian rights to Messi ja Mysteeri: Kaikki järjestyy! (‘Messi and Mystery Cat 1: Everything Will Be […]

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Monika Fagerholm: ‘Vem dödade bambi?’ sold to Germany

Residenz has bought the German rights to Monika Fagerholm’s Vem dödade bambi? (’Who Killed Bambi?’) from Salomonsson Agency.

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Arto Paasilinna: ‘Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä’ graphic novel rights sold to Galicia

Rinoceronte Editoria has bought the Galician graphic novel rights to Arto Paasilinna’s Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä (‘The Forest of Hanged Foxes’) […]

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Magdalena Hai & Teemu Juhani: ’Painajaispuoti: Hampaat hukassa’ sold to Latvia

Latvijas Mediji has bought the Latvian rights to Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani’s Painajaispuoti: Hampaat hukassa (’The Little Shop of Nightmares: […]

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A. M. Ollikainen: ’Kontti’ sold to Slovenia

Didakta has bought the Slovenian rights to A. M. Ollikainen’s Kontti (’Cargo’) from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency. (2-book deal)

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A. M. Ollikainen: ’Kontti’ sold to Norway

Aschehoug has bought the Norwegian rights to A. M. Ollikainen’s Kontti (’Cargo’) from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency. (2-book deal)

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Ari Turunen: ’Ettekö te tiedä, kuka minä olen?’ sold to Egypt

Al Arabi Publishing has bought the Arabic world rights to Ettekö te tiedä, kuka minä olen? (’Don’t You Know Who I Am? […]

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Ari Turunen: ’Ettekö te tiedä, kuka minä olen?’ sold to Turkey

İletişim publishing house has bought the Turkish rights to Ettekö te tiedä, kuka minä olen? (‘Don’t You Know Who I Am? […]

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A. M. Ollikainen: ’Kontti’ sold to the Czech Republic

Host has bought the Czech language rights to A. M. Ollikainen’s Kontti (’Cargo’) from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency.

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Tuomas Aivelo: ’Loputtomat loiset’ sold to Spain

Ediciones Paidós (imprint of Planeta publishing group) has bought the world Spanish rights to Tuomas Aivelo’s Loputtomat loiset (’Endless Parasites’) from […]

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A. M. Ollikainen: ’Kontti’ sold to Lithuania

Baltos Lankos has bought the Lithuanian rights to A. M. Ollikainen’s Kontti (’Cargo’) from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency. (5-book deal)

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A. M. Ollikainen: ’Kontti’ sold to Germany

Bastei Lübbe has bought the German rights to A. M. Ollikainen’s Kontti (’Cargo’) from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency. (2-book deal)

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A. M. Ollikainen: ’Kontti’ sold to the Netherlands

HarperCollins Holland has bought the Dutch language rights to A. M. Ollikainen’s Kontti (’Cargo’) from Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency. (2-book deal)

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Heikki Kulta: ’Iceman – Kimin matkassa’ sold to Japan

San-ei Shobo has bought the Japanese rights to Heikki Kulta’s Iceman – Kimin matkassa (’Iceman – Kimi Räikkönen’s Journey’) from Bonnier […]

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Semi-annual Finnish Book Market Bulletin January 2021

As in many other countries, the coronavirus pandemic boosted sales of general trade books in Finland in 2020. While sales of printed books increased by just 2 per cent, demand for audiobooks and ebooks was far greater, leading to an overall increase in trade book sales of 12 per cent from 2019 figures.

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Mentorship programme 2021 starts in February

Mentorship is open to translators at the start of their careers who do not yet have significant experience of translating […]

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Ari Turunen: ’Ettekö te tiedä, kuka minä olen?’ sold to Turkey

İletişim publishing house has bought the Turkish rights to Ettekö te tiedä, kuka minä olen? (‘Don’t You Know Who I […]

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Our application round closed on 1 February and the results will be published by 22 March

Application round for FILI grants closed on 1 February. FILI’s advisory board will have a meeting in mid-March in order […]

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Application round for FILI grants is open

The first of our three annual application rounds opened on 1 January and will close on 1 February 2021 at […]

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