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The translation and printing grants have been awarded

The translation and printing grants for the beginning of the year have been awarded! The list of awarded grants is […]

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FILI at the spring book fairs

FILI will participate in the spring book fairs in London 11-13 March, Leipzig 27-30 March, Bologna 31 March-3 April and […]

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Ramona Tyler has started working as an intern at FILI

Originally from the USA, Ramona Tyler has lived in Germany for nearly 15 years. They have studied Finnish and Norwegian, […]

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Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators to Sébastien Cagnoli

– the French translator has translated from Finnish and ten other languages

This year’s Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators goes […]

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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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Merry Christmas!

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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100 or So Books from Finland 2024 is complete

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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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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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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