News

FILI’s new trainee

On 1 March Michael Owen Jones began his work with us as a trainee for six months. Michael is British and has studied both Finnish and Swedish at the University College London.

FILI’s translators-in-residence 29.2.–20.3.2016

FILI’s annual translator-in-residence period is in March. On 29 February, Annie Prime (from the UK) and Owen Witesman (from the […]

FILI Newsletter, February 2016

Our February Newsletter has been published.
You can subscribe to our newsletter here.
 

FILI’s revamped website

FILI’s website has had a facelift! Its updated look features our new visual identity.

FILI Newsletter in December

You can read our latest Newsletter here.

FILI Newsletter in November

Our latest Newsletter is available here

Hiroko Motai & Marika Maijala: ‘Million Billion Santa Clauses’ sold to Germany

Fischer Verlag has bought the German rights to Hiroko Motai’s & Marika Maijala’s Million Billion Santa Clauses from Helsinki Literary Agency.

FILI at Helsinki Book Fair

On Friday 23.10 FILI will host the traditional translators’ get together at the Fair. The event will begin at 17.00.
We have also invited to Finland some literary experts from Russia – this year’s Country in the Spotlight – and have arranged the three public discussions with them. See our calendar of events for more info.

FILI Newsletter in October

Our October Newsletter has been published.

FILI events at the Turku Book Fair (2-4.10.)

FILI has arranged three discussions at the Turku Book Fair: The export of Sámi literature, FINNLAND. COOL. Project Achievements, The translator as a mediator of literature.

FILI Newsletter September 2015

Our electronic newsletter was published on 24 September and can be read here.
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FILI will be present at the Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden, 24–27 September

FILI will be present at the Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden, 24–27 September. We will be part of the Finnish collective stand located at C 02:21.

FILI is teaming up to stage a mini-programme of talks on the Comics Stage on Friday 25 September:

Beijing International Book Fair, 26–30 August 2015

FILI has a presence at the Beijing International Book Fair along with the Nordlit network on the joint Nordic stand, […]

FILI Newsletter in August

Our latest newsletter is now online.
You can subscribe to our monthly newsletter here: www.finlit.fi/fili/en/fili-en/filis-newsletter/

FILI’s translators-in-residence selected

Annie Prime and Owen Witesman have been selected as translators-in-residence for the programme run by HIAP (the Helsinki International Artist Programme) and FILI from 29 February–20 March 2016.

New FILI brochure has been published

A new version of our Grants brochure has been published
PDF version
Print version can be ordered from our office (fili(a)finlit.fi)

FILI Newsletter in June

You can read our latest newsletter online.

Translation and Printing Grants 2015

The results of FILI grant application round have been announced 10 June 2015.
Our next application period starts on 1 October […]

Translators’ Masterclass seminar in Helsinki 8.–10.6.2015

As part of the Translators’ Masterclass project coordinated by FILI, seven Finnish cultural institutes in various countries have hosted translators’ […]