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Contract signed between FILI and German communications firm WBCO

WBCO will have particular responsibility for organizing our press conferences in Germany, the first of which will be held in conjunction with the Frankfurt Book Fair this autumn, to coincide with Finnish Literature Day and the birthday of Aleksis Kivi on 10 October.

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Kolonkolonkolo

Kolonkolonkolo is the name of our new website which presents new books by Finnish authors of fiction for children and young adults.

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FILI Newsletter in April

FILI Newsletter in April has been published.

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European Schwob project gathers knowledge about forgotten modern classics

FILI is one of the co-organisers in the European Schwob project which has received funding from EU’s Culture Programme for two years. The project gathers knowledge on modern European classics that are utterly unknown abroad andaims to find new readers for these in other countries.

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Finnish comics in French: La bande dessinée finlandaise 2013

The Helsinki Comics Centre and the French publisher Rackham are co-publishing a French-language anthology of Finnish comics entitled “La bande dessinée finlandaise 2013”. The anthology is the third in a series – the previous versions were in English. This time the anthology, edited by Johanna Rojola and Kalle Hakkola, presents the work of 13 female comic book artists.

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New communications manager

FILIs new communications manager Silja Hakulinen will begin working at FILI on 10th December 2012. Communications manager Hannele Jyrkkä will […]

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Changes to the application periods

From next year there will be three application periods each year for FILIs translation and printing grants. The first application […]

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