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60 translators at the fellowship programme in Helsinki October 22-24
FILI’s fellowship for translators will be held at the Helsinki Book Fair October 22-24. Sixty translators from 25 countries will […]
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In loving memory of FILI’s esteemed long-time director Iris Schwanck
We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Iris Schwanck (1950-2025), the revered former longstanding Director of […]
Read more about In loving memory of FILI’s esteemed long-time director Iris SchwanckThis week’s book deals
This week, Todolivro has acquired the Portuguese rights to Julia Pöyhönen and Heidi Livingston’s both Fanni’s Giant Longing – Processing […]
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Max Seeck’s Milo Trilogy (Checkmate, Betrayed and Guarded)’s Greek rights have been obtained in a three-book pre-empt deal by Memento […]
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Arttu Tuominen’s Crystal series’ (Kide-sarja, Otava) French, German and Dutch rights have been obtained in a 3 book-deal by Éditions […]
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Translation and publishing grant application round begins today
The next application round for translation and publication grants will start today, 1. October and end on Sunday, 1. November […]
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Information Session for Publishers on FILI’s Translation and Printing Grants
The autumn information session for international publishers on FILI’s translation and printing grants will be held online via Zoom on […]
Read more about Information Session for Publishers on FILI’s Translation and Printing GrantsA very good start for the season and plenty of new deals in September!
September’s new deals:
Bastei Lübbe has pre-empted the German rights to Arttu Tuominen’s Alec (Otava 2025) and its next two parts […]
Read more about A very good start for the season and plenty of new deals in September!About August’s book deals
Otwarte publishers from Poland and Publica Edition from Romania have obtained the rights of Dr. Alexander Puutio’s The Curiosity Code […]
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Editors’ Week for non-fiction publishers
This year’s second Editor’s Week visit for non-fiction publishers will take place August 27-29. Six publishers will become acquainted with […]
Read more about Editors’ Week for non-fiction publishersMax Seeck’s Milo series continues to sell in France and Latvia
This week’s deals:
Droemer Knaur has pre-empted the German rights to the Silk Road North series by Anu Ojala (Jääsilkkitie, Like), […]
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Mairisch Verlag (in collaboration with Kommode Verlag) has acquired the German rights to Tiina Raevaara’s A Short History of Eternal […]
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Papadopoulos Publishing has acquired the Greek rights to Mari Luoma’s Romeo and the Monsters (Romeo ja hirviöt, WSOY) from Rights […]
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FILI office closed in July
The FILI team will be on vacation in July. The FILI office will be closed from June 30 to July […]
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Spring grant decicions can be found here
A total of 86 applications were received during the spring 2025 round of translation and printing grants. Funding was sought […]
Read more about Spring grant decicions can be found hereEnd-of-May translation deals
Cappelen Damm has acquired the Norwegian audiobook rights to Jessikka Aro’s Putin’s Trolls (Putinin trollit, Johnny Kniga) from Elina Ahlback […]
Read more about End-of-May translation dealsTove Jansson’s Moomins soon available in Kurmanji!
And other rights sold last week:
Gutenberg Publisher has acquired the Belarusian rights to Timo Parvela and Pasi Pitkänen’s Pete’s Football […]
Read more about Tove Jansson’s Moomins soon available in Kurmanji!Last week’s book deals in Asia & Europe
Longanesi has acquired the Italian rights to Martta Kaukonen’s Meet me in the Darkness, book #2 of the Follow the […]
Read more about Last week’s book deals in Asia & EuropeThe first round of book deals in May
Polar Egyesület has acquired the Hungarian rights to Joel Haahtela’s The Soul Painter’s Evening (Sielunpiirtäjän ilta, Otava) from Rights & […]
Read more about The first round of book deals in MayJetsetting literature deals in April
Wydawnictwo Feeria has acquired the Polish rights to Lauri Nummenmaa’s EVIL: The dark side of the human mind (Pahuus, Tammi) […]
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