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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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And more rights sold this week!
7.2.
Rahva Raamat has pre-empted the Estonian rights to Matti Laine’s Armadillo series #1-3 from […]
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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 […]
Read more about The first Editors´ Week of the yearNordic Rituals for the English Speaking World
And more sold rights:
13.1.
Helios has bought the Estonian rights to Katri Kirkkopelto’s Blue and the Magnificent Pet (Molli ja suurenmoinen […]
Read more about Nordic Rituals for the English Speaking World3 Finnish Children’s Books travelling to Denmark
And 11 more sold rights!
13.12.24
Antolog Books has bought the (North) Macedonian rights to Ninka Reittu’s Tully and Roly the Pony […]
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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 […]
Read more about FILI will focus on French- and German-speaking EuropeFinnish Comic Series travelling to Vietnam!
And other sold rights from this week:
21.1.
Filia has bought the Polish rights to Riikka Jäntti’s Little Mouse and the Amazing […]
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Nordlit meeting in Reykjavík
Wonderful Nordlit meeting with Nordic literary export organisations, this time in Reykjavík 14-16 January.
Read more about Nordlit meeting in Reykjavík17 rights sold in the first half of January
3.1.
Barta has bought the Italian rights to Selja Ahava’s Things That Fall From The Sky (Taivaalta tippuvat asiat, Gummerus) from […]
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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 […]
Read more about Merry Christmas!Translation rights sold before the Christmas holidays
2.12.
Kodansha Ltd has bought the Japanese rights to Tove Jansson’s Sculptor’s Daughter (Bildhuggarens dotter, Förlaget) from Rights & Brands.
4.12.
Edition Bracklo […]
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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 […]
Read more about Translation and printing grants for the last application round to 95 projectsFinnish Literature travelling to Oceania and Taiwan
And more sold rights from December!
10.12.
Oratia has bought the English and Polynesian rights to Susanna Venho’s & Sanna Pelliccioni’s Forest […]
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And other sold rights from the past two weeks!
25.11.
Shangai Joy-Curiosity Cultural Development Co., Limited has bought the Chinese (simplified) […]
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And other sold rights from the past two weeks!
Esprit has bought the Polish rights to Julia Pöyhönen’s, Heidi Livingston’s […]
Read more about Moomins in BulgariaMartta Kaukonen’s psychological thrillers in Icelandic
And other sold rights from the past few weeks:
24.10.
Albatros has bought the Czech rights to Ninka Reittu’s Tully and […]
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Non-fiction Editors’ Week is underway
FILI’s Editors’ Week visit for non-fiction publishers continued with visits to WSOY and Otava. On Friday, Annette Beger (Kommode Verlag, […]
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And other sold rights from the beginning of November:
1.11.
Petergailis has bought the Latvian rights to Kaisa Paasto’s Prankenstein (Prankenstein, Tammi) […]
Read more about Meet the Fox & the Bear Family in ItalyRights to 26 books sold!
All sold rights from the second half of October:
11.10.
PHBERN has bought the Swiss German rights to Linda Liukas’ Hello Ruby […]
Read more about Rights to 26 books sold!Eva Frantz’s Anna Glad series is travelling to Bulgaria
And other sold rights from the middle of October!
9.10.
Kirjastus Hea Lugu has bought the Estonian rights to Aino Havukainen’s and […]
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