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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.

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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 […]

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Finnish 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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Four books travelling to Hungary

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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Moomins in Bulgaria

And other sold rights from the past two weeks!

Esprit has bought the Polish rights to Julia Pöyhönen’s, Heidi Livingston’s […]

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Martta 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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Meet the Fox & the Bear Family in Italy

And other sold rights from the beginning of November:

1.11.

Petergailis has bought the Latvian rights to Kaisa Paasto’s Prankenstein (Prankenstein, Tammi) […]

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Rights 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 […]

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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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A 3 book pre-empt for Anne Hietanen’s and Michaela von Kügelgen’s The Last Word-series

24.09.

Compañía Naviera Ilimitada has bought the Spanish (Argentinia, South America) rights to Tove Jansson’s The True Deceiver (Den ärliga bedragaren, […]

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It’s Finland Again! looks to new readers

This year, Finnish literature is in the spotlight in German-speaking Europe. 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of Finland’s Guest of […]

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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 begins today and ends on November 1, 2024.

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Little Mouse is travelling to Poland, again!

­­And other sold rights from this week!

25.09.2024

Latvijas Mediji has bought the Latvian rights to Max Seeck’s Milo (Merkitty, Tammi) […]

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Pre-empted rights to Satu Rämö’s Hildur series in two languages

And more sold rights from mid-September!

30.08.

Mala Zvona d.o.o. has bought the Croatian rights to Tove Jansson’s The Sculptor’s Daughter (Bildhuggarens […]

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Two new deals for Tommi Kinnunen

10.09.

Varrak has bought the Estonian rights to Tommi Kinnunen’s Pine Bark (Kaarna, WSOY) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Magyar Napló Publishing […]

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Mauri Kunnas’ dogs are travelling to Romania

And other sold rights from summer and the beginning of September:

10.07.

SM Educação has bought the (Brazilian) Portuguese rights to Anne […]

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Niilo Sevänen’s fantasy series sold to Germany

And more sold rights from the end of August!

28.8.

Aufbau has bought the German rights to Kaisu Tuokko’s The Kristinestad Murders […]

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