News
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 […]
Read more about FILI office closed in July
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) […]
Read more about Jetsetting literature deals in AprilFILI will be closed on 1.5., but we will be back in office on Friday 2.5. The FILI team wishes […]
Read more about
Info session for publishers on translation and publishing fees
For the first time, an information session for foreign publishers on translation and publishing costs will be held via Zoom […]
Read more about Info session for publishers on translation and publishing feesFinnish children’s books travelling worldwide
And other rights sold throughout March:
Laboratoria has acquired the Ukranian rights to Sanna Nyqvist’s By the Seashore: How Writers Discovered […]
Read more about Finnish children’s books travelling worldwide
Translation and publishing grant application round beginning soon
The next application round for translation and publication grants will start tomorrow, on Tuesday, 1.4. and end on Thursday, 1.5.2025. […]
Read more about Translation and publishing grant application round beginning soon
The translation and printing grants have been awarded
The translation and printing grants for the beginning of the year have been awarded! The list of awarded grants is […]
Read more about The translation and printing grants have been awardedFinnish literature on its way to Arabic- and German-language audiences
And other rights sold this week:
7.3.
Quercus / MacLehose Press has pre-empted world rights, excluding Finland, to Dr. Lassi Liikkanen’s […]
Read more about Finnish literature on its way to Arabic- and German-language audiences
FILI at the spring book fairs
FILI will participate in the spring book fairs in London 11-13 March, Leipzig 27-30 March, Bologna 31 March-3 April and […]
Read more about FILI at the spring book fairs
Ramona Tyler has started working as an intern at FILI
Originally from the USA, Ramona Tyler has lived in Germany for nearly 15 years. They have studied Finnish and Norwegian, […]
Read more about Ramona Tyler has started working as an intern at FILISatu Rämö’s Hildur series to be published in 20 languages!
And other acquired rights this week:
1.3.
Relacja has bought the Polish rights to Selja Ahava’s The Day the Whale Swam […]
Read more about Satu Rämö’s Hildur series to be published in 20 languages!12 rights sold to round off the month
6.2.
Tympanum has bought the Czech rights to Tove Jansson’s The Moomins and the Great Flood (Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen, […]
Read more about 12 rights sold to round off the month
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 […]
Read more about Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators to Sébastien Cagnoli4 books travelling to Estonia
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 […]
Read more about 4 books travelling to Estonia
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 year