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Marika Maijala and Juha Virta: ‘Filippa & Kumppanit, Kissa katoaa’ sold to Sweden

Marika Maijala’s and Juha Virta’s ’Filippa & Kumppanit, Kissa katoaa’ has been sold to Swedish publishing house Urax Förlag. The book’s […]

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Marika Maijala and Juha Virta: ’Filippa & Kumppanit, Piano karkaa’ sold to the U.S.

The English rights for Marika Maijala’s and Juha Virta’s  ’Filippa & Kumppanit, Piano karkaa’ has been sold to Gibbs Smith […]

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Marika Maijala and Juha Virta: ’Filippa & Kumppanit, Piano karkaa’ sold to South Korea

Marika Maijala’s and Juha Virta’s  ’Filippa & Kumppanit, Piano karkaa’ has been sold to South Korean publishing house SangSangHaDa.

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Marika Maijala and Juha Virta: ’Filippa & Kumppanit, Piano karkaa’ sold to Sweden

Marika Maijala’s and Juha Virta’s  ’Filippa & Kumppanit, Piano karkaa’ has been sold to Swedish publishing house Urax Förlag. The book’s […]

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Laura Merz & Aino Järvinen: ‘Tuhat ja yksi otusta’ sold to China

Chinese DUKU Publishing has bought the rights for ‘Tuhat ja yksi otusta’  by Laura Merz & Aino Järvinen.

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Reka Kiraly: ‘Pieni suuri tarina huomisesta’ sold to Spain

Publishing house Takatuka has bought the Spanish/Catalan rights for Reka Kiraly’s ‘Pieni suuri tarina huomisesta’.

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Marika Maijala and Juha Virta: ‘Filippa & Kumppanit, Piano karkaa’ sold to Spain

Marika Maijala’s and Juha Virta’s  ‘Filippa & Kumppanit, Piano karkaa’ has been sold to Spanish/Catalan publishing house Hércules de Ediciones.

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Translator: Apply for our residency programme!

FILI offers translators of Finnish literature a unique opportunity to focus on their work for three weeks at our residency, […]

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FILI’s grant application round begins on 1 October

FILI’s grant application round begins on 1 October 2017. Grants for translations from other languages into Finnish are also available in […]

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Leena Lehtolainen: ‘Viattomuuden loppu’ sold to Germany

The rights for Leena Lehtolainen’s latest book, Viattomuuden loppu/The End of Innocence have been sold to German publisher Rowohlt.

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Max Seeck: Mefiston kosketus/The Mephisto Touch sold to Italy

The rights for Max Seeck’s second novel,  Mefiston kosketus/The Mephisto Touch have been acquired by the Italian publishing house Newton Compton.

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Henrik Meinander: Finlands historia/A History of Finland rights sold to Lithuania

Aukso žuvys publishing house has bought the rights for Henrik Meinander’s ‘Finlands historia’.

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Selja Ahava: ‘Taivaalta tippuvat asiat’ sold to Croatia

Selja Ahava’s Taivaalta tippuvat asiat/Things that Fall from the Sky’s rights have been sold to Croatian publisher Vuković & Runjić.

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FILI’s Autumn Brochure 2017

The brochure contains publishers’ and agents’ presentations on current Finnish books.
A Selection of Finnish Titles | Spring […]

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FILI September Newsletter

Our September newsletter has been published and can be found here.
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FILI hosts international editors

A group of seven editors and a literary scout from Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Germany, Spain, and Norway […]

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Timo Parvela, Bjørn Sortland & Pasi Pitkänen: ‘Kepler62’ 1&2 sold to South Korea

Jaeum&Moeum has bought the Korean rights to Timo Parvela, Bjørn Sortland & Pasi Pitkänen’s Kepler62 books 1&2 from Bonnier Rights.

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Beginning translators’ course

Every two years a course for beginning translators is held in Helsinki, and this year’s edition will take place from 21 to 31 August. FILI and the Finnish National Agency for Education (formerly CIMO) are co-organisers. The course will be led by translator and author Stefan Moster. A total of 15 participants who translate into 10 different languages have been selected to take part.

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Erkintalo, Király : ‘Talo kulman takana’ sold to South Korea

Woorinabi Publisher has bought the Korean language rights to Jenni Erkintalo’s and Réka Király’s Talo kulman takana from Etana Editions.

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Hanna Konola : ‘Tuulen vuosi’ sold to Italy

Edizioni Clichy has bought the Italian language rights to Hana Konola’s Tuulen vuosi from Etana Editions.

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