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Maria Turtschaninoff: ‘Maresi’ to China

Shanghai 99 Readers’ Culture has bought the Simplified Chinese rights to Maresi – Krönikor från Röda Klostret by Maria Turtschaninoff from […]

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Katja Kettu: ‘Yöperhonen’ sold to France

Actes Sud has bought the French rights to Yöperhonen by Katja Kettu from Bonnier Rights Finland.

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Matti Airola: ‘Isin ja tyttöjen lettikirja’ sold to Estonia

Paljasjalg OÜ has bought the Estonian rights to Isin ja tyttöjen lettikirja by Matti Airola from Schildts & Söderströms.

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Ari Turunen: ‘Ettekö te tiedä, kuka minä olen?’ to the Netherlands

Det var Nijgh & Van Ditmar has bought the Dutch rights to Ettekö te tiedä, kuka minä olen? by Ari […]

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Roope Lipasti: ‘Viikinkisolmu’ sold to Italy

Feltrinelli has bought the Italian rights to Roope Lipasti’s Viikinkisolmu (‘The Viking Knot’) from Bonnier Rights.

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Hiroko Motai & Marika Maijala: ‘Million Billion Santa Clauses’ sold to Germany

Fischer Verlag has bought the German rights to Hiroko Motai’s & Marika Maijala’s Million Billion Santa Clauses from Helsinki Literary Agency.

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Hiroko Motai & Marika Maijala: ‘Million Billion Santa Clauses’ sold to Denmark

Turbine has bought the Danish rights to Hiroko Motai’s & Marika Maijala’s Million Billion Santa Clauses from Helsinki Literary Agency.

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FILI at Helsinki Book Fair

On Friday 23.10 FILI will host the traditional translators’ get together at the Fair. The event will begin at 17.00.
We have also invited to Finland some literary experts from Russia – this year’s Country in the Spotlight – and have arranged the three public discussions with them. See our calendar of events for more info.

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FILI Newsletter in October

Our October Newsletter has been published.

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FILI events at the Turku Book Fair (2-4.10.)

FILI has arranged three discussions at the Turku Book Fair: The export of Sámi literature, FINNLAND. COOL. Project Achievements, The translator as a mediator of literature.

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FILI Newsletter September 2015

Our electronic newsletter was published on 24 September and can be read here.
You can order our monthly newsletter […]

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FILI will be present at the Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden, 24–27 September

FILI will be present at the Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden, 24–27 September. We will be part of the Finnish collective stand located at C 02:21.

FILI is teaming up to stage a mini-programme of talks on the Comics Stage on Friday 25 September:

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Beijing International Book Fair, 26–30 August 2015

FILI has a presence at the Beijing International Book Fair along with the Nordlit network on the joint Nordic stand, […]

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FILI Newsletter in August

Our latest newsletter is now online.
You can subscribe to our monthly newsletter here: www.finlit.fi/fili/en/fili-en/filis-newsletter/

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FILI’s translators-in-residence selected

Annie Prime and Owen Witesman have been selected as translators-in-residence for the programme run by HIAP (the Helsinki International Artist Programme) and FILI from 29 February–20 March 2016.

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New FILI brochure has been published

A new version of our Grants brochure has been published
PDF version
Print version can be ordered from our office (fili(a)finlit.fi)

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FILI Newsletter in June

You can read our latest newsletter online.

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Translation and Printing Grants 2015

The results of FILI grant application round have been announced 10 June 2015.
Our next application period starts on 1 October […]

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Translators’ Masterclass seminar in Helsinki 8.–10.6.2015

As part of the Translators’ Masterclass project coordinated by FILI, seven Finnish cultural institutes in various countries have hosted translators’ […]

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New director of FILI

Leena Majander-Reenpää has started as the director of FILI on 1 June. She can be reached by email: leena.majander(ät)finlit.fi and […]

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