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The much-anticipated Finnish Literature Translators Fellowship starts on 25 October

This autumn, more than 60 foreign translators of Finnish literature will participate in FILI events organised in conjunction with the […]

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It’s Finland again! Finnish literature in the spotlight across German-speaking Europe in 2024

It’s Finland again! Finnish literature in German-speaking Europe in 2024 is a project jointly launched by FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange, […]

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Terra Publica bought the Lithuanian rights for Eva Frantz’s The Mystery of Raspberry Hill (Hallonbacken, Schildts & Söderströms)

And other rights sold at the end of August

16.8

Polirom bought the Romanian rights for Mika Waltari’s A Stranger Came to […]

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The summer course for beginning literary translators begins!

A great start to the autumn season: the summer course for beginning literary translators organized for the 12th time is […]

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The Old Lion Publishing House bought the Ukrainian rights for Magdalena Hai’s The Little Shop of Nightmares series

And other rights sold in July / August

21.7.2023

Mixtvision pre-empted the German rights for Arttu Unkari’s Dad Man series (Isämies, Otava) […]

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Dwie Siostry bought the Polish rights for Sofia & Amanda Chanfreau’s A Giraffe’s Heart Is Unbelievably Large

And other rights sold in July

4.7

Modtryk bought the Danish rights for Arttu Tuominen’s Shamed (Häväistyt, WSOY), and also for the […]

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Old Lion Publishing House bought the Ukrainian rights for Maria Turtschaninoff’s Inherited Land

And other rights sold just before the summer holidays!

27.6.

Psichogios Publications bought the Greek rights for Nina Pirhonen’s Leo the Lion […]

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Here is our latest publication 100 or So Books from Finland

Each year, the staff of FILI highlight about one hundred important, current Finnish books. Here is our latest publication 100 […]

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Al Arabi Publishing bought the World Arabic rights for Martta Kaukonen’s Follow The Butterfly

And other rights sold right before Midsummer!

19.6

Norstedts bought the Swedish rights for Riikka Sandberg’s Ørja (Otava) from the Elina Ahlback […]

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Holp Shuppan bought the Japanese rights for Magdalena Hai’s and Teemu Juhani’s The Little Shop of Nightmares series

And other brand new rights sold!

12.6

Helios kirjastus bought the Estonian rights for Mauno Koivisto’s The Russian Idea (Venäjän idea, Tammi) […]

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The translation and printing grants have been awarded

The translation and printing grants for this spring have been awarded! The list of awarded grants is now on […]

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Ukrainian publishers visit has started

It is a great pleasure to introduce Finnish literature experts to our wonderful Ukrainian publisher guests this week! Publishers Olha […]

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Dwukropek bought the Polish rights for Timo Parvela’s Mission Nearly Impossible series

And other rights sold in the first days of June

25.5.

DeAgostini bought the Italian rights for Kaisa Happonen’s & Anne Vasko’s […]

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Bastei Lübbe bought the German rights for Max Seeck’s new novel, pre-publication

And other rights sold in the first days of summer!

26.5

Epix bought the Swedish rights for Tero Mielonen’s and Mari Ahokoivu’s […]

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Pandora M (Editura Trei) bought the Romanian rights for Pirkko Saisio’s The Helsinki Trilogy

And other brand new rights sold in May!

15.5.

Forlagid bought the Icelandic rights for Satu Rämö’s Hildur (WSOY) from Bonnier Rights […]

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Cbj Verlag bought the German rights for Elina Pitkäkangas’s Sang

And other brand new rights sold

8.5.

Cbj Verlag (Penguin Random House) bought the German rights for Elina Pitkäkangas’s Sang (WSOY) from […]

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Sekaibunka bought the Japanese rights for Tuutikki Tolonen’s and Pasi Pitkänen’s Monster Nanny trilogy

And other rights sold at the beginning of May

2.5.

Sekaibunka bought the Japanese rights for Tuutikki Tolonen’s and Pasi Pitkänen’s Monster […]

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Elust Enesest bought the Estonian rights for Satu Varjonen’s What’s the Buzz?

And other rights sold at the end of April

24.4

In a two-book deal, Bogoo bought the Danish rights for the first […]

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Apply for translation and printing grants

Last week to apply for grants for translating and printing Finnish literature into other languages and translating foreign fiction and […]

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Translator Claire Saint-Germain

More FILI Book Picks

Today Claire’s Book Picks! 

In FILI’s video series, the recipient of the Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators, Claire Saint-Germain, recommends […]

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