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Laura Ertimo & Mari Ahokoivu: ‘Aika matka!’ sold to Hungary
Tessloff Babilon has bought the Hungarian rights to Laura Ertimo & Mari Ahokoivu’s Aika matka! Lotta, Kasper ja luontokadon arvoitus […]
Read more about Laura Ertimo & Mari Ahokoivu: ‘Aika matka!’ sold to HungaryMiika Nousiainen: ‘Juurihoito’ sold to Poland
Książkowe Klimaty has bought the Polish rights to Miika Nousiainen’s Juurihoito (‘Roots’) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Miika Nousiainen: ‘Juurihoito’ sold to PolandMax Seeck: ‘Kauna’ sold to Albania
Muza has bought the Albanian rights to Max Seeck’s Kauna (‘Bad Blood’) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Max Seeck: ‘Kauna’ sold to AlbaniaSalla Simukka: ‘Lumikki’-series sold to Italy
Mondadori has renewed the Italian rights to Salla Simukka’s Lumikki (‘Snow White’) series from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Salla Simukka: ‘Lumikki’-series sold to ItalyElina Backman: ‘Saana Havas’-series sold to Denmark
Gyldendal has bought the Danish rights to Elina Backman’s Saana Havas-series from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
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FILI Book Picks / Spring 2022
We publish small videos presenting our top picks of Finnish literature. This season they are hosted by translator, spoken word […]
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Grants for longer sample translations of non-fiction books
Kirjallisuuden vientikeskus FILIn ja Lauri Jäntin säätiön tuella rahoitetaan kolmivuotinen yhteistyöhanke, jossa tuotetaan agentuurien edustamien tietokirjojen pitkiä, laadukkaita näytekäännöksiä. Tukea voi hakea yleiselle tietokirjallisuudelle ja lasten tietokirjoille, joilla on kansainvälistä potentiaali
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Translators’ residency programme
Five translators of Finnish literature were chosen to our translator-in-residence programme, which started 28 February: Thomas Brevik Kjærstad (Norway), Nil […]
Read more about Translators’ residency programmeVeera Salmi: ‘Oboin kirja’ sold to Germany
Cross Cult has bought the German rights to Veera Salmi’s Oboin kirja (‘The Book of Oboi’) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Veera Salmi: ‘Oboin kirja’ sold to GermanyKatja Pantzar: ‘The Finnish Way’ sold to Lithuania
BALTO has bought the Lithuanian rights to Katja Pantzar’s The Finnish Way from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Katja Pantzar: ‘The Finnish Way’ sold to LithuaniaFrank Martela: ‘A Wonderful Life’ sold to Albania
Botime Koliqi has bought the Albanian rights to Frank Martela’s A Wonderful Life from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Frank Martela: ‘A Wonderful Life’ sold to AlbaniaEeva Louko: ‘Onnellisten saari’ sold to Germany
Heyne Verlag has bought the German rights to Eeva Louko’s Onnellisten saari (’Murder on the Isle of Bliss’) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Eeva Louko: ‘Onnellisten saari’ sold to GermanySara Medberg: ‘Silk Sisters’ -series sold to Poland
Świat Książki has bought the Polish rights to Sara Medberg’s Silk Sisters -series from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Sara Medberg: ‘Silk Sisters’ -series sold to PolandMika Waltari: ‘Sinuhe Egyptiläinen’ sold to Japan
Mizuiro Books has bought the Japanese rights to Mika Waltari’s Sinuhe Egyptiläinen (’The Egyptian’) from Bonnier Rights Finland.
Read more about Mika Waltari: ‘Sinuhe Egyptiläinen’ sold to JapanMika Waltari: ‘Ihmiskunnan viholliset’ sold to Ukrainia
Apriori has bought the Ukrainian rights to Mika Waltari’s Ihmiskunnan viholliset (’The Roman’) from Bonnier Rights Finland.
Read more about Mika Waltari: ‘Ihmiskunnan viholliset’ sold to UkrainiaElina Backman: ‘Kun jäljet katoavat’ sold to Slovakia
Arkus has bought the Slovak rights to Elina Backman’s Kun jäljet katoavat (’Still Waters Run Deep’) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Elina Backman: ‘Kun jäljet katoavat’ sold to SlovakiaCarita Harju: ‘Hyvä oloa saunomalla – Saunafulness’ sold to Estonia
Rahva Raamat has bought the Estonian rights to Carita Harju’s Hyvä oloa saunomalla – Saunafulness (’Saunafulness’) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Read more about Carita Harju: ‘Hyvä oloa saunomalla – Saunafulness’ sold to EstoniaKaija Puura: ‘Näin kasvatat lapsestasi mukavan aikuisen’ sold to Bulgaria
Ciela has bought the Bulgarian rights to Kaija Puura’s Näin kasvatat lapsestasi mukavan aikuisen (’How to Raise the World’s Happiest Children’) from […]
Read more about Kaija Puura: ‘Näin kasvatat lapsestasi mukavan aikuisen’ sold to Bulgaria“Translators on the cover” – a new report on multilingualism and translation
FILI represented Finland in the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) working group of EU Member State experts focusing on multilingualism […]
Read more about “Translators on the cover” – a new report on multilingualism and translationHanna Brotherus: ’Ainoa kotini’ sold to Estonia
Varrak has bought the Estonian rights to Hanna Brotherus’s Ainoa kotini (’My Only Home’) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
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