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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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Host bought the Czech rights for Juhani Karila’s Fishing for the Little Pike

And other rights sold since the Easter holiday

11.4

Mixtvision bought the German rights for Ted Forsström’s and Åsa Lucander’s Stella (Förlaget) […]

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Gecko Press bought the English rights for Sofia & Amanda Chanfreau’s The Giraffe’s Heart Is Unbelievably Large

And more rights sold just before Easter!

3.4

Gecko Press bought the English & Commonwealth rights for Sofia & Amanda Chanfreau’s Giraffens […]

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Südwest Verlag bought the German rights for Sigga Gylfadottir’s and Satu Rämö’s Siggan ja Satun islantilaiset villapaidat

And other brand new rights sold from the world of Finnish literature!

24. 3

Südwest Verlag bought the German rights for Sigga […]

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The second application round of the year starts in April

The second application round for translation and printing grants starts on April 1st and ends on May 1st.

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Hegas has bought the Swedish rights for Magdalena Hai’s and Teemu Juhani’s Painajaispuoti 4

And other wonderful news of rights sold in March!

15.3.

Hegas has bought the Swedish rights for Magdalena Hai’s and Teemu Juhani’s […]

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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 […]

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The spring’s first publisher visits

The first Editors’ Week of the year will take place on 20–23 March. The following foreign publishers and professionals in […]

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