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Peirene Press
Peirene Press
StatusActive
Founded2008
FounderMeike Ziervogel
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon, N19
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genresLiterature in translation, Contemporary fiction, Novella
Official websitehttp://www.peirenepress.com

Peirene Press is an independent publishing house based in London.[1] Established by novelist and publisher Meike Ziervogel, Peirene is primarily focused on bringing out high-quality English translations of contemporary European short novels. Peirene is also known for its regular literary salons, and for its pop-up bookstalls outside supermarkets and at farmers markets.[2] Peirene Press donates 50p from the sale of each book to Counterpoint Arts, a charity that promotes the creative arts by and about refugees and migrants in the UK.[3]

List of books

2010 – Female Voice

2011 – Male Dilemma

2012 – Small Epic

2013 – Turning Point

2014 – Coming of Age

2015 – Chance Encounter

2016 – Fairy Tale

2017 – East and West

2018 – Home in Exile

2019 – There Be Monsters

2020 – Closed Universe

2021 – Metamorphoses

2022

2023

2024

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Peirene Press: About us". Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  2. ^ "Peirene Press: Events".
  3. ^ "Peirene Press: Counterpoint Arts".
  4. ^ Graeme Neill, "Continuum crowned indie publisher of the year", The Bookseller, 11 March 2011.
  5. ^ "British Book Design and Production Awards 2011". Archived from the original on 2013-08-21.
  6. ^ "British Book Design and Production Awards 2013". Archived from the original on 2014-02-12.
  7. ^ Boyd Tonkin, "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: Latin America is back with a boom", The Independent, 11 March 2011.
  8. ^ Boyd Tonkin, "The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize long-list spans a planet of stories", The Independent, 9 March 2012.
  9. ^ Boyd Tonkin, "From Syria to Colombia, and Albanian to Afrikaans, enjoy a global feast", The Independent, 1 March 2013.
  10. ^ Boyd Tonkin, "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014: Our long-list reveals a fictional eco-system of staggering diversity", The Independent, 7 March 2014.
  11. ^ Ian Johnston, "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: 'Delightful discoveries' in foreign fiction prize", The Independent, 12 March 2015.