SPRING SALE
25% off all books and collections
Discover new favourites and explore our full catalogue of translated fiction – including preorders like Iron Lung by Kirstine Reffstrup, recent releases like Djinns by Fatma Aydemir and On the Greenwich Line by Shady Lewis, and future classics like The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer.


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Featured Books
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DjinnsOriginal price was: £12.99.£9.74Current price is: £9.74.
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Un AmorOriginal price was: £12.99.£9.74Current price is: £9.74.
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Marzahn, Mon AmourOriginal price was: £12.00.£9.00Current price is: £9.00.
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Every year Peirene publishes at least six books and sends them directly to subscribers. We search high and low for the most exciting voices from around the world, and introduce them to English-language readers. Subscribe now to get our new books ahead of publication and to support independent publishing. We offer four different types of subscription – our six-book subscription, our three-book novella subscription and single year gift subscriptions of both options – perfect for that surprise gift for a loved one.

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May Events
Please join us to celebrate the launch of Iron Lung with author Kirstine Reffstrup and translator Hunter Simpson.
To book Story Smith, Bristol (Tuesday, 20 May) Click Here
Coventry Library, Coventry (Wednesday, 21 May) Click Here
To book Pages of Hackney, London, (Thursday, 22 May) Click Here