In response to the Covid-19 crisis and the lockdown order, Peirene created the Borderless Book Club in collaboration with five other small presses – Charco Press, Comma Press, Istros Books, Nordisk Books, and Tilted Axis Press – in March 2020. Initially planned for a six-week run, we have decided to continue the book club with fortnightly meetings for the foreseeable future, with Bitter Lemon Press and Fitzcarraldo Editions joining our roster for forthcoming sessions.
Meetings are held on Thursday evenings at 8pm UK time, via Zoom. Participation is free and meetings can be accessed from anywhere in the world. We exclusively discuss translated literature and invite translators to join us to discuss their work. Hosted by Maddie Rogers, Peirene’s publishing assistant, each meeting features a different press presenting their book.
Sign up to the mailing list here to receive Zoom invitations and discussion questions ahead of meetings.
The first six sessions are available to listen to as a podcast here.
Here is our upcoming programme:
May 28th
Tilted Axis Press | Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana
With translator Mui Poopoksakul | 20% off with code “AD2020” | free ebook with preorder
June 11th
Charco Press | Holiday Heart by Margarita García Robayo
20% off with code “BOOKCLUB” | free UK shipping
June 25th
Bitter Lemon Press | Summer of Reckoning by Marion Brunet
With translator Katherine Gregor
July 9th
Nordisk Books | Inlands by Elin Willows
With translator Duncan Lewis and author Elin Willows | 20% off with code “borderless”
July 23rd
Comma Press | Palestine +100 anthology ed. Basma Ghalayini
With translator Thoraya El-Rayyes | free ebook with purchase of hard copy from Comma website
August 6th
Istros Books | Wild Woman by Marina Šur Puhlovski
With translator Christina Zorić
August 20th
Fitzcarraldo Editions | Grove by Esther Kinsky
With translator Caroline Schmidt
25% off with code GROVEBOOKCLUB from Fitzcarraldo website (UK) and Transit website (US)
All new releases will be shipped in advance for the book club.
Download a PDF of the programme here.