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Original price was: £68.00.Current price is: £47.60. / year

Get the latest in international translated fiction, straight to your door. 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. Subscribers also benefit from subsidised UK shipping on every subscription book and 15% off all future purchases.

This is the six-book-a-year Peirene subscription. New Peirene subscribers receive the latest book immediately, followed by five further books over the year.

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Up Next

December 2025:
SHE WHO REMAINS BY RENE KARABASH, TRANSLATED FROM BULGARIAN BY IZIDORA ANGEL

High in the Accursed Mountains, in a village ruled by the ancient laws of the Kanun, Bekija escapes an arranged marriage by becoming a sworn virgin, renouncing her womanhood to live as a man. Her decision sets off a brutal chain of events, destroying her family and separating her from the one she loves the most. 

February 2026:
BOUDOIR BY SIGRÚN PÁLSDÓTTIR, TRANSLATED FROM ICELAND BY LYTTON SMITTH

April 2026:
ALL MY LOVE BY AGNES LIDBECK, TRANSLATED FROM SWEDISH BY NICHOLA SMALLEY

June 2026:
THE FAMILY BY SARA MESA, TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY KATIE WHITTEMORE

August 2026:
BEFORE I FORGET BY ANNE PAULY, TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY DINA LEIFER

October 2026:
GJAK BY DIMOSTHENIS PAPAMARKOS, TRANSLATED FROM GREEK BY SIÁN VALVIS