
Peirene Novella Subscription
£38.00 / year
Every year Peirene publishes three novellas in translation 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 6-8 weeks before publication and to support independent publishing. Subscribers also benefit from subsidized UK shipping on every subscription book and 15% off all future purchases.
This is the three book Peirene novella subscription. New subscribers receive our latest release, followed by the next two books in the novella series.
Peirene subscriptions automatically renew at £38/year unless cancelled. Postage costs apply.
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All our books are sent to subscribers 6-8 weeks before publication. You also receive subsidised UK shipping on every subscription book and 15% off all further purchases.

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We select the best writers and stories from around the world and publish them in English translation for curious readers.

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Up Next
May 2025:
SUPPORTING ACT BY AGNES LIDBECK, TRANSLATED FROM SWEDISH BY NICHOLA SMALLEY
A sharp and ruthless novel about the cost of living according to ‘the rules', Supporting Act is the study of a woman performing the roles society expects of her, even as they overlap, contradict and subsume each other.
September 2025:
IMAGINE BREAKING EVERYTHING BY LINA MUNAR GUEVARA, TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY ELLEN JONES
A rainy weekend in Bogotá, and Melissa is about to graduate from high school. If, that is, she can scrape together the money to pay for the printer she broke. A novel from Colombia about class, gender and family.