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 free 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.
Please note the Spring Sale discount only applies to your first year’s subscription. Peirene subscriptions automatically renew at £38/year unless cancelled.

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All our books are sent to subscribers 6-8 weeks before publication. You also receive free 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

APRIL 2024:
UN AMOR BY SARA MESA, TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY KATIE WHITTEMORE.

On the heels of a cryptic mistake, Nat begins a new life in a rural Spanish village. But mutual misunderstanding thrums below the surface, and as tensions mount, the community’s most unexpected impulses emerge.

 

AUGUST 2024:
A SIMPLE INTERVENTION
BY YAEL INOKAI, TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY MARIELLE SUTHERLAND.

A ground-breaking surgical intervention promises to free women from mental illness. But at what cost? Meret, a nurse on the surgical ward, is proud to be part of the solution, but when she falls in love with another nurse, her certainty in the system begins to crumble.

 

DECEMBER 2024:
ON THE GREENWICH LINE BY SHADY LEWIS, TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC BY KATHARINE HALLS

An Egyptian migrant working in a London borough housing department
crosses paths with two other migrants who die in tragic circumstances, in this ambitious novel taking in the themes of grief, race and memory.