Peirene Press

‘Two-hour books to be devoured in a single sitting: literary cinema for those fatigued by film’ – Times Literary Supplement.

An award-winning independent publisher of new voices and great books from across the world.

Peirene Press was founded by novelist and journalist Meike Ziervogel, with the goal of bringing translated European novellas to a UK audience. Peirene began publishing in 2010 with Beside the Sea by Véronique Olmi, translated by Adriana Hunter. In the twelve years since this first (extraordinary) book, they have published over forty books, featuring translations from seventeen languages and twenty countries. Peirene titles have been listed for the International Booker Prize (previously the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) seven times, and have been awarded numerous other accolades.

In 2021, Peirene changed ownership and is now run by Stella Sabin and James Tookey. In the Spring of 2022, they announced a new direction for Peirene, including the company’s re-location to Bath, a full re-brand, and plans to publish a diverse range of books from beyond Europe: building on the last ten years, whilst widening the scope of what Peirene can do.

You can also buy our books directly from our website at www.peirenepress.com, where you will find more information on our Events and our Peirene Subscription: each year we publish a new series of three world-class translated novellas, which we deliver straight to our subscribers’ doors ahead of publication.

By buying directly from our website or through our Bookshop.org page, you are choosing a greener, more ethical method of book buying, and supporting us directly.

Thank you.