Peirene Press is an independent publishing house based in London .[ 1] Established by novelist and publisher Meike Ziervogel , Peirene is primarily focused on bringing out high-quality English translations of contemporary European short novels. Peirene is also known for its regular literary salons, and for its pop-up bookstalls outside supermarkets and at farmers markets.[ 2] Peirene Press donates 50p from the sale of each book to Counterpoint Arts, a charity that promotes the creative arts by and about refugees and migrants in the UK..[ 3]
List of books
2010 - Female Voice
2011 - Male Dilemma
2012 - Small Epic
2013 - Turning Point
2014 - Coming of Age
2015 - Chance Encounter
2016 - Fairy Tale
2017 - East and West
2018 - Home in Exile Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena (translated from the Latvian: Margita Gailitis)
Shadows on the Tundra by Dalia Grinkevičiutė (translated from the Lithuanian: Delija Valiukenas)
And the Wind Sees All by Guđmundur Andri Thorsson (translated from the Icelandic: Bjørg Arnadottir) and Andrew Cauthery
2019 - There Be Monsters
2020
Awards
References
^ "Peirene Press: About us" . Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-07-10 .
^ "Peirene Press: Events" .
^ "Peirene Press: Counterpoint Arts" .
^ Graeme Neill, "Continuum crowned indie publisher of the year" , The Bookseller , 11 March 2011.
^ "British Book Design and Production Awards 2011" . Archived from the original on 2013-08-21.
^ "British Book Design and Production Awards 2013" . Archived from the original on 2014-02-12.
^ Boyd Tonkin , "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: Latin America is back with a boom" , The Independent , 11 March 2011.
^ Boyd Tonkin, "The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize long-list spans a planet of stories" , The Independent , 9 March 2012.
^ Boyd Tonkin, "From Syria to Colombia, and Albanian to Afrikaans, enjoy a global feast" , The Independent , 1 March 2013.
^ Boyd Tonkin, "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014: Our long-list reveals a fictional eco-system of staggering diversity" , The Independent , 7 March 2014.
^ Ian Johnston, "Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: 'Delightful discoveries' in foreign fiction prize" , The Independent , 12 March 2015.