The Peirene Stevns Translation Prize 2023 is now open. This year the prize is aimed at emerging translators from German…
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I press my hands against my ears and try to shut out the Arabic music that has been coming from…
‘Je voudrais un verre de vin rouge et un expresso, s’il vous plaît.’ Peirene is sitting on a chair in…
Peirene and I are swimming in the Kenwood Ladies pond on Hampstead Heath. It’s a beautiful summer’s evening and we…
Thursday 4 October • Waterstones, Brighton • 6.30 p.m. Chair: Meike Ziervogel, publisher and novelist at Peirene Press (World Literature…
‘No! No!’ Peirene shrieks in disbelief. ‘Impossible!’ Startled, I jump up from my seat. ‘What has happened?’ The Nymph stares…