Peirene Press

Peirene Press

Peirene specializes in contemporary European novellas in English translation. All our books are best-sellers and/or award winners in their own countries. We only publish books of less than 200 pages that can be read in the same time it takes to watch a DVD.

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Genres published 

  • Fiction

Writing styles published 

  • Novella / Contemporary / Short Stories

Publication Formats 

  • Book

Languages published 

  • English

Source Languages 

  • German
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Polish
  • Ukrainian
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Dutch
  • Danish
Publisher Details

Region: 

Europe

Accept unsolicited submissions: 

No

Permit online submissions: 

Yes

Permit simultaneous submissions: 

Yes

Reading Periods: 

Query First

Payments: 

  • Unknown

Publish reprints: 

No

Calls for Submissions: 

none