Peirene Press – Sabotage

The Man I Became by Peter Verhelst (trans. David Colmer)

August 2, 2017April 7, 2020 dj4twinx Counterpoint Arts, David Colmer, Peirene Press, Peter Verhelst, Terry Melia, The Man I Became, translation

-By Terry Melia- I loved the notice on the back page of The Man I Became: ‘Warning: this story is

Seasonal/End of year

Fiction Round-Up 2014

December 23, 2014December 20, 2014 dj4twinx Arachne Press, Bare Fiction, Cuba in Splinters, David Rose, Feeding the Doves, Fiona Moore, Gay Propaganda, Heathers, Jenalyn, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Louis XXX, Lysiane Rakotoson, May-Lan Tan, Mermaids, Niagara, Pankhearst, Peirene Press, Posthumous Stories, Rainn, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2014, Shit Happens, Strong Room, The Art of Nottingham, The Dead Lake, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, Things to Make and Break, Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!, Unsettled, Unthank Books, Unthology, Weird Lies, Words and Women: One

-Compiled by Richard T. Watson– It’s time once again to look back at the past twelve months and raise a

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014 – 31st May

May 29, 2014 Editor Allographic Press, Andrew Wynn Owen, Arachne Press, Ashley Stokes, Bare Fiction, Dan Holloway, David Clarke, Emily Cleaver, Fay Roberts, Flarestack Poets, Florence O'Mahoney, Hesterglock Press, Jacqueline Saphra, Jenni Pascoe, Jericho Tavern, JibbaJabba, John Clegg, Kate Garrett, Kiran Millwood-Hargrave, Kirsten Irving, Lucy Ayrton, Lyndsay Waller-Wilkinson, May-Lan Tan, Nichola Deane, Nine Arches Press, Oxford, Pankhearst, Paul Hawkins, Peirene Press, Rising, Rose Drew, Rowena Knight, Saboteur Awards 2014, Stairwell Books, Steve Nash, Stewed Rhubarb Press, The Emma Press, Thomas McColl, Tim Wells, Tina Sederholm, Unthank Books, William Thirsk-Gaskill

On Saturday 31st May, at Oxford’s Jericho Tavern, we will be announcing the results of the public vote for this

The Dead Lake Hamid Ismailov

Novella Translation

The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov (trans. Andrew Bromfield)

May 20, 2014September 12, 2014 dj4twinx Andrew Bromfield, Hamid Ismailov, Peirene Press, Peter Pan, Richard T. Watson, translation

-By Richard T. Watson– A generation or more grew up in the Cold War shadow of the Bomb, fearing the

Saboteur Awards 2014 flyer

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014: The Shortlist!

May 1, 2014May 25, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Against Rape, Agnes Marton, Anti-Slam, Arachne Press, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Belona Greenwood, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Cherry Potts, Chris McCabe, Colin Barrett, Daniel Cockrill, David Coates, David Rose, Donut Press, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Enemies, Fay Roberts, Fiona Moore, Galley Beggar, George Ttoouli, Grist Books, Hannah Krall, Harriette Lawler, Harry Man, Hollie McNish, Jabba Jabba, Johnny Monroe, Jon Stone, Jonathan Taylor, Kate Tempest, Kathleen Bell, Katy Darby, Kirsten Irving, Kirsten Luckins, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Lisa Matthews, Literal Fish, London Lines, Lucy Ayrton, Lynne Bryan, Maria Vlotides, Marianne Villanueva, May-Lan Tan, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Other Voices: Alternative Spoken Word, Oystercatcher, P.O.W., Pedestrian Publishing, Peirene Press, Penned in the Margins, Poems After Frida, Poems in Which, Poetry Bus, Rebecca Tamás, Red Squirrel Press, Rising, Rob Auton, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards 2014, Salt, Shindig Leicester, Sidekick Books, SJ Fowler, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, Tall Lighthouse, Tony Husband, Translating Concrete Poetry, Under the Radar, Unthank Books, Vagabondage Press, W.N. Herbert, Wayne Holloway-Smith, White Rabbit's Are You Sitting Comfortably?, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Yvonne Reddick

Vote now! The results will be announced at the Awards on 31st May, book tickets now! Over the course

The Flood - Superbard

Seasonal/End of year

Fiction Round-Up 2013

December 23, 2013January 5, 2014 dj4twinx Above the Parapet, Alison Lock, Ashley Stokes, Carys Bray, Catherine McNamara, Crystal Clear, Dalkey Archive, Dan Holloway, Evie and Guy, Hannah Stevens, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Jonathan Taylor, Kontakte, Liars' League, Peirene Press, Pelt and Other Stories, Red Room: New Stories inspired by the Brontes, Richard T. Watson, Roman Books, Saboteur Awards, Superbard, Sweet Home, The Flood, The Syllabus of Errors, Tom Warner, Tom Wingfield, Unthank Books, Unthology, Without Makeup

-Compiled by Richard T. Watson– We have a Christmas tradition of sorts at Sabotage: to post a festive round-up of

Mr Darwin's Gardener

Novella Translation

Mr Darwin’s Gardener by Kristina Carlson (trans. Emily & Fleur Jeremiah)

October 27, 2013December 22, 2013 dj4twinx Asko Sahlberg, Charles Darwin, Emily Jeremiah, Finland, Fleur Jeremiah, Kristina Carlson, Peirene Press, Richard T. Watson, The Brothers

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– You’ve heard, I’m sure, of Charles Darwin. You might not have heard of Thomas Davies,

Novella Translation

‘Chasing the King of Hearts’ by Hanna Krall (trans. Philip Boehm)

August 22, 2013December 22, 2013 Editor Auschwitz, Chasing the King of Hearts, Hanna Krall, Mauthausen, Peirene Press, Philip Boehm, Polish, Richard T. Watson

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– Everything I’ve heard about the Holocaust leads me think that Auschwitz was the worst –

Novella Translation

‘The Murder of Halland’ by Pia Juul (translated by Martin Aitken)

October 1, 2012September 12, 2014 Editor Crime, Eugene Ionesco, Martin Aitken, Nick Sweeney, Peirene Press, Pia Juul

-Reviewed by Nick Sweeney– The Murder of Halland is presented as literary fiction author Pia Juul’s excursion into the crime

Novella Translation

‘The Brothers’ by Asko Sahlberg (translated by Fleur and Emily Jeremiah)

February 22, 2012September 12, 2014 Editor Alois Hotschnig, Asko Sahlberg, Emily Jeremiah, Fiction, Finland, Fleur Jeremiah, Maybe This Time, Napoleon, Peirene Press, Richard T. Watson, The Brothers, translation

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– Asko Sahlberg has written a tight and compact little saga in The Brothers (entitled He