Sirene is an international award-winning bi-annual publication, tailored for those people who feel close to the sea even when they are far away from it. Large recycled paper pages, rough and porous as only saltwater stains can be, large white spaces, pure as a sea horizon, and page-turner stories that will put you on the same wave-length with a surging community looking at the oceans as the intersection of the planet’s destinies.  Its paper is made from algae, to make use of excess algal blooms from lagoons at risk. For every half kilo of fresh algae, a kilo of wood is saved.

This spring issue of 2024 features: The Rock Tribe. Neil Agius’s Slow Sea. Cycladic Identity. The Endless Summer. The Daring Art of Overwintering. Cape Cod: Living on the Edge. Conversations in Blue. Sailing Aboard a Dhow. Costa Rica: Thirst for the Ocean. Gente di Mare Award #2.

And it also features me! In Sirene N°12 (Spring 2021) there was a short piece published about the Sea Library. Now, three springs and six issues later, there’s my own essay about islands and books. So happy!

SIRENE N°18, Spring 2024, English edition 💙

Photos by Anna Iltnere / Sea Library