SIRENE is an independent magazine.  A small boat that sails on the horizon, a community of free spirits with the sea inside and out.

Issue 23 out September 30.

Photo: © Zak Mogel

Issue 23 features

Amitav Ghosh, the Language of the Sea

Indians, Persians, Arabs, Filipinos, Malays, Africans. Along the trade routes of the Indian Ocean, they were all Lascars. And, as Amitav Ghosh tells us, what brought them together was the shared language of ships.

Among the Surfers of Ramin

In Ramin, a small Iranian village on the Arabian Sea three hours’ drive from the Pakistani border, the sea is a constant presence in every aspect of people’s lives. A new generation of surfers finds freedom in the waves, beyond the war.

Bruno Munari: Sea Stones

Water carves, rounds and smooths. Over time, stones become stories yet to be told.

New York City by Kayak

Ships, bridges, drydocks, tide races: the Big Apple seen from the water. A book it took 40 years to research and write.

Holiday in Maine

For yacht designer L. Francis Herreshoff, the H28 was an affordable, democratic yacht, the biggest boat an amateur builder could build by himself. Holiday is the H28 that would change Luc Milam’s life forever.

A Swimmer’s Diary

For Leanne Shapton, swimming is about repetition, patience, and discipline, but it’s also learning to listen – to the water, and to your own body. What you learn stroke after stroke becomes part of who you are.

All the Waves of Clément Roseyro

Whether it’s the ocean he grew up surfing just down the road or a distant sea reached after a long journey, it makes no difference. What matters is being out there in the water, waiting for the next wave.

At the Bottom of the Sea

The deep ocean remains one of the most difficult worlds to understand. Myth and legend meet science and technology in the quest to explore its darkness.

La Selva

More than a frontier to explore, Kate Bellm’s jungle is a refuge. The rules dissolve and we return to a primitive, unfiltered beauty.

Gente di Mare Award 4

And the winner is…

Sirene is an international award-winning 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 salt water 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. 

Our 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. The entire productive process has been scrupulously thought out to attain minimal environmental impact.

Photo: © Creative Commons/Simon Ager

Surfing, freediving, stretches of ocean in the words of a solo sailor, islands, beaches to discover, customs and traditions of beach culture, stories of secret ferries, lost classic boats, whale sharks routes, reportings related to pollution and protection of marine life, create a narration in which sea lovers can relate and where they can find the characteristics of a common identity. Unlike other media dealing with sea sports and activities, Sirenes's approach is never technical but always emotional.

Sirene has been awarded a Graphite Pencil at the 2016 D&AD Awards in London and was Medal Finalist and Merit Winner at the SPD #52 in NY.

Photo © Tina Rataj

Two different versions – one in Italian and one in English – and two cradles, the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, where the attraction for water has grown in time into a culture.

Starting from Italy and California, through its webpage sirenejournal.com and carefully selected points of sale, SIRENE wants to spread and develop along the Mediterranean coast and the dry lands in the Pacific area until it reaches its readers wherever they are in the world.

Photo © Lance Anderson

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Il Manifesto
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Io Donna 
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Under the Sun

 Photo © Creative Commons/Steven Worster