Salmon Poetry
Salmon Poetry is an Irish and international book-publishing company. It was founded in 1987 in Ireland by poet Jessie Lendennie as a platform for new Irish and international poetry in English.
History
Founded in Galway, the press moved to County Clare in 1995. Their office is based at The Salmon Bookshop & Literary Centre in Ennistymon, County Clare.At first, Salmon published a poetry magazine that has later grown into a poetry press. According to MEAS report providing statistics for Irish poetry publications, Salmon Poetry in 2018 was the most prolific poetry press on the Island of Ireland.
According to Poetry [Ireland Review], Salmon Poetry "broadens the parameter of Irish literature by opening up to other cultures and by urging new perspectives on established traditions. That enviable balance of focus and ranginess is a rare and instructive achievement".
American poet Tess Gallagher, quoted on the Inpress Books website, wrote the following about Salmon Poetry:
"Like the sea-run Steelhead salmon that thrashes upstream to its spawning ground, then instead of dying, returns to the sea – Salmon Poetry Press brings precious cargo to both Ireland and America in the poetry it publishes, then carries that select work to its readership against incalculable odds."