About

Against the Grain Poetry Press is a new, innovative small independent poetry publisher dedicated to publishing challenging, well-crafted poetry.

Our aim is to produce beautiful works of art, with high production values and an edgy appeal, that are both provocative and moving.

We want our poets to be seen and heard and we print starkly designed high-quality pamphlets and run launch events and signings.

The beat of our drum is our own and we strive to select strong, fresh, diverse voices.

Editors
• Abegail Morley
• Karen Dennison
• Jessica Mookherjee

Jinny Fisher – two poems

September 15, 2018 by Karen Dennison

This is the last of our blog posts featuring poets who made it to our 2019 shortlist and we’re delighted to finish with two poems by Jinny Fisher. Jinny has been published in print and online, including by The Journal, Under the Radar, Prole, The Interpreter’s House, New Walk, Lighthouse, The Poetry Shed, Ink Sweat … Continue reading Jinny Fisher – two poems

Pnina Shinebourne – two poems

September 9, 2018 by Karen Dennison

As part of a series of blogs featuring poems from poets who made it as far as our 2019 shortlist, here are two poems from Pnina Shinebourne. Pnina is the author of three pamphlets. A Suburb of Heaven won the 2014 Venture/flipped eye poetry pamphlet award. Uproot won the Overton Poetry Prize 2017 and was … Continue reading Pnina Shinebourne – two poems

Jaydn DeWald – two poems

September 5, 2018 by Karen Dennison

Jaydn DeWald, who made our 2019 shortlist, is a writer, teacher, musician, and the author of three chapbooks, The Rosebud Variations: And Other Variations (Greying Ghost, 2017); In Whose Hand the Light Expires (Yellow Flag Press, 2018); and as counterpoint to this compressed mass a longing (forthcoming from Sutra Press). His poems, stories, and critical … Continue reading Jaydn DeWald – two poems

Winner of poetry competition marking 70 years of the NHS – Michelle Diaz

September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 by Karen Dennison

Congratulations to the winners of this competition to mark the 70th anniversary of the introduction of the National Health Service. Particular congratulations to Michelle Diaz who won first prize with her poem My Life Reduced to a Window. The competition was judged by none other than Wendy Cope and Lachlan Mackinnon. Poems will feature on … Continue reading Winner of poetry competition marking 70 years of the NHS – Michelle Diaz

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