About

Against the Grain Poetry Press is an innovative small independent poetry publisher dedicated to publishing challenging, well-crafted poetry. We love writing that is moving and provocative from strong, fresh, diverse voices.

We produce beautiful, starkly-designed, high quality books and pamphlets with high production values and an edgy appeal.

We have an annual submissions window for pamphlets selecting four of the best for publication.

Established in 2017 we work closely with our poets, launching their books at The Poetry Café, London or online during the pandemic.

We ran a poem competition in 2018 and 2019.

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Editors
• Abegail Morley
• Karen Dennison
• Jessica Mookherjee

Creativity in Lockdown – poets and editors advice during these uncertain times

January 17, 2021 by Karen Dennison

Originally posted on The Poetry Shed:
How do we find our muse in these dark times? For some, I know that lockdown has deadened their creativity which is having an impact on their wellbeing, as they are also coping with isolation from friends and family. For those home schooling there’s no head space or time…

Writing in extraordinary times – Jane Lovell

January 7, 2021 by Abegail Morley

Jane Lovell’s Metastatic came out from Against the Grain Press in 2018, a time when we took live, in-person, in-touching-distance-launches for granted. Jane performed from Metastatic at The Poetry Café, along with Timothy Ades, in what was billed as, Traversing a Dark Uncertain Landscape. Something that certainly resonates with us all just now. TRAVERSING A … Continue reading Writing in extraordinary times – Jane Lovell

Of Hearts – available to pre-order now

December 29, 2020 by Karen Dennison

Originally posted on Karen Dennison:
My pamphlet, Of Hearts, is available to pre-order at Broken Sleep Books – Of Hearts where you can also read two of the poems, At Point Nemo and Winter’s story. “Karen Dennison’s Of Hearts opens with a poem about Point Nemo, the ‘spacecraft graveyard’ and furthest place from land in…

“A document of 2020 with a voice of its own, each small word precious in its articulation” by Sarah Westcott

December 12, 2020 by Karen Dennison

Sarah Westcott‘s first collection Slant Light was published by Pavillion Poetry, an imprint of Liverpool University Press, in 2016. A poem from the book was highly commended in the 2017 Forward Prizes. Her debut pamphlet Inklings (Flipped Eye) was a Poetry Book Society pamphlet choice in 2013. Her second collection Bloom is due with Pavillion … Continue reading “A document of 2020 with a voice of its own, each small word precious in its articulation” by Sarah Westcott

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