By specialising in the promotion of new poets, Salmon has enriched Irish literary publishing and now has the most representative list of women poetsin Ireland. Salmon Publishing is one of the most innovative, perceptive and important publishinghouses in the U.K. or Ireland. It has fostered and supported thework of new writers and has established them in the public consciousness. The workshops include all aspects of writing and publishing. They take place at the Salmon premises and arefacilitated by Salmon's director Jessie Lendennie, who has conducted workshops all over Ireland and the United States, for many years.
Sessions run two weekends per month.
Residencies vary from one week to four weeks. For more details of the writing workshops and residencies for writers visit The Writers' Place page. Salmon have brought out collections by some of the most stimulating and innovative of writers and has worked particularly hard to develop an international list and to profile Irish poets abroad. Anotherstrong element in Salmon's ethos has been its eagerness to look beyond cultural boundaries and to broaden the parameters of Irish literature by opening up to other cultures. It has published a range of international poets including Adrienne Rich , MarvinBell , Richard Tillinghast and Carol Ann Duffy .