It was founded in 1987 in Ireland by poet Jessie Lendennie as a platform for new Irish and international poetry in English.
Their office is based at The Salmon Bookshop & Literary Centre in Ennistymon, County Clare.
[1] 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".
[2] 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.