HardPressed_Poetry
HardPressed Poetry
Independent Irish-based poetry publisher
hardPressed poetry was an independent Irish-based poetry publisher run by poets Billy Mills and Catherine Walsh. With the exception of the Irish Arts Council funded magazine, the Journal, they published without outside funding or sponsorship.[citation needed] Founded in 1985, hardPressed poetry operated from Dublin, Barcelona, Eastbourne and Limerick they described themselves as "a small press which publishes poetry that you won't often find in your local bookshop"[1] the Journal had two issues, one in 1999, and one in 2000.[2]