The Northern Gravy Anthology of Poetry
The Northern Gravy Anthology of Poetry
Ralph Dartford (ed.)
Paperback
A collection of the best poetry from the literary periodical Northern Gravy.
"The poets we have published have come from diverse backgrounds. Some are well known, widely published and are prize winners, some have submitted time and time again and have developed on their journey with us. It’s a real heady mix of what is new in UK and Irish poetry.
So here we have a selection of poems that charm, challenge, weep and argue. They tell stories not just of the individual poet, but of the world we dare to live in. They demand to be read and reread, shared and debated. With poetry in our lives, our hearts miss a beat, the unseen becomes revealed and understanding closer within our reach."
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Imprint: Valley Press
Published: September 2025
ISBN: 9781915606600
Catalogue no: VP0253
Page count: 244
Trim size: 203 x 133 mm
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Praise for The Northern Gravy Anthology of Poetry:
“This anthology sings with diverse stories of the extraordinary everyday, from motorways to beaches, from mudlarking to hospitals, from lapwings to corner shops. This eclectic collection is strung together with threads of connection, humanity and hope.”
— Rachel Bower
“An astonishing anthology born in flickering light, playing among shadows and dancing with ghosts. Death whispers, birth sings – a dreamscape of endings and beginnings: luminous, ephemeral, infinite.”
— Toria Garbutt
About the author
Ralph Dartford hails from Basildon in Essex, and now lives in West Yorkshire, having got there via Australia, Barcelona, and Los Angeles. He was a founding member of influential spoken word collective ‘A Firm of Poets’, and his first pamphlet of poetry, Cigarettes, Beer and Love, was published by Ossett Observer Presents in 2013. His first full collection, Recovery Songs, was published by Valley Press in 2019, and Hidden Music followed in 2021. The trilogy was completed by House Anthems in late 2024.
Ralph is the poetry editor at Northern Gravy and is studying for a Creative Writing PhD at the University of Huddersfield, where his practice and research is concentrated on the working-class poetry of the twenty-first century. For gainful employment, Ralph works as a project manager and educator for the National Literacy Trust within the Criminal Justice team.