Grey Hen is a new small independent press. Our aim is to publish poetry, short fiction and autobiographical work by older women.

We want to collect and share some of today’s exciting new work by older women; work that is perhaps not being taken up by mainstream publishers.  For older women, especially those who have reached their sixties before realising their writing potential, it’s often the case that it is difficult to build up a publishing history in the expected way.  Time is not on our side. 

But if an older woman hasn’t got ten years to play with before becoming an ‘overnight success’, she does have a special perspective – a lot of years and experience on which to reflect.

We also feel that older women from minority communities have tales to tell that the wider population often has little access to.  We want to encourage those unheard women, and give them an opportunity to speak to us all.