Candlestick Press
Biographies
Here you can find out more about the huge range of poets we feature in our pamphlets and the artists whose work appears on our beautiful covers.
We’ve now published poems by almost 800 historical and contemporary poets. In our pages you’ll find old favourites alongside twenty-first century voices – everyone from WH Auden to Benjamin Zephaniah. Although our emphasis is on British poetry, you’ll also find Irish, American and Australian writers.
We hope these pages will encourage you to explore further the work of a poet you’ve enjoyed in one of our pamphlets.
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William Brighty Rands
William Brighty Rands (1823 – 1882) was a London-based poet of the Victorian era. He used various pen names and wrote a large number of nursery rhymes. He worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and was also a preacher at a chapel in Brixton. His works for children include Lilliput Lectures (1871) and Lilliput Legends (1872).
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Natasha Rao
Natasha Rao is an American poet whose work has been published in numerous journals, including Poetry Review, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine and The Yale Review. Her debut collection Latitude (Copper Canyon, 2021) was chosen by Ada Limón as the winner of the 2021 APR/Honickman First Book Prize. She is currently co-editor of American Chordata.
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Tom Rawling
Tom Rawling (1916–1996) was a teacher and poet who lived in Cumbria and grew up in the Ennerdale Valley. It wasn’t until he retired that he began to write poetry; a pamphlet A Sort of Killing appeared in 1978, followed by Ghosts at My Back (Oxford University Press, 1982). A volume of poems and autobiographical pieces How Hall: Poems and Memories, a passion for Ennerdale was published by Lamplugh and District Heritage Society in 2009.
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Julia Rawlinson
Julia Rawlinson grew up in London and graduated from Southampton University with a degree in geography. She is the author of Fletcher and the Falling Leaves and Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms, illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke. She lives in London with her husband and two sons.
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Angela Readman
Angela Readman is a British poet and short story writer. Her most recent collection Bunny Girls was published by Nine Arches Press in 2022. Her poems have won various awards including the Charles Causley Prize and her short stories have won the Costa Short Story Award.
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Peter Reddick
Peter Reddick (1924 – 2010) was an artist and engraver who focused increasingly on engraving after polio made it difficult for him to paint. He studied at The Slade and at the London School of Printing. One of his most important projects was creating engravings to illustrate all 18 of Thomas Hardy’s novels.
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