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 850 historical and contemporary poets. In our pages you’ll find old favourites alongside twenty-first century voices – everyone from WH Auden to Belinda Zhawi. 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.-
Frances Ridley Havergal
Frances Ridley Havergal (1836 – 1879) was an English religious poet and a prolific hymn writer. Her best-known hymns include ‘Take My Life and Let it Be’ and ‘Thy Life for Me’. She also wrote hymn melodies, religious tracts and works for children. A Poetical Works was published in 1884.
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Peter Riley
Peter Riley is a British poet, essayist and editor who has published ten collections of poetry. He received a Cholmondeley Award for achievement and distinction in poetry in 2012. A collection Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls (Longbarrow, 2019) explores themes of movement and stillness and many of the poems are set in the landscape of the Calder Valley.
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Elvire Roberts
Elvire Roberts is a poet and interpreter based in the East Midlands. She has a background in British Sign Language, Mandarin and French. Her poems have appeared in journals including Strix, Reliquiae and Finished Creatures and she was also a Writing East Midlands mentee in 2018-19.
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Phoebe Robertshaw
Phoebe Robertshaw is an aspiring poet from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. This publication by Candlestick Press is her first and the poem was written when she was a student at Holmfirth High School. She is currently in her first year at Greenhead College where she is studying English Literature. She is enthusiastic about exploring the power of words through poetry and hopes to have more of her work published in the future.
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Robin Robertson
Robin Robertson has published four poetry collections, the latest being The Wrecking Light (2010), shortlisted for the 2010 Forward Poetry Prize, Costa Poetry Award and T. S. Eliot Prize. He has also written a translation of Euripides’ Medea. He was brought up in Scotland and lives and works in London.
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Anna Robinson
Anna Robinson is a poet, tutor and editor. She has published three collections of poetry, most recently Whatsname Street (Smokestack, 2021) which explores working class history in the area of central London where she is based. Her work has also been published in poetry journals including Poetry London and Magma. She teaches at the University of East London.
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