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.-
Louise Greig
Louise Greig lives in Aberdeen and is a children’s picture book author and poet. She writes poetry for children and adults and has won several international poetry awards. She is inspired by both the majesty and the minutiae of nature and by the company of animals.
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Eamon Grennan
Eamon Grennan was born in Dublin and studied English and Italian at the city’s famous University College. His first full poetry collection Wildly for Days was published by Gallery Press in 1983 and his most recent There Now in 2015. He now divides his time between the west of Ireland and the US where he spent many years teaching.
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Gerald Griffin
Gerald Griffin (1803 – 1840) was born into a farming family in Limerick, Ireland but moved to London at the age of 19. He went on to become a novelist, poet and playwright. He is best known for his historical novels which are often set in medieval Ireland and explore themes of love, loyalty and betrayal. He has streets named after him in Limerick City and in Cork City.
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Marian Griffin
Marian Griffin divides her time between Bristol and County Roscommon in the West of Ireland where she contributes to local publications and has won a Roscommon poets prize. She was a winner in the Manchester Cathedral 600 competition and was recently included in the Interwoven Anthology by Renard Press.
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Cathy Grindrod
Cathy Grindrod was Derbyshire Poet Laureate from 2005-2007, and her most recent collection of poetry is The Sky Head On (Shoestring Press, 2009). She is also a playwright, most recently of Swing, performed in 2015, and wrote the libretto for the oratorio, More Glass Than Wall. She is a literature consultant, tutor and mentor, specialising in writing for wellbeing.
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Vona Groarke
Vona Groarke’s poetry collections include Flight (2002), shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prize, Juniper Street (2006), and X (2014). She was born and raised in Ireland and is the editor of Poetry Ireland Review, also teaching currently at Manchester University.
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