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.-
Chris Hardy
Chris Hardy is a British poet and musician whose work has been widely published in anthologies and magazines such as The Rialto, Poetry Review and The North. He has published several collections, including Sunshine at the end of the world (Indigo Dreams, 2017). In 2024 he won the McLellan poetry competition.
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy (1840 – 1928) was an English novelist and poet, born in Dorset. He is the author of several major classic novels, including The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891) and Jude the Obscure (1896). He turned to writing poetry in later life, after the death of Emma, his first wife.
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David Harmer
David Harmer lives in Doncaster. He has been writing stories and poems for children and adults for many years, appearing on radio and television and performing in the poetry duo Spill the Beans with Paul Cookson. His collection The Spinner’s Final Over was published in 1985.
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Clifford Harper
Clifford Harper was born in London and is a self-taught graphic artist. His bold illustrations resemble woodcuts, but in fact are created using pencil, pen and ink. His work has appeared in many leading UK newspapers, most frequently in The Guardian. An anarchist since the 1960s he was one of the founders of the famous Eel Pie Island commune.
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John Harris
John Harris (1820 – 1884) was a Cornish poet. As a child he worked at Dolcoath Mine writing poetry as he grew older. In his early career, he couldn’t afford pen and paper and improvised with blackberry juice for ink and grocery bags for paper. His poems celebrate the wild beauty of Land’s End and The Lizard. In 1879 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of his literary achievements.
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Susan Harris
Susan Harris studied English and Creative Writing at Leeds University and was active on the Yorkshire Poetry scene until her death in 2019.
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