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 700 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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Sujata Bhatt
Sujata Bhatt was born in Ahmedabad and grew up in both India and the US, speaking Gujarati as her first language. Her first poetry collection, Brunizem, appeared in 1988 and was first published in the UK by Carcanet in 2008. It won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) and the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award. Bhatt is bilingual, but her poetry often explores the rich and non-verbal worlds of plants and creatures.
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Ruth Bidgood
Ruth Bidgood was born in 1922 and has been publishing poetry for over fifty years. She served in the Woman’s Royal Naval Service during the Second World War, as a coder in Egypt. A distinguished poet, in 2011 she won the Roland Mathias Prize for her collection Time Being, published by Seren Books.
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Laurence Binyon
Robert Laurence Binyon (1869 – 1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. He was born to Quaker parents in Lancaster and studied at Oxford, where he was awarded the Newdigate poetry prize. He lived most of his life in London, where he worked at the British Museum before going to war and after his return. His best known work, For the Fallen, is often used in Remembrance Sunday services.
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Julia Bird
Julia Bird grew up in Gloucestershire and now lives in London. Her first poetry collection was Hannah and the Monk published by Salt in 2008, followed by Twenty-Four Seven Blossom in 2013. Her illustrated poetry pamphlet Now You Can Look is published by the Emma Press. She specialises in producing live lit shows and currently works for the Poetry Society.
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Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop (1911 – 1979) is considered by many as one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century. She was deeply influenced by the poet Marianne Moore, and formed a lifelong friendship with poet Robert Lowell. She also worked as a painter, travelled widely, and was the recipient of several major literary awards.
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Amy Blackwell
Amy Blackwell is a painter, illustrator and printmaker based in the Midlands. Her vivid images are inspired by what she describes as ‘the weird and the wonderful’ and she is interested in the natural world, fashion and folklore. She also paints portraits and creates patterns, always using bright colours and clean lines.
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