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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Lesley Saunders
Lesley Saunders is a poet, poetry mentor and translator. She studied Classics at university and went on to publish numerous collections including most recently This Thing of Blood & Love (Two Rivers Press, 2022). She has also translated the work of the Portuguese poet Maria Teresa Horta.
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Vernon Scannell
Vernon Scannell (1922 – 2007) was a poet, novelist and critic. In 1960, he won the Heinemann Award for Literature, and in 1975 his collection The Loving Game was a Poetry Book Society choice. He has been described as “one of the finest poets of his generation” and continued to publish poems until the last year of his life.
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David Scott
David Scott, a Church of England priest and poet, was born in Cambridge in 1947. He studied Theology at Durham University and Cuddesdon College and is an Honorary Canon of Winchester Cathedral. He has written a number of prize-winning poetry collections for adults, four of which have been published by Bloodaxe Books, as well as a collection of poems for children. In addition to his poetry collections, he has written several plays and books about religion.
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EJ Scovell
EJ Scovell (1907 – 1999) was an English poet and translator. She was born in Sheffield and studied English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford. She published four collections of poetry, including Listening to Collared Doves in 1956. Her Collected Poems were published by Carcanet Press in 1996.
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Joanna Sedgwick
Joanna Sedgwick lives in West Yorkshire. Her poems have appeared in various anthologies and magazines, including Magma, The Rialto, Butcher’s Dog, and Pennine Platform. Her pamphlet, Travelling Light, was published by OWF Press in 2015.
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Sir Charles Sedley
Sir Charles Sedley, 4th Baronet (1639 – 1701) was an English Restoration poet and dramatist and prominent court wit, admired by King Charles II. In later life, he became a legislator and Member of Parliament for New Romney. He wrote plays, notably Bellamira (1687), but is best known for his lyrics and verse translations, including those of Horace and Virgil. A collected edition of his works was published in 1702.
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