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 800 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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Eavan Boland
Eavan Boland is a highly-respected Irish poet, born in Dublin. She writes poetry, prose (including a memoir Object Lessons published in 1995), criticism and essays, and has taught at several universities in both Ireland and the USA. She is the author of several books of poetry, including a New Selected Poems published by Carcanet in 2013.
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Laurie Bolger
Laurie Bolger is a British poet based in London. She was shortlisted for Young Poet Laureate of London in 2014. Her debut collection is Lady (Nine Arches, 2025) and she has also published several pamphlets: Makeover (Emma Press, 2024), Spin (The Poetry Business, 2024) and Box Rooms (Burning Eye Books, 2016). Laurie is founder of The Creative Writing Breakfast Club and Poetry in Pyjamas.
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Paul Bommer
Paul Bommer is an artist and illustrator with a particular interest in history and character, often informed by an irreverent sense of humour. He graduated from the National College of Art & Design in Dublin and now works from his studio in Norfolk. He was commissioned to create a ceramic Delft tile plaque commemorating the Huguenots of Spitalfields which can be seen on Hanbury Street in London.
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Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné is a poet and artist from Trinidad & Tobago. Her poetry has been featured in anthologies such as Coming Up Hot: Eight New Poets from the Caribbean (2015) and The Sea Has No Ornament (Peepal Tree Press, 2020). Her first full collection is Doe Songs (Peepal Tree Press, 2018) which won the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry. She lives in Sangre Grande, Trinidad.
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Laura Boswell
Laura Boswell is a printmaker working with linocut, woodblock and traditional Japanese woodblock printing. She has completed printmaking residencies in Japan, studying woodblock printmaking with master craftsmen. Her latest book is Linocut and Reduction Printing, Design and Techniques (The Crowood Press, 2022).
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Niki Bowers
Niki Bowers studied at Great Yarmouth College of Art, followed by a BA(Hons) degree at Canterbury College of Art. As a graphic designer, she worked for design consultancies across the UK before returning to Norfolk to pursue a freelance career and turning to printmaking. Her limited edition linocut prints reflect the landscape and wildlife of rural Norfolk, with distinctive trees, hedgerows and wide skies. They often feature swirling flocks of wild birds.
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