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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Matthew Clegg
Matthew Clegg is originally from Leeds and was Poet In Residence at The Wordsworth Trust from 1999-2001. He has published several collections of poetry, most recently Cazique (Longbarrow Press, 2018). His work often explores the shifting relationship between people and place, reflecting ideas about psychogeography. He currently teaches creative writing at Derby University.
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Jack Clemo
Jack Clemo (1916 – 1994) was a poet born in St Austell and strongly associated with his native Cornwall. His first poetry collection The Clay Verge appeared in 1951 and a Selected Poems was published by Enitharmon in 2015. In later work the wild landscapes and clay pits of Cornwall gave way to the bridges and waterways of Florence and Venice.
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Harry Clifton
Harry Clifton was born in Dublin and now teaches at the city’s University College. He is one of Ireland’s leading living poets. His collection Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994-2004 (Wake Forest University Press, 2007) won the Irish Times Poetry Now Award in 2008. He is a member of Aosdána and from 2010-2013 was the fifth Ireland Professor of Poetry. His most recent poetry collection is Portobello Sonnets (Bloodaxe, 2017).
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Christine Coates
Christine Coates, a South African poet and writer, holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. Her poems and stories have been published in various local and international literary journals. She has published two collections of poetry; Homegrown (Modjaji Books, 2014) and Fire Drought Water (Damselfly Press, 2018). Her debut collection Homegrown received an honourable mention from the Glenna Luschei Prize. A new collection is forthcoming.
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Elizabeth Coatsworth
Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893 – 1986) was a prolific American author, best known for her children’s books, of which she wrote over ninety and which include Away Goes Sally, The Cat Who Went to Heaven and Four Incredible Tales. Her first adult poetry appeared in the early 1930s and she continued to publish poetry for over fifty years.
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Mandy Coe
Mandy Coe is a poet and educator, writing for both adults and children and regularly running workshops in libraries and schools. She has published eight books, including several poetry collections with Shoestring Press. Pinning the Tail on the Donkey (Spike Books) was shortlisted for the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize.
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