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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John Kinsella
John Kinsella is an Australian writer who has published more than 20 collections of poetry as well as fiction and plays. His poetry features the landscape of western Australia and has won many awards. His most recent collection is Insomnia (Picador, 2016).
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Sarah Kirby
Sarah Kirby is an artist and printmaker. She works from her own studio in central Leicester and at Leicester Print Workshop where she has been a member and tutor for over 20 years. In 2012 she was awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Artist in Residence (AIR) award. She was also artist in residence at the Centre for Urban Studies at the University of Leicester from 2012-2014.
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Annie Kissack
Annie Kissack is from the Isle of Man. A teacher and fluent speaker of Manx Gaelic, she is also a song-writer and performer with her own successful Gaelic choir. Coming late to poetry, in 2018 she won the title of Fifth Manx Bard. Her first poetry collection, Mona Sings was published in 2022 and reflects her interest in the stories, folklore, landscape and languages of her native island.
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Cynthia Kitchen
Cynthia Kitchen is a retired teacher from the North West who has been writing for many years. She has been widely published in anthologies and magazines and has won, been placed and was a runner-up in numerous poetry competitions eg The Bridport Prize 2006, Ver Poets international 1995, Lancaster Literature festivals 88 and 95. Her first collection Uphill and Dangerously was published by Headland Publications in 2008.
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Kenny Knight
Kenny Knight’s work has appeared in a number of literary magazines, including The Rialto and Smith’s Knoll, and his first full-length poetry collection, The Honicknowle Book of the Dead, was published by Shearsman in 2009.
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Stephen Knight
Stephen Knight was born in Swansea and is a poet, novelist and theatre director. His poetry collections include Flowering Limbs (Bloodaxe, 1993) which was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and The Prince of Wails (CB Editions, 2012). His novel, Mr Schnitzel, was published in 2000. Sardines and Other Poems is a collection of poetry for children.
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