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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Faisal Mohyuddin
Faisal Mohyuddin is a writer, artist, and educator living in the US. The child of immigrants from Pakistan, his most recent collection is The Displaced Children of Displaced Children (Eyewear Publishing, 2018) which won the 2017 Sexton Prize in Poetry. He teaches at a high school in Illinois.
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John Mole
John Mole In addition to writing poetry for both children and adults, John Mole is a jazz clarinettist. He has won several prizes for his poetry, including an Eric Gregory Award and the Cholmondeley Award. His poetry for children is often exuberant and joyful, full of word play, rhythm and rhyme. All the Frogs (Salt, 2010) collects together all his children’s poetry.
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Jessica Mookherjee
Jessica Mookherjee is a poet of Bengali origin who now lives in Kent. She has been published in many print and online journals and anthologies including Agenda, The North, Rialto, Under the Radar and Poetry Wales. She was highly commended for Best Single Poem in the Forward Prize 2017. She has published two pamphlets as well as two full collections: Flood (Cultured Llama, 2018) and Tigress (Nine Arches Press, 2019). She is co-editor of Against the Grain Poetry Press.
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Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875 – 1935) was an American poet, born in New Orleans. She was of African American, Anglo, Native American and Creole descent – a complex heritage that is reflected in her work. She campaigned actively for civil rights and women’s suffrage, as well as being a journalist, short-story writer, and playwright.
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Cat Moore
Cat Moore is an artist and (self-taught) linocut printmaker based in Orkney. Her work is informed by her love of wild landscapes and her interest in folklore. She has exhibited at a number of art fairs and print shows across Scotland.
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Hubert Moore
Hubert Moore taught for forty years, after which he spent nine years as a writing mentor at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. He is the author of a number of poetry collections, including The Bright Gaze of the Disoriented (2014); Whistling Back (2012); and Happiness Crouching There (2011).
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