Candlestick Press

13/11/2025

We’ve revised and refreshed three of our most popular titles. Each contains new poems and has a beautiful new cover by a contemporary British artist. We think they’re even more irresistible than they were before!

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29/10/2025

With a wag and a sniff! Poems full of mischief, fun and loving companionship in our new edition of Ten Poems about Dogs available today:

https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-poems-about-dogs/

The dogs that sniff and scamper their way through the pages of this mini-anthology are of all shapes and sizes. There are hairy dogs, wonky dogs, corgis and pugs. There’s a puppy that loves to swim in the sea and a dog that barks all day until its owners come home again.

We can’t help loving dogs, even when their mischief exasperates us. In one poem, we hear a dog describing its unsociable antics in a voice that’s humorously confident of its owner’s unconditional love:

“I know you love me. Oh yes you do!
Just look at my big brown eyes gazing at you.”

from ‘Corgi’ by Carole Bromley

The poems celebrate the mild mayhem that owning a dog brings, as well as the many moments of fun, companionship and joy. They demonstrate that dogs are indeed “a miniature illumination” in our human lives.

Poems by Herbert Asquith, Carole Bromley, Jeanette Burton, Jane Burn, Billy Collins, Jehanne Dubrow, Vince Foxall, Caleb Parkin, Siegfried Sassoon and Stevie Smith.

Cover illustration by Sam Cannon.

Donation to Dogs Trust.

26/09/2025

Reminder for our fabulous free Regional Showcase this Sunday!

Over 40 poets reading poems of place - expect history and wild landscapes, as well as local dialect and some familiar much-loved landmarks.

Please join us - all welcome.

Candlestick Press REGIONAL SHOWCASE – Zoom, Sun 28 Sep 2025 - Sunday 28th September 20256:30 PM BST Online Zoom Free event – please register A celebration of the poetry of place Join us for an online event to celebrate the publica...

17/09/2025

Four more new titles arriving today! For Christmas, for the new year ahead, for people who love the UK’s beautiful borderlands:

https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/christmas-tree-ten-poems-of-wishes-and-lights/

https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/almanac-twelve-poems-for-2026/

https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-poems-from-cumbria/

https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-poems-from-northumberland/

14/09/2025

Poetry | Ten Poems from Norfolk, selected and introduced by Helen Ivory and Martin Figura, with cover illustration by Louise Stebbing. I have lived in Norfolk all my life, and yes, it is flat, but it is also wildly beautiful, made up of so many different habitats, lots of coastline and big, big skies. From the Brecks to the Broads we've got a rich variety of wildlife, and from the busy city to the quiet countryside, there's always somewhere for us to get away for a quiet peaceful walk.

This poetry collection speaks to all of this and more. From the Strangers arriving hundreds of years ago to dye and weave, to the newcomers welcomed. From the flint of the walls and churches to the water crisscrossing and surrounding the county. Bootiful.

These little books come with a matching bookmark, and an envelope so they can be given instead of a card. A perfect way to celebrate any occasion, whole giving the gift of poetry.

It's all about Stories ~ promoting the power of poetry.

Published by Candlestick Press Find out more here - https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-poems-from-norfolk/

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14/09/2025

Updated readers list! Now over 40 poets reading their poems of place in this unique showcase event - don’t forget to book your free ticket:

Candlestick Press REGIONAL SHOWCASE – Zoom, Sun 28 Sep 2025 - Sunday 28th September 20256:30 PM BST Online Zoom Free event – please register A celebration of the poetry of place Join us for an online event to celebrate the publica...

07/09/2025

TEN POEMS ABOUT CHOCOLATE

Everyday treat, indulgent luxury or an addiction we can’t or won’t break – many of us have a passionate relationship with chocolate, making it perfect subject matter for poetry.

This luscious mini-anthology celebrates preferences for milk or plain, pralines or fondants, rich truffles or the sweetest hot chocolate drinks. Anyone who has ever craved chocolate will identify with poems that explore its sensuous aspects – taste, texture, mouthfeel – in an intensity akin to love.

And if chocolate is like love, then these poems explore the depth and shape of that love:

“Knotted smoke, dark punch
of earth and night and leaf,
for a taste of you

any woman would gladly
crumble to ruin.”

from ‘Chocolate’ by Rita Dove

These entertaining, unexpected and moving poems also explore the history of chocolate, and the price paid by those whose hard work brings it to our lips.

Poems by Clare Best, Alison Brackenbury, Barbara Crooker, Rita Dove, Roy Marshall, Ife Olatona, Pauline Prior-Pitt, Louis Simpson, Oenone Thomas and Noel Williams.

Donation to Fairtrade Foundation.

https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten-poems-about-chocolate/

05/09/2025

Candlestick Press REGIONAL SHOWCASE

Sunday 28th September 2025
6:30 PM BST

Online

Zoom

Free event – please register

A celebration of the poetry of place

Join us for an online event to celebrate the publication of eight beautiful titles exploring the UK from north to south and east to west.

There’ll be readings by over 40 contributing poets and guest editors in a poetic tour taking in Cornwall, Cumbria, Norfolk, Northumberland, the Lake District, the Peak District, Somerset and Yorkshire. Expect history and wild landscapes, as well as local dialect and some familiar much-loved landmarks.

Readers will include: Moniza Alvi, Polly Atkin, Bob Beagrie, David Briggs, Jane Burn, John Challis, Rachael Clyne, Josephine Dickinson, Maura Dooley, Carrie Etter, Helen Farish, Martin Figura, Linda France, Ella Frears, Harry Gallagher, Katie Hale, David Harmer, WN Herbert, Rob Hindle, Matt Howard, Helen Ivory, Andrew McDonnell, Carmen Marcus, Kim Moore, Esther Morgan, Pey Oh, MR Peacocke, Jacob Polley, Katrina Porteous, Eileen Pun, Reshma Ruia, Ruth Sharman, Penelope Shuttle, Degna Stone, George Szirtes, James Tait, Claudine Toutoungi, Katharine Towers, Robert Walton, Tony Williams, Claire Williamson and River Wolton.


This event is free to attend but please book your ticket to secure your place and receive the Zoom link. It helps us to know who you are and how many people are attending.

We look forward to having you with us!

Candlestick Press REGIONAL SHOWCASE – Zoom, Sun 28 Sep 2025 - Sunday 28th September 20256:30 PM BST Online Zoom Free event – please register A celebration of the poetry of place Join us for an online event to celebrate the publica...