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Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you for this beautiful review, Jo!

📖 Book Review ~ The Autumn Valley: A Different Sort of Time by Miriam Darlington

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JaffaReadsToo @jaffareadstoo.bsky.social · 15d

Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #bookreview of The Autumn Valley by Mariam Darlington.Published by @candlestickpress.bsky.social , it’s out now.
#poetry #Autumn

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Candlestick Press August 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this pamphlet Round a bend at the end of a deep lane where trees ...

Select tickets – Candlestick Press REGIONAL SHOWCASE – Zoom

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Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · 18d

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!

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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 ...

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Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you so much,Jo!

📖 Book Review ~ Ten Poems from Norfolk from Candlestick Press

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JaffaReadsToo @jaffareadstoo.bsky.social · 22d

Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #bookreview of Ten Poems from Norfolk from @candlestickpress.bsky.social
It’s out now📖
#poetry #Norfolk

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Candlestick Press August 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this pamphlet Selected and introduced by Helen Ivory and Martin Fig...

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Dr Penny Bradshaw @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social · 25d

‘A celebration of the poetry of place’ (28 September) featuring the Lake District poetry collection chosen by @pollyrowena.bsky.social (which includes one of the poems we commissioned in 2022 by the wonderful Reshma Ruia). Hope many of our MA students past and present can join you 📚🍃

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elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs @pleides.bsky.social · 26d

A great selection from Candle Stick Press 💜

Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · 27d

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

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www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/alm...

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Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you Elly!

Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · 27d

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

www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/chr...

www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/alm...

www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...

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Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you so much, Jo! 😊

📖 Ten Poems from Somerset from Candlestick Press

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JaffaReadsToo @jaffareadstoo.bsky.social · 27d

Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #bookreview of Ten Poems from Somerset from @candlestickpress.bsky.social
It’s out now 📖😃

jaffareadstoo.blogspot.com/2025/09/ten-...

Candlestick Press August 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this pamphlet The old name for Somerset is Summerlands – a word t...

Select tickets – Candlestick Press REGIONAL SHOWCASE – Zoom

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Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · 29d

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:

www.tickettailor.com/events/candl...

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 ...

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Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · Sep 7

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.

Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · Sep 7

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.

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🌞Summer Reads ~ Ten Poems from the Lake District

Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · Aug 29

Four beautiful new titles for autumn publishing today!

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JaffaReadsToo @jaffareadstoo.bsky.social · Aug 7

Today on the blog I’m delighted to share my review of Ten Poems from the Lake District from @candlestickpress.bsky.social
It’s out now #poetry #LakeDistrict

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Candlestick Press July 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this poetry pamphlet This addition to Candlestick’s series of UK regi...

Summer Reading ~ Ten Poems from the Peak District from Candlestick Press

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JaffaReadsToo @jaffareadstoo.bsky.social · Aug 12

Today on #JaffareadstooI am sharing my review of Ten Poems from the Peak District from @candlestickpress.bsky.social
It’s available now #poetry #PeakDistrict

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Candlestick Press July 2025 Myhthanks to the publisher for my copy of this poetry pamphlet This mini anthology belongs to Candlestick’s ...

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Tony Williams @tonywilliams.bsky.social · Jul 21

Can't quite express how grateful I am to have a poem included in 'Ten Poems from the Peak District' from @candlestickpress.bsky.social - not only because it's a beautiful object, nor that I find myself among poets I deeply admire, but also because... 1/3

Pamphlet titled 'Ten Poems from the Peak District' selected and introduced by Katharine Towers

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Jul 22

Look what arrived while I was away @wcorklitfest.bsky.social! My edited ‘10 poems from the Lake District for @candlestickpress.bsky.social!

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Sam Read Bookseller @samreadbookseller.bsky.social · Jul 25

New on the bookshop spinner! Ten Poems from the Lake District, selected, introduced and featuring our own @pollyrowena.bsky.social. Published by the ever illuminating @candlestickpress.bsky.social. www.samreadbooks.co.uk/product/poll...

Ten Poems from the Lake District, selected and introduced by Polly Atkin on the bookshop spinner, alongside Lorraine Mariner (ed) Ten Poems about Love. Cut out penguin visible in the background in the bookshop window.

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Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · Jun 28

Poems by Charles Baudelaire, William Brighty Rands, William Cowper, Emily Dickinson, Jen Hadfield, Grace Nichols, Lauren K Nixon, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Anna Wigley and WB Yeats.

#cats

Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · Jun 28

Stay cool for cats this summer with our new second edition of Ten Poems about Cats!

Cover illustration by Sam Cannon.

Donation to Cats Protection.

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Jun 11

A bit is seasonal cheer… thanks to the wonderful @candlestickpress.bsky.social !

Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · Jun 11

The results are in! Congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted poets in our Christmas Tree competition: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/competitions/