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Unique ‘Instead of a card’ poetry (and prose) pamphlets supplied in eco pack with envelope and bookmark. Publisher/editor @dislaney.bsky.social
Pamphlet titled 'Ten Poems from the Peak District' selected and introduced by Katharine Towers
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
21.07.2025 17:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Look 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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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.
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...
25.07.2025 13:00 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Poems 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
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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A bit is seasonal cheer… thanks to the wonderful @candlestickpress.bsky.social !
11.06.2025 10:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank you so much, @candlestickpress.bsky.social! I’m honoured to be part of this year’s Christmas Tree collection ❤️ I can’t wait to read the other poems and see the pamphlet come to life!
11.06.2025 19:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0So thrilled to be one of the winners of the Candlestick Press Christmas Tree competition! It’s truly been the year for my writing so far ☺️ Can’t wait to see this beautiful pamphlet come to life. Thank you, @candlestickpress.bsky.social ✨🎄
11.06.2025 19:43 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted poets 🎉🙏🏻
11.06.2025 19:45 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@nettie77.bsky.social @mollymemine.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social
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The results are in! Congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted poets in our Christmas Tree competition: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/competitions/
11.06.2025 08:22 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 2Thanks so much, Jo! Really glad you like poems 😊
02.06.2025 19:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #bookreview of Ten Poems about Vegetables from @candlestickpress.bsky.social #Poetry
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ODE TO JUNE....From my @livecanon.bsky.social book A Spotter's Guide To Invisible Things....this poem was first published by @candlestickpress.bsky.social
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Thank you, Jo! 🪴🪴🪴
27.05.2025 07:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #bookreview of Ten Poems about Herbs from @candlestickpress.bsky.social It’s out now..
#poetry
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You can find some of Linda's poems @thecaterpillarmag.bsky.social @northerngravy.bsky.social & @candlestickpress.bsky.social.
Her poems, Hawksbill Turtle Love, Snow Bear, and I'm On Your Side appear in Little Thoughts Press Issue 9: Go Wild!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Thank you so much, Jo!
20.05.2025 19:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #bookreview of Ten Poems about Weeds from @candlestickpress.bsky.social #poetry
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Poems straight from the garden!
A new trio of titles for the growing season, bursting with earthly delights - from homegrown potatoes to the scent of basil:
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So pleased to be part of the launch of this beautiful anthology! X this evening
30.04.2025 16:56 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Thank you, Jo! 😘
29.04.2025 16:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #bookreview of Ten Poems for Wellbeing from @candlestickpress.bsky.social
#wellbeing #poetry
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Today on #Jaffareadstoo I am delighted to share my #BookReview of #TheSpringPond by Miriam Darlington @mimdarling.bsky.social @candlestickpress.bsky.social
#Spring #Nature #Poetry
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My mother taught me to seek 'instances of pleasure': the first swallow, a shared joke, or perhaps something like finding that @candlestickpress.bsky.social are here and have new titles for us to explore.
16.04.2025 10:05 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Last call for this lovely event tomorrow evening - it’s free but you need to register:
29.04.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Please join us on 30th April for the launch of Ten Poems for Wellbeing with Vanessa Lampert – open mic slots available! More details here:
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Thank you so much for letting us publish your brilliant poem! 😘
30.03.2025 11:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
