27/10/2021
Our latest Christmas title has arrived!
Christmas Together: Twelve Poems for Those We Love
ISBN 978 1 913627 02 7
This festive mini-anthology from Candlestick Press is allied to a powerful cause. Christmas Together features an Afterword written by Karen Bonser, Charity Manager for Vicky McClure’s Our Dementia Choir, and every sale of the title will see a donation to help support the Choir. There’s also a poem written by Maureen Richardson, a devoted member who died in 2020.
In poems old and brand new (including the winners of Candlestick’s recent competition), there’s everything from steam-filled kitchens to walks through fields bright with snow. In Christina Buckton’s beautiful poem, the festive ritual of singing carols helps restore a joyful connection with the past.
Charity Manager Karen Bonser writes: “The poems in this pamphlet will provide comfort and joy to many. The opening poem by Maureen Richardson has a poignant tale to tell of her childhood and the memories made with her family at a special time.”
The anthology also reflects our hopes for celebrations that are in-person rather than virtual – more like Christmas is meant to be.
https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/christmas-together-twelve-poems-for-those-we-love/
Poems by Bill Adair, Kate Bass, Christina Buckton, Jeanette Burton, Tony Curtis, UA Fanthorpe, Robert Hamberger, Nathalie Handal, Corinna Keefe, Lorraine Mariner, WS Merwin and Maureen Richardson.
Cover illustration by Hilke MacIntyre.
Donation to Our Dementia Choir.
