Rainbow Candles Zahra Yusri Reading Sophie Seita’s invigorating and

Reading Sophie Seita’s invigorating and instructive essay collection

Henrik Nordbrandt

Inspired by the lectures of Roland Barthes

The London Magazine

Poetry Ireland Review

Rainbow Candles Zahra Yusri Reading Sophie Seita’s invigorating andThe twelfth in Five Leaves' series of debut poetry pamphlets by East Midlands writers. Tony Challis's debut collection, Rainbow Candles, is a mixture of the celebratory and the sombre, across the three sections and sometimes in individual poems. The first section, Heart, explores LGBT+ themes as experienced by Challis from the start of the Gay Liberation movement. The second section, Tongue, looks at life with a sideways glance and tongue firmly in