Candlelight - A Sequence of Poems

(Poetry Salzburg, 2026) http://www.poetrysalzburg.com/candlelight.htm

'Few contemporary writers have explored the relationship between sound, memory and place with the consistency of Street. Across a distinguished career that has encompassed poetry, broadcasting and acclaimed works on sound, time and landscape, he has developed a distinctive voice that invites readers not simply to observe the world, but to listen to it. That lifelong fascination with listening lies at the core of Candlelight. Speaking about the collection, Street reveals the influence of the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, whose reflections on imagination and the symbolism of the candle helped shape both the title and the book’s deeper themes. For Street, the candle is more than a metaphor for mortality. It also represents the creative act itself: “The poet is the candle, the flame is the poem.” '

Steve Kinrade  https://liverpoolnoise.com/arts-and-culture/sean-streets-candlelight/

 Wild Track - Sound, Text and the Idea of Birdsong. (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.)

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wild-track-9781501397981/

'In this book Seán Street has re-imagined the term 'Wildtrack', and guides the reader/listener from when sound was "recorded" solely through experience and then replayed from memory, imagination, poetry and prose, clearly across time, harnessing text with the developing role of technology to create a narrative flow as affecting as a woodland chorus in spring.'
Chris Watson, wildlife sound recordist