Nancy Campbell

Nancy Campbell is a British poet, non-fiction writer and publisher of artist's books. Her first collection of poetry, Disko Bay (2015), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection.[1] Other works include The Library of Ice (2018) and Fifty Words for Snow (2020). In 2018, she was appointed Canal Laureate by the Poetry Society and the Canal & River Trust.[2]

Nancy Campbell
Born1978
Exeter, England
OccupationPoet, non-fiction writer, artist
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Oxford, The Center for Book Arts

Early life and education

Campbell was born in Exeter and grew up in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland.[3] She studied English Literature at the University of Oxford from 1996-9 before training in letterpress printing and typefounding at Barbarian Press, Woodside Press, The New York Center for Book Arts, Book Works and Alembic Press.[4]

Residencies and fellowships
  • 2010 Upernavik Museum, Greenland: Writer in Residence[5]
  • 2012 Doverodde Book Arts Festival, Denmark: Writer in Residence[6]
  • 2012 Síldarminjasafn (Herring Era Museum), Siglufjörður, Iceland: Writer in Residence
  • 2013 Words Across Northumberland, UK: Writer in Residence[7]
  • 2013-14 Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford: Visual and Performing Artist in Residence
  • 2015 Herhusið, Iceland: Writer in Residence
  • 2015 Ilulissat Kunstmuseum, Greenland: Writer in Residence[8]

Published works
  • How to Say 'I Love You' in Greenlandic, Bird Editions, 2011
  • Doverrode: Twenty Days in Denmark, Bird Editions, 2012
  • ITOQQIPPOQ, Bird Editions, 2014
  • Vantar | Missing, Bird Editions, 2014, ISBN 9780992809102
  • Disko Bay, Enitharmon Editions, 2015, ISBN 9781910392188 - shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection.[5]
  • Death of a Foster Son, Bird Editions, 2016, ISBN 9780992809119
  • The Polar Tombola: A Book of Banished Words, Bird Editions, 2017, ISBN 9780992809126
  • The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate, Simon and Schuster, 2018, ISBN 9781471169311 - longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize.[5]
  • Navigations, Happenstance Press, 2020, ISBN 9781910131596
  • Fifty Words for Snow, Elliot & Thompson Ltd, 2020, ISBN 978-1783964987

References
  1. "Nancy Campbell". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. "Canal Laureate – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. "Nancy Campbell (poet) - United Kingdom - Poetry International". www.poetryinternational.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. "Artist's Books – Nancy Campbell". Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. "Book review: Fifty Words for Snow, by Nancy Campbell". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  6. "On the margins – Catalogue 2012, Doverodde Book Arts Festival IV". Issuu. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  7. "Forward Arts Foundation in Conversation with Nancy Campbell". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  8. "Six Questions For Nancy Campbell". The Island Review. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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