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]

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

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• 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