Nancy Campbell

For the American lawyer, see Nancy Duff Campbell.

Nancy Campbell
Born	February 12, 1978 Exeter, England
Occupation	Poet and essayist, printmaker
Language	English
Nationality	British
Education	University of Oxford
Subject	Landscape, Art Writing, Art Criticism
Notable works	The Library of Ice, Disko Bay, Uneasy Pieces,Thunderstone
Notable awards	TLS Ackerley Prize 2023, RGS Ness Award 2021, Terrain Non-Fiction Prize 2014, Birgit Skiöld Award 2013

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 a book of prose poems Uneasy Pieces (2022), and non-fiction books Thunderstone (2022),The Library of Ice (2018) and Fifty Words for Snow (2020). She served as the UK’s Canal Laureate (2018-19) appointed by the Poetry Society and the Canal & River Trust. ^[2] In 2021 she received the Royal Geographical Society Ness Award for environmental writing. ^[3]

Early life and education

Campbell was born in Exeter and grew up in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland. ^[4] She studied English Literature at the University of Oxford from 1996-9 before training in letterpress printing and typefounding at Barbarian Press, and The New York Center for Book Arts. She subsequently worked for Book Works in London, and specialised in selling fine printing and writers' archives at the antiquarian book dealer Bertram Rota in Covent Garden. ^[5]

Residencies and fellowships

Campbell was appointed writer-in-residence at Upernavik Museum in Greenland in the winter 2009-10. ^[6] Subsequent residencies in the Arctic and northern Europe, listed below, enabled her to develop her ideas on climate and culture. Academic fellowships include a semester as Visiting Professor of Literature at the Free University of Berlin, ^[7] Germany, and Otis Fellowship in Environmental Studies at Bates College, USA, in 2023. ^[8]

Positions Held

• 2010 Upernavik Museum, Greenland: Writer in Residence ^[9]
• 2012 Doverodde Book Arts Festival, Denmark: Writer in Residence ^[10]
• 2012 Síldarminjasafn (Herring Era Museum), Siglufjörður, Iceland: Writer in Residence
• 2013 Words Across Northumberland, UK: Writer in Residence ^[11]
• 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 ^[12]
• 2017 Jan Michalski Foundation, Switzerland: Environmental Writing Fellowship ^[13]
• 2018-2019 Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg, Germany: Literature Fellowship ^[14]
• 2022 Hawthornden Castle, Scotland: Fellowship
• 2023 Peter Szondi Institute, Free University of Berlin, Germany: Visiting Professor ^[15]

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. ^[9]
• 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. ^[9]
• Navigations, Happenstance Press, 2020, ISBN   9781910131596
• Fifty Words for Snow, Elliott & Thompson Ltd, 2020, ISBN 978-1783964987
• Uneasy Pieces, Guillemot Press, 2022, ISBN   978-1913749330
• Thunderstone: Finding Shelter from the Storm, Elliott & Thompson Ltd, 2022, ISBN   9781783966998

Art Writing

• Bill Jacklin: Graphics, co-authored with Jill Lloyd, Royal Academy Publications, 2016, ISBN 9781910350409

Collaborations and artist's editions

• Dinner and a Rose: a homage to Patricia Highsmith - with Sarah Bodman, Bristol ^[16]
• Songbook of Rare Feelings: courage, humility, remorse - with Ensemble VONK, The Netherlands ^[17]
• Tikilluarit - with Roni Gross and Peter Schell, Z'roah Press, New York City ^[18]
• The Night Hunter - with Roni Gross and Peter Schell, Z'roah Press, New York City ^[19]
• Song for the Small Hours - Incline Press, Oldham, 2022 ^[20]

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. "Royal Geographical Society - Latest news". www.rgs.org. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
4. "Nancy Campbell (poet) - United Kingdom - Poetry International". www.poetryinternational.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
5. "Artist's Books – Nancy Campbell" . Retrieved 14 June 2021.
6. "Artists' Books #3: Proviso by Nancy Campbell". a-n The Artists Information Company. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
7. "Nancy Campbell". Samuel Fischer Gastprofessur. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
8. "By agreeing to abandon one word, Bates peer tutors gain insight into the power of language". News. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
9. "Book review: Fifty Words for Snow, by Nancy Campbell". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
10. "On the margins – Catalogue 2012, Doverodde Book Arts Festival IV". Issuu. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
11. "Forward Arts Foundation in Conversation with Nancy Campbell". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
12. "Six Questions For Nancy Campbell". The Island Review. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
13. "Nancy Campbell". Fondation Jan Michalski. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
14. "Campbell, Nancy: Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia". www.villa-concordia.de. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
15. "Nancy Campbell". Samuel Fischer Gastprofessur. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
16. "Sarah Bodman and Nancy Campbell- Dinner & A Rose". Notts Book Arts. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
17. "A songbook of rare feelings – Stichting Ensemble VONK" . Retrieved 13 September 2023.
18. "Tikilluarit". ronigross.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
19. "The Night Hunter". ronigross.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
20. "Song for the small hours". Incline Press. Retrieved 13 September 2023.