About

A closeup portrait of the poet Niall Campbell at home.

Niall Campbell is a poet, librettist, and editor.

Originally from the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, his first poetry collection, Moontide, was published by Bloodaxe Books and won the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Noctuary, his second collection, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. A selection from these two collections was published as part of the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets in the U.S. in 2016.

His new collection, The Island in the Sound, is published in September of this year.

As a librettist, his work has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Niall has also written for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4.

He is Poetry Editor of the UK journal Poetry London, and lives in Fife.