Niall Campbell

Niall Campbell grew up on South Uist in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, and his first collection, Moontide, is filled with images of the island's seascapes, its myths, its wildlife, and the long dark of its winters. Quietly reflective and deftly musical, these thoughtful poems resonate with silence and song, mystery and wonder, exploring ideas of companionship and withdrawal, love and the stillness of solitude. After winning an Eric Gregory Award in 2011, Niall Campbell published a widely praised pamphlet, After the Creel Fleet, in 2012, and won the Poetry London Competition in 2013. Now this highly assured debut collection will establish him as one of the most distinctive lyric voices to emerge from Scotland in recent years.

Moontide

A noctuary is a diary for the late hours, a time for reflection in these lyrical poems about discovering what it means to be a young father, anxious, caring and protective, deeply connected to the new, precious life of another human being. Noctuary is Scottish poet Niall Campbell's second collection, following his highly praised debut Moontide, and has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2019.

Niall Campbell

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