About.
Dr Kayleigh Campbell, Creative Writing Ph.D.
Lead English Language Support at Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
​Creative Writing Practitioner/Lecturer at University of Huddersfield.
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A poet, mainly. My debut collection Matryoshka was published with Verve Poetry Press in April 2022. Available here .
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My poetry pamphlet, Notes on different places (2024) is available from Salò Press: https://www.salopress.com/store/notes-in-different-places-kayleigh-campbell/
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My new collection, Sailor's Blue is available to pre-order from Broken Sleep Books: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/kayleigh-campbell-sailors-blue
I live in Leeds with my partner Joe, our daughter Eliza, son Alex & our cats, Theo & Popcorn.
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Instagram | @kayyyleigh
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Upcoming events:
Open Mic headliner at The Little Bookshop, Chapel Allerton. 15 May 2025
Open Mic headliner at Waterstones, York. April 2025.
Montage which features in notes on different places was commended in the 2022 Troubadour International Poetry Prize.
Reservoirs and orange peel, a mother
anchored to her squashed chicks, our bodies
as sculptures. Meerkats. Deckchairs on
overgrown grass, graffiti planets, a woman
slipping on a banana in real-life. So much blossom.
A mermaid cradling a fish with a skull face,
Christian Bale’s white teeth. Christian Bale’s
blood-spattered face. Meerkats. A woman in a living
room in her homemade den. Bubbles, Chickenpox.
A shark filled with polyester floating in a bath.
A woman with rock pools for eyes. A painfully lovely
Swedish bathroom in the middle of a national park.
Meerkats. Croissants in deckchairs. A girl with the whole
sea in her hair; a flotilla of turtles, a narwhal.
Letter M birds passing overhead. The blind in the bedroom
breathing in then out against the windowsill.
A toucan riding a bicycle, you laughing,
the night drawing in.
If you'd like to get in touch about my writing or editing services please contact me on kayleighcampbell17@icloud.com.