Dr Jake Morris-Campbell

Jake Morris-Campbell is an award-winning writer of poetry and creative non-fiction from the North-East of England. In 2021 he was selected by the BBC and AHRC as a New Generation Thinker, and has gone on to broadcast a range of audio materials with BBC Radio 3. His debut poetry collection Corrigenda for Costafine Town was longlisted for the 2022 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and Highly Commended in the 2022 Forward Poetry Prizes. His first book of creative non-fiction, Between the salt and the ash: a journey into the soul of Northumbria, will be published by Manchester University Press in March 2025. He has taught Creative Writing at LJMU since February 2023.

Degrees

2019, Newcastle University, United Kingdom, PhD, Creative Writing
2010, University of Chester, United Kingdom, MA, Creative Writing
2009, University of Chester, United Kingdom, BA (Hons), Creative Writing with English

Academic appointments

Teaching Fellow, Creative Writing, Liverpool John Moores University, 2023 - present
Visiting Lecturer, English: Creative and Professional Writing, University of Sunderland, 2022 - 2022
Associate Lecturer and Research Assistant: English and Creative Writing, Newcastle University, 2016 - 2022
Visiting Lecturer, Creative Writing, University of Chester, 2014 - 2022