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Jake Morris-Campbell is a non-fiction writer and poet originally from the North-East of England but now living in Shropshire. He has significant experience as an editor, tutor and researcher, working between freelance projects and in higher education.
He is the author of Between the Salt and the Ash: a Journey into the Soul of Northumbria (Manchester University Press, 2025) and Corrigenda for Costafine Town (Blue Diode Press, 2021), which was longlisted for the 2022 RSL Ondaatje Prize and Highly Commended in the Forward Poetry Prizes. He has also published two pamphlets of poetry: The Coast Will Wait Behind You (Art Editions North, 2015) and Definitions of Distance (Red Squirrel Press, 2012). He is co-editor (with Peter Armstrong) of Marratide, the Selected Poems of William Martin (Bloodaxe Books, 2025).
Selected in 2021 as a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker, Jake regularly makes broadcast appearances on BBC Radio 3.
Jake completed his PhD in Creative Writing at Newcastle University and is currently Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing at Liverpool John Moores University.
His practice centres on creative non-fiction, poetry and fiction, and is often about centring overlooked areas and raising untold stories. As a writer interested in questions of identity, culture, belonging, faith & spirituality and natural & social history, Jake is particularly interested in working with authors who are similarly drawn to the complex ways in which people interact with places.
Testimonials
‘I have worked with Jake on three occasions. He has provided feedback and guidance on editing and selecting poems for a poetry pamphlet, advice on the development of my writing and editorial insights into a book of poetry and prose. Altogether this represents around 30 hours of contact time. Jake’s approach has been wide ranging; from detailed line editing to more philosophical musings about my work. In all cases he has been meticulous in the detail and specificity of his approach. He always tailored his methods in a way that made me feel he truly understood what I was trying to do. In fact, often he seemed ahead of me in understanding where I was going. This is priceless – it was so affirming to work with someone who believed in me and pushed me to develop. I now have a poetry pamphlet, a 50-minute radio play and a book of poetry and prose and I can see in all how Jake’s teaching has helped these to shine.’ Jim Lloyd, writer and artist.
‘Having Jake work with me as a writing mentor/editor was the dream scenario as a developing writer, and I felt satisfied on all accounts in relation to sharing my work with him and the feedback I got. Jake grappled with my work at a conceptual level, not changing my direction but ensuring I was focused on the right questions I wanted to ask, as well as at a granular level with specific line edits. Highlighting aspects that I had not thought of until I shared my work with him. He combined this textual feedback with professional advice around navigating the industry, as well as suggested further reading to continue my thinking around my work. Overall, my encounter with Jake gave me both practical advice to implement and the inspiration to keep up my momentum and progress my work. I would happily share my work with Jake again in the future.’ Michael Athey, London Library Emerging Writer (2024/25)