Brian Campbell

Brian Campbell is a Toronto/Montreal poet/songwriter whose first collection of poems, Guatemala and Other Poems, was published in 1994 by Window Press in Toronto. His poetry has appeared in a number of reviews including Grain, Poetry Canada Review, and New Canadian Review, and is upcoming in the poetry anthology Continuum: Time, the 4th Dimension (Cranberry Tree Press: Windsor, Ontario, 2004). His translations of poetry from Spanish have appeared in Indigo and Ruptures.

A solo cassette of twelve original songs, The Imaginary Album, was produced in 1996; The Courtier’s Manuscript, an independent CD, was released in 2002. One song from the latter was a runner-up in the 2001 international Unisong competition (London/Hollywood); another will be used as a theme in Le Don du Nile, a large-scale musical production to be staged in Quebec and France in 2006-7. Brian Campbell currently resides in Montreal.

Awards
Norma Epstein Award for Poetry (1978).
Unisong Competition Runner-up, Folk category (2001) for For My Whimsical Love (Song on The Courtier's Manuscript)

Selected Publications
Guatemala & Other Poems (Window Press, 1994) ISBN  09696447-1-X.
The Courtier's Manuscript (BeeDeeCee Productions, 2002) recording.
The Imaginary Album (BeeDeeCee Productions, 1996) recording.

Selected Anthologies

Continuum: Time, The 4th Dimension (Cranberry Tree Press, 2004)

 

Books in Print
Campbell, Brian
Guatemala & Other Poems (Window Press, 1994) ISBN 09696447-1-X, $10.00.
The Courtier's Manuscript (BeeDeeCee Productions, 2002) recording, $18.00.
The Imaginary Album (BeeDeeCee Productions, 1996) ISBN recording, $10.00.

Brian Campbell

beedeecee@sympatico.ca

http://www.briancampbell.org/
http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=6727
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/briancampbell/

 

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