Shannon Webb-Campbell facts for kids
Shannon Webb-Campbell is Canadian writer, poet and editor. She is descended from Miꞌkmaq people from the Qalipu First Nation in Newfoundland.
Writing career
In December 2013 Webb-Campbell was chosen to be the 2014 Canadian Women in Literary Arts (CWILA) "critic in residence". As part of her residency, she published interviews and reviews in The National Post, The Telegraph Journal, The Coast and Plenitude Magazine.
Her first book, Still No Word, was published by Breakwater Books in 2015. The collection of poetry explores identity, wounding and healing. The publication of the book was part of the Egale Canada Out in Print Literary Award, which Webb-Campbell had won in 2014. The award provides "financial and publishing support to an emerging queer and/or trans-spectrum, female-identified writer in Canada."