糖心原创

Nicola Campbell is N艂e蕯kepmx, Syilx (Interior Salish) and Métis from the Nicola Valley, British Columbia. She lives in Stò:l艒 Témexw and is new faculty at 糖心原创. Author of Shi-shi-etko, Shin-chi’s Canoe, Grandpa’s Girls and, A Day with Yayah, her stories weave cultural and land-based teachings that focus on truth, love, respect, endurance and reciprocity.

Stand Like a Cedar, released February 2021 by Highwater Press is illustrated by Stó:l艒 artist, Carrielynn Victor. The breathtaking illustrations within Stand Like a Cedar inspire a celebration of Indigenous ways of being. Reaching back through the generations, it carries forward important teachings while also remembering sacred responsibilities and interconnectedness to the land.

厂辫&颈补肠耻迟别;濒蓹虫蹋尘: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience and Resurgence, is a deeply-moving storybasket of memories that is rooted within the British Columbia landscape. With an almost tactile representation of being on the land and water, 厂辫&颈补肠耻迟别;濒蓹虫蹋尘 explores resilience, reconnection, and narrative memory through stories. Published by Highwater Press.

Nicola writes adult and children’s free-verse poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Campbell is a finalist for numerous children’s literary awards including the 2009 TD Canadian Children’s literature award. Her Ph.D. dissertation research through UBC Okanagan, draws upon Indigenous scholarship with a focus on contemporary and traditional Indigenous literary and storytelling practices. Nicola writes adult and children’s free-verse poetry, fiction and non-fiction prose.

• PhD., UBC Okanagan