Sheena Blackhall is a writer, illustrator, traditional ballad singer and storyteller in North East Scotland. From 1998-2003 she was Creative Writing Fellow in Scots at the Elphinstone Institute. She has published four Scots novellas, fifteen short story collections and over 200 poetry collections, which are listed here (most recent first). In 2009 she became Makar (poet laureate) for Aberdeen and the North East, and Makar for the Doric Board in 2019.
Dauvit Horsbroch and Sheena Blackhall talk about the Scots language.
The Robin Sang
Fitba
Scots Yule version of 'Ma Bonnie'
Multicultural Scotland's for me. -A children's song for all the people of Scotland.
In 1998, GKB Books published a further collection of short stories, The Bonsai Grower and Other Tales.Once again, the stories combine suspense, humour, intrigue and mystery, and use both English and Doric. The cover design is by the author herself, and the book also features a number of her illustrations.
ISBN 0 9526554 2 X
Out of print. Copy in National Library of Scotland.
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