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.
Friday, 28 July 2017
The Poems: Win-Blawn
The Poems: Wind-Blawn Published by malfranteaux concepts. Printed by Thistle Reprographics, 55 Holburn Street Aberdeen. The cover image is from a surrealist Foocame Art Silk Poster, JapanCost: £3.00. Copyright: S. Blackhall August 2017. Many of these poems were written on a research trip to Edinburgh in July. For more information on publications by Sheena Blackhall, visit http://sheenablackhall.blogspot.com or the on-line catalogue of the Nat. Library of Scotland www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/index/html. All of Blackhall’s poems in Scots and English, are now uploaded on www.poemhunter.com. Her website can be found on http://smiddleton4.wix.com/sheena-blackhall. An interview in podcast form with the poet appears on: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/podcast/sheena-blackhall. Thanks are also due to the support and encouragement of Keith Murray, in agreeing to publish this collection.Dedicated to Philip & Vicki Watt, Fadlydyke Farm, New Deer