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.
Saturday, 25 August 2018
The Poems A Sharp Key
Title: A Sharp Key Poems in Scots & English by Sheena Blackhall. Published by Lochlands, Maud, Aberdeenshire. Printed by Thistle Reprographics, 55 Holburn Street Aberdeen. The cover image is from Todros Geller Woodcuts in Louis Wirth's The Ghetto (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1928). Part of Collection: Faith in the City Cost: £3.00. Copyright: S. Blackhall August 2018 Many of these poems were written during a trip to the Nottingham area. Some poems have been published in Lallans. Thanks are also due to the ongoing support and encouragement of Les Wheeler, in agreeing to publish this collection. Sheena Blackhall 2018
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