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, 21 February 2020
The Poems: The Gas Mask in the Glory Hole
Acknowledgements: The Gas Mask in the Glory Hole Pamphlet 148 Poems in Scots & English by Sheena Blackhall Published by Malfranteaux Concepts 2020
Printed by Thistle Reprographics, 55 Holburn Street, Aberdeen.The Reiver Rattie was written as a Doric version of The Reiver Rat, the Scots translation by James Robertson of The Highway Rat, by Julia Donaldson. Drumneachie Ferm was chosen as one of the poems to appear on the Best Scottish Poems online, 2019. Thanks are also due to Malfranteux Concepts for agreeing to publish this collection.Sheena Blackhall February 2020
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