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, 7 February 2020
The Poems: The Undertaker Bees
Acknowledgements: The Undertaker Bees Poems in Scots & English by Sheena Blackhall Published by Malfranteaux Concepts 2020 Printed by Thistle Reprographics, 55 Holburn Street, Aberdeen. Wid Mannie was written to re-enact at Aberdeen’s Belmont Cinema, prior to a screening of The Reiver Rat, the Scots translaton by James Robertson of The Highway Rat, by Julia Donaldson. Deeside Games was written to deliver to the annual dinner of the Ballater Games Committee.Thanks are also due to Malfranteux Concepts for agreeing to publish this collection.Sheena Blackhall January 2020.Dedicated to my children,Ross, Morag & Kenna & grandchildren Jessica, Winnie, Natalie & Skye.
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