The Owersetts: The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots

The Itchy Coo Book of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales in Scots By (author) Martin Waddell; Edited by James Robertson; Edited by Matthew Fitt; Introduction by Julia Donaldson; Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. ISBN 978-1-78530-313-5 2020 This classic collection brings together nine favourite stories, The Little Mermaid, translated by Sheena Blackall is the final story.

The Poems: The Thunderbolt Carline

Title: The Thunderbolt Carline (Pamphlet 158), Cover Design : k-mitch-hodge-w8 free download from upsplash,published by Malfranteaux Concepts Printed by Repro Overflow, Aberdeen. Sawney Bean has been recorded for an upcoming event on Waywords, hosted by Aberdeen University. In the Gairden is to be published by Lallans. The Maid o Ocram is a Doric owersett of a poem by John Clare. I heard the Scots version, Lord Gregory, sung with great feeling by the late Stanley Robertson. 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 due to Malfranteaux Concept for publishing this volume, and to the creator of the cover image.Sheena Blackhall September 2020 Dedicated to Skye Anderson, aged 3. This is a limited print run of 50 books