Sheena Blackhall's Screivins

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 many owersetts, and over 213 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.

Sunday, 12 June 2022

The Poems: Norlan Lichts Anthology

Title: Norlan Lichts.First published 2022 by Rymour Books 45 Needless Road, Perth PH20LE © The Authors 2022 ISBN 978-1-8384052-0-0 http://www.rymour.co.uk cover and book design by Ian Spring printed by Imprint Digital, Exeter, Devon A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library The paper used in this book is approved by the Forest Stewardship Council This book is set in Bembo, a typeface cut by Francesco Griffo in 1495 for the works of Pietro Bembo, a poet, a Cardinal and lover of Lucrezia Borgia. Lesley Benzie, Sheena Blackhall and Sheila Templeton are the pre-eminent women poets writing in the Doric, or the Scots of North-east Scotland. This is a new collection of predominently unpublished work by them.

The Poems: Suitcase of Dreams

Acknowledgements: Title: Suitcase of Dreams Pamphlet no 178 Cover: Softly Surreal Incognito photo by Ozstuff1 on Pinterest:Published by Malfranteaux Concepts :Printed by Retro Overflow: Copyright: Sheena Blackhall, June 2022 The Treisur Hunters was a commissioned story for the BBC childrens’ schools section. Like T-Rex was published in The Scotsman. Many of the poems were inspired by paintings exhibited in the Aberdeen Artist Society’s exhibition in 2022 in Aberdeen Art Gallery. Performers was written during the Portsoy Traditional Festival weekend, coinciding with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Hairdresser, the Cooncillor, the Coven, features on https://gudeandgodlie.wordpress.com/