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, 2 November 2025
Title: Spilling the Beans Cover: Warhol Baked Beans Pop Art Print: Kitchen Wall Décor Printed by Retro Overflow Pamphlet no 215 The story Samhuain was published in The P & J’s Doric corner. The Poem Dr Donald Smith was written to celebrate his 36 years running the storytelling festival for 36 years. There are extracts from an article in the Aberdeen Press and Journal documenting several “Freits and Superstitions of the Old North-east”, highlighted by the DSL. (Dictionary of the Scots Language).Thanks are due to Malfranteaux Concept for publishing this volume, and to guest writer Kenna Anderson for setting up and editing the linked in version, and for her poem, In my memories you belong from the collection And on we grow. For her brother Morven Blackhall Sheena Blackhall copyright November 2025
