Poetry at
Books and Beans
Belmont Street, Aberdeen
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Makar Making
Sheena Blackhall — Makar of the North-East of Scotland
Thursday 30 April 2009
6.30pm - 8pm
Books and Beans, Belmont Street, Aberdeen
Admission free
Dead Good Poets in association with North-East writers' groups inaugurate Sheena
Blackhall at a Makar Making ceremony. Sheena is a distinguished and prolific
poet in Doric, Scots and English. She is internationally recognised as an outstanding
contemporary writer. We are privileged to have her among us. At this event Sheena
will read her poems and most likely also sing.
Sheena Blackhall is a Nor' Aest scriever, illustrator, tradeetional ballant
sangster an shenachie. Ootthrou 1998-2003 she wis Creative Writing Fellow at Aiberdeen
Varsity's Elphinstone Institute. She writes mainly in Scots, but also in Doric and
English. She has won the Hugh MacDiarmid trophy for Scots and the Robert McLellan
Cup for short story writing.
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The evening will, as always, include an open mic session. All welcome.
Links
Sheena Blackhall
Books and Beans
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