Sheena Blackhall

Sheena Blackhall
Sheena Blackhall
Sheena Blackhall
BornSheena Booth Middleton
1947
Aberdeen
Occupationpoet, novelist, short story writer, illustrator, traditional story teller and singer
LanguageScots, English
NationalityScottish

Sheena Blackhall is a Scottish poet, novelist, short story writer, illustrator, traditional story teller and singer. Author of over 180 poetry pamphlets, 15 short story collections, 4 novels and 2 televised plays for children, The Nicht Bus and The Broken Hert. Along with Les Wheeler, she co-edits the Doric resource Elphinstone Kist, and has worked on the Aberdeen Reading Bus, as a storyteller and writer,[1] also sitting on the editorial board for their children's publications in Doric, promoting Scots culture and language in the North East. In 2018 Aberdeen University awarded her the degree of Master of the University. In 2021 she was appointed SPL’s poetry ambassador for the Scots language.