Wain: LGBT Reimaginings of Scottish Folktales - Couverture souple

Plummer, Rachel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1910139475 ISBN 13 : 9781910139479

Editeur : The Emma Press, 2019

Synopsis

Wain is a collection of LGBT themed poetry for teens based on retellings of Scottish myths. The collection contains stories about kelpies, selkies, and the Loch Ness Monster, alongside perhaps lesser-known mythical people and creatures, such as wulvers, Ghillie Dhu, and the Cat Sìth. These poems immerse readers in an enriching, diverse and enchanting vision of contemporary life.

The poems in this collection are fun, surprising, and full of a magical mix of myth and contemporary LGBT themes- it is a perfect read for teens who are learning more about themselves, other people, and the world around them. Wain is fully illustrated, and aimed at teenagers.

Rachel Plummer was commissioned by LGBT Youth Scotland to write the collection, and the commission was funded by Creative Scotland. The book is accessible to all readers, Scottish and not it comes with a glossary, which explains more about the myths in the poems. There is also a section of writing exercises to encourage young readers to write their own poems, inspired by the book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rachel Plummer is a poet living in Edinburgh. She is a Scottish Book Trust New Writer's Award winner (2016) and has won or placed in numerous other awards and competitions, including the Troubadour Prize, the Flambard Prize, the Penfro, and Canterbury Festival's Poet of the Year Award. Her poetry has appeared in magazines including The Dark Horse, Mslexia, Agenda, Interpreter's House, Gutter and New Walk, and anthologies including New Writing Scotland (2017, published by ASLS), The Emma Press Anthology of Love, and 154 from Live Canon, an anthology of contemporary responses to Shakespeare's sonnets. In 2017 she published a pamphlet of sci-fi poetry with House Press and received a cultural commission from LGBT Youth Scotland to write the poems that appear in Wain. She runs creative writing workshops for children and teens. She has two children, three guinea pigs, and entirely too many books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Emma Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1910139475
• ISBN 13: 9781910139479
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Boppert Helene
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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