Scots Poems to be Read Aloud by Stuart Mchardy
Key Features and Benefits - A collection of the popular and the more obscure chosen from the collection of poetry in Scots and put together by well known storyteller Stuart McHardy - One of the great strengths of Scots is its capacity for strong rhythm and rhyme - Inspired by Tom Atkinson's Poems to be Read Aloud: A Victorian Drawing Room Entertainment - With a tendency towards the humorous it has everything from great works of art to simple pieces - Includes poems from Older Scots to Modern Scots - Stuart is also author of Scotland: Myth, Legend and Folklore, Edinburgh and Leith Pub Guide and the soon to be released Druidesses: the Nine MaidensSTUART McHARDY might be described as a lad o pairts - writer, musician, storyteller, folklorist, historian, linguist, poet, past president of the Pictish Arts Society, historical adviser to Edinburgh City Art Centre's Quest for Camelot exhibition in 2001/2 - and is known to lecture on many aspects of Scottish history and culture at the drop of a hat, or the pop of a cork. To date, McHardy has had five of his own books published, Scotland: Myth, Legend and Folklore, Strange Secrets of Ancient Scotland, Tales of Whisky and Smuggling, The Wild Haggis an The Greetin-faced Nyaff and Edinburgh and Leith Pub Guide. He introduced and edited the bestselling Scots Poems to be Read Aloud and for 5 years in the 1990s was Director of the Scots Language Resource Centre in Perth. He now lives in Edinburgh with the lovely (and ever-tolerant) Sandra and their talented son Roderick.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780946487813 |
| ISBN 10 | 0946487812 |
| Title | Scots Poems to be Read Aloud |
| Author | Stuart Mchardy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Luath Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 125 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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