Wain: LGBT reimaginings of Scottish folktales

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 S th. 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 in colour by Helene Boppert, 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.

Author: Rachel Plummer
Publisher: Emma Press Ltd
Published: 10/24/2019
Pages: 90
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d
ISBN: 9781910139479
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Plummer, Rachel: - 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.Boppert, Helene: - Helene Boppert was born in 1992 right in the middle of Germany in a small, sweet village full of ancient trees, old houses and wild animals. With a heavy heart she left her cats with her parents after she graduated school, and moved to the vibrant city of Hamburg to pursue her dream to study Fine Art and Illustration. For four years she took every opportunity to learn her craft, travel and make friends all over the world. She hasn't stopped traveling since. She started working as an illustrator in editorial and book publishing in 2015, and self-published an illustrated book about the lives of codebreakers at Bletchley Park three years later. She has recently taken up university studies in her spare time to further her understanding of human connection and education. Enriched by her childhood's fantasy world and shaped by her experiences in discovering herself, she uses her watercolours to illustrate soft, vivid, imaginative slices of life.

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