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BILL BUCHAN

NORTH EAST POET AND ARTIST

Doric - The Language of North East Scotland

A BUCHAN BLETHER

[A Buchan Blether]

The follow up to 'A Taezali Tippence', this book contains more humorous and reflective pieces. Written mostly in Doric there should be something here to suit most tastes.
At £3.00 (+pp) it is on sale throughout the area and from myself by contacting me at my e-mail address.

The poem 'The Fishing' was featured on the BBC Radio Scotland Sunday morning show 'The Reel Blend' hosted by Robbie Shepherd. On this occasion it was followed by Isla St Clair singing the haunting ballad 'The Bonny Boats of Buckie'.
Two of the poems (Seascape and Ebb & Flow) were selected to accompany pictures in the book 'Where the Land Meets the Sea' published in 1997 by photographer Orlando Gaultieri.
'The Village Corner Shop' was highly commended in the 1996 Doric Poetry writing competition and several of the other pieces have been published in the Aberdeenshire Councils' arts magazine, 'The Broken Fiddle'.

Here are a few extracts from the book:

From "THOCHTS FAE THE CHEIR"

It's been a lang time since the hoose wis iss quaet
Though I nivver thocht I'd live ti say it
Fae oot in the street, a wee spurgie cheeps
It's a lang time since the hoose wis si quaet.

From "THE RICHT O' WYE"

Fa wid decide for ithers sake
Taks chyce awa fae thee
Gie him nae vyce in oor debate
Far speaks the man that's free.

From "THE NICHT THE PIPER 'A' WENT UP"

The numbers were changin aa the time
It seems the first stories had been a bit oot
And the actual numbers o' men that were saved
There wis startin ti be a bit doot.

A BUCHAN BLETHER - £3.00

This book can be purchased from local outlets or by contacting me at the address below. It can also be ordered over the internet by contacting John Trail, Booksellers in Fraserburgh. John Trails have an extensive stock of local, Scottish and general literature all available for ordering and dispatching throughout the UK and internationally.

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