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Shane Strachan

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Shane Strachan was awarded Scots Champion at the 2023 Scots Language Awards following his year as the National Library of Scotland’s Scots Scriever writer-in-residence.

His latest book is "DWAMS", his debut collection of poetry, published by Tapsalteerie in April 2024.

His previous works include the novella "Nevertheless: Sparkian Tales in Bulawayo" (amaBooks), ‘The Shelter’ staged with the National Theatre of Scotland, and multiple poems and stories in Gutter, New Writing Scotland, Northwords Now, Stand and various anthologies. His poetry has also appeared on BBC Radio 4 and in Aberdeen Art Gallery and V&A Dundee. He holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Aberdeen where he now lectures in Creative Writing. ...more

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	DWAMS 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fierce Salvage: A Queer Words Anthology by Ryan Vance (Editor), Michael Lee Richardson (Goodreads Author) (editor), Carrie Marshall (contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots by Hans Christian Andersen, James Robertson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matthew Fitt (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nevertheless: Sparkian Tales in Bulawayo 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Causeway/Cabhsair: A magazine of Irish and Scottish writing by Andrew Dunn (Editor), Jennifer Cooper (Editor), Shane Strachan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Passages by Shane Strachan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Helen Stellner (Translation) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Refashioning Bill Gibb for the 21st Century by Josephine Steed (Editor), Shane Strachan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gutter No. 31 by Colin Begg (Editor), Martin MacInnes (Goodreads Author) (Contribitor), Harry Josephine Giles (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gutter No. 28 by Colin Begg (Editor), Shane Strachan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alexandra Ye (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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