Chapman 59: Kenneth White: A Pict in Roman Gaul

Chapman #59

by Joy Hendry (Editor), Kenneth White (Contributor), Graham Dustan Martin (Contributor)

Scotland's Quality Literary Magazine

Rimbaud, Glasgow and Ways West, an essay by White, essays on White by Graham Dunstan Martin and Tony McManus put contrasting opinions on White’s work plus poetry and fiction by White; Gillian Ferguson on the Scottish National Library and its Tercentenary; fiction by Sheena Blackhall, James Allan Ford and Una Flett; poetry by Derick Thomson, Tom Pow, Ranald Macdonald, David Purves, Pat Buik &c.

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1989

About the author

Joy Hendry (b. 1953) is a Scottish writer and literary critic. She was educated at Perth Academy, the University of Edinburgh and Moray House College of Education.

While still at university, she became involved in editing and producing the Scottish literary magazine Chapman. "Controversial, influential, outspoken and intelligent", the magazine was founded in 1970 and edited by Hendry from 1976. Under her wing it published fiction, poetry and essays by both established and emerging Scottish writers.

Hendry taught English at Knox Academy in Haddington from 1977 to 1984, then left to become a full-time writer.

Her Gang Doun wi' a Sang, a celebration of the life and work of William Soutar, was staged at Perth Theatre in October 1990. In 1991 she delivered the Neil M. Gunn Centenary lecture in Caithness, which was later published in book form.