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Jorum: Six poets in Border Scots
100 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
About the author
Walter Elliot
14 booksWalter Elliot is a writer, broadcaster and historian who has collected vernacular and oral poetry of the Borders in The New Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border 1805 - 2005.
Born in Selkirk in 1934, Elliot spent his early life in the Ettrick Valley. After his national service in Northern Ireland, he spent over thirty years as a woodcutter/fencing contractor, and four years as a Museums Assistant, all in the Borders. He has since been self-employed as a writer, broadcaster and historian.
He writes poetry in Scots, and has brought out several pamphlets, including A Song for Yarrow (1991).
Born in Selkirk in 1934, Elliot spent his early life in the Ettrick Valley. After his national service in Northern Ireland, he spent over thirty years as a woodcutter/fencing contractor, and four years as a Museums Assistant, all in the Borders. He has since been self-employed as a writer, broadcaster and historian.
He writes poetry in Scots, and has brought out several pamphlets, including A Song for Yarrow (1991).
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