Wain
LGBT Reimaginings of Scottish Folklore
Published on 28. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-1-910139-47-9 (ISBN)
Description
A boy selkie who takes girlness off like a sealskin, an untameable kelpie, the warrior-wife of a princess, and a Loch Ness monster who is too busy having fun to worry about words like "girl" or "boy". This is the way the world is - with just a bit of Scottish myth and magic thrown in. Wain is a fully-illustrated collection of LGBT themed poetry aimed at teens (but suitable for all ages) based on retellings of Scottish folk tales. These poems immerse readers in an enriching, diverse and enchanting vision of contemporary life.
Reviews / Votes
Plummer's message of supportive positivity and self-affirmation through legend and myth reassures any young reader that there are so many shades of being - that it is important, though often hard, to be who you are or want to be, not what others demand or expect to you be. [...] These poems are a deeply humane and necessary way of rehabilitating the old with the new and I wish as a child I'd had access to such resources as the poems and paintings in Wain. -- Richie McCaffery * Poetry School * Rachel Plummer's Wain represents an ideal project in the field of children's/YA literature whose aim is to make the queer community feel like a welcomed and valid part of society, as it manages to harness and combine the educational power of folktales and the possibility of inclusive heritage. Though it is primarily targeting Scottish families, the fact itself that it is grounded in mythology gives it potential to appeal to readers all over the world. As such, Wain does not only fulfill the manifesto of LGBT Youth Scotland, but goes beyond it, helping not only Scotland, but the world be the best place to grow up for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex young people. -- Tereza Walsbergerova * Re:Views Magazine *More details
Series
Edition
A paperback version of the award-winning Wain, to replace the hardback of 2019. Featuring full-colour illustrations and foiled cover.
Language
English
Place of publication
Winnersh
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Reading Age: From 13 to 80 years, Interest Age: From 13 to 80 years
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Laminated cover
With printed dust jacket
With ribbon marker(s)
Illustrations
10 full-colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
174 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910139-47-9 (9781910139479)
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E-Book
02/2019
The Emma Press
€5.49
Available for download
Persons
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. 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.
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.