{"id":6465,"date":"2024-08-26T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=6465"},"modified":"2024-08-25T22:52:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T21:52:58","slug":"scots-language-awards-2024-william-hershaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2024-william-hershaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2024: William Hershaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Weel duin tae William Hershaw wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Writer o the Year sponsored by National Library of Scotland in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Cumnock Toon Ha, Cumnock in pairtnership wi East Ayrshire Cooncil on 14th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https:\/\/eastayrshireleisure.com\/events\/scots-language-awards\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n

We askit William Hershaw o William Hershaw thae speirins. <\/p>\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
\nI am a Scots makar, playwricht, sang screiver, teacher, editor. I am the editor o Lallans, the journal o the Scots Leid Associe. I have published a nummer o collections o Scots poetry including The Sair Road. I foundit The Bowhill Players a collogue o fowk musicians tae celebrate Fife's mining heritage. In 2024 I recorded the Leid album screivit hailly in Scots on the Folksville label.<\/p>\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
\nI grew up in a coal mining community in Central Fife whaur Scots was a leivan language, spoken by aabody including ma faimily and feirs. Ma grandfaither wrocht in High Valleyfield Pit and this kittled me up tae screive ma first poem in Scots anent the disaster there in 1931. Later as an English teacher I taught Scots tae the bairns at Beath High Schuil including the works o Joe Corrie.<\/p>\n

Why dae ye feel it is important tae use Scots in everyday life?<\/strong>
\nScots gies communities and individuals identity and includes fowk. Forby this Scots provides us wi a cultural identity and sense o oursels in the world. It is important tae yaise Scots and no let it dee out. It is heidmaist tae pass Scots on tae the neist generation. Scots should be recognised no as a minority leid in Scotland but as yin spoken by a majority o fowk. Scots should be gien recognition as a national leid and no be marginalised in education and in the Media. Tae restore Scots is a sair darg but a worthwhile yin.<\/p>\n

Dae ye hae a favourite Scots phrase or saying?<\/strong>
\n"Whit's mintit for ye will no gae past ye."<\/p>\n

"Haud faurrit!"<\/p>\n

Is there a Scots speaker who inspires you?<\/strong>
\nThere hae been a wheen: Twaa former Scots makars and editors o Lallans, Donald Campbell and Willie Neill, gied me a heeze as a prentice makar. The late George Philp wha foundit Scotsoun and Scotscreive. Ma mither. Michael Marra and Frieda Morrison. Monie ithers.<\/p>\n

Do you hear Scots spoken regularly in your local area? Have you noticed any changes over time?<\/strong>
\nAye, aye, neebs – hou\u2019s it gaun?
\nYe see it aa – I\u2019m hingan on by a threid.
\nGey thrang the day then?
\nOcht aye, ye wadnae credit it – since the keek o daw.
\nThen hae a bit blaw tae yersel, Sur.
\nThe chance wad be a fine thing!
\nHou no?
\nWeill, there\u2019s twaa o us aff wi the lurgie –
\nand the shop\u2019s been gaun like Links Mercat.
\nMa heid\u2019s birlan like a peerie.
\nBut onieweys\u2026whit is it that ye\u2019re efter the day?<\/p>\n

Juist twaa rolls and a mutton pie,
\noh, aye \u2013 and a yum yum for the wife . . .
\n. . . it\u2019s turned out brawer again though . . .
\nAye, though I\u2019ll no get tae see muckle o it\u2026
\nit was gey dreich this mornin though.<\/p>\n

Hae ye gotten awaa ataa?
\nTwaa weeks in Magaluf – yersel?
\nWe were awaa in the caravan.
\nDunkeld?
\nAye.
\nBraw wather?
\nBilin. But I dinnae like the heat, ye ken . . .
\nit disnae agree wi me.
\nWeill, that\u2019s it aa ower wi for anither year at least . . .<\/p>\n

Are ye wantin a poke for this?
\nNae thanks. I hae yin wi me.
\nAye weill, imphm, sae whit time is it that ye get lowsed?
\nThe back o fower.
\nWeill, dinnae fash yersel, ye ken? Tak it cannie.
\nAye Sur \u2013 it\u2019ll aa be the same in a hunner year.<\/p>\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
\nAwards: McCash Scots Poetry Prize, Callum MacDonald Award, Wigtown Poetry Competition.
\nBibliography:
\nPoetry collections
\nFour Fife Poets\/Fower Brigs Ti A Kinrick (with John Brewster, Harvey Holton, Tom Hubbard), Aberdeen University Press, 1988
\nThe Cowdenbeath Man, Scottish Cultural Press, 1997 ISBN 1 898218 68 4
\nFifty Fife Sonnets\/Makars, Akros Publications, 2005
\nJohnny Aathin, Windfall Publications, 2010 ISBN 978 0 9557264 3 9
\nHappyland, Fras Publications, 2011
\nPostcairds Fae Woodwick Mill, Orkney Poems in Scots, Grace Note, 2015 ISBN 978-1-907676-62-8
\nStars are the Aisles, Neepheid Press, 2016 ISBN 978-0-9956504-0-4
\nBuirds, Roncadora Press, 2017
\nThe Sair Road, Grace Note Publications, 2018 ISBN 978-1-907676-96-3
\nEarth Bound Companions, Grace Note Publications, 2021 ISBN 978-1-913162-15-3
\nSaul Vaigers, Grace Note Publications, 2021 ISBN 978-1-913162-1-39
\nSelected Poetry Anthologies
\nDream State – The New Scottish Poets, Polygon, 1994
\nScotlands – Poets and the Nation, Carcanet, 2004
\nSkein of Geese – Poems from the 2008 Stanza Festival, Stanza Publications
\nThe Smeddum Test, 21st Century Poems in Scots, Kennedy and Boyd, 2012
\nScotia Nova, Luath Press, 2014
\nDrama:
\nThe Tempest, translated in Scots, Grace Note, 2016 ISBN 978-1-907676-75-8
\nMichael Scot of Balwearie, A Ballad Play in Scots, Grace Note, 2016, ISBN 978-1-907676-76-5
\nJennie Lee\u2019s History Project, Grace Note, 2017
\nNovel:
\nTammy Norrie, The House Daemon Of Seahouses, Grace Note Publications, 2014 ISBN 978-1-907676-43-7
\nMusic:
\nA Fish Laid At The Door, Dances With Whippets Records\/Birnam CD; 2002
\nA Song Cycle For Craigencalt Ecology Centre, Dances With Whippets Records\/Birnam CD 2009
\nCage Load Of Men – The Joe Corrie Project, Bowhill Players, Fife Council\/Fras Publications\/ Birnam CD 2013
\nLeid, Folksville Records 2024
\nEducation:
\nTeaching Scots Language, Learning Teaching Scotland, 2002
\nScots Language and Literature – Examples and Activities, Learning Teaching Scotland, 2002<\/p>\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
\nI will be promoting the Leid CD at gigs in Folk clubs.
\nThe launch of "Orgreave" ma new collection o poems will be at the Scottish Poetry Library on 20th o November.
\nI hae been puitten thegither Issue 105 o Lallans.<\/p>\n

Read more about William Hershaw<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/gracenotepublications.com<\/a>
\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bowhillplayers<\/a>
\nTwitter: http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/<\/a>
\nInstagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Cumnock Toon Ha, Cumnock on 14th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https:\/\/eastayrshireleisure.com\/events\/scots-language-awards\/<\/a> There wull be some grand entertainmint oan the nicht tae, includin a recital fae Billy Kay, Susie Briggs, alang wi musical performances fae Claire Hastings an S\u00e8an Gray.<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians please consider supporting our Patreon<\/a> campaign. We have 3 tiers starting at $1 a month and everything helps support us in our work. Read more at www.patreon.com\/handsupfortrad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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