The Little Book of Scottish Rain

Ron Butlin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2025
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
9781780275574 (ISBN)

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Bleeters come and bleeters go,

they never, never stay –

if it’s not raining now

more rain is on the way.

It’s widely reported that Eskimos have over 50 words for snow. Given the equivalent ubiquity of rain in Britain’s northern climes, it is not surprising that Scots have coined just as many (and possibly many more) expressions for the many different types of precipitation that fall from our skies.

In this book Ron Butlin introduces 50 of the most colourful Scottish words for rain in humorous and memorable verse, imaginatively accompanied with illustrations by Tim Kirby.

Ron Butlin is an award-winning poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer children’s author and librettist whose works have been translated into many languages. He regularly gives creative writing workshops in schools, and was Edinburgh Makar from 2008 to 2014. Tim Kirby is a British artist and illustrator, providing drawings for editorial, publishing, corporate and advertising, as well as private commissions. His clients include Gramophone magazine, the New Statesman, Management Today and the BBC.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.09.2018
Illustrationen	Tim Kirby
Zusatzinfo	Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 155 mm
Gewicht	65 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
ISBN-13	9781780275574 / 9781780275574
Zustand	Neuware