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* ''Last things first'' / edited by A.L. Kennedy and James McGonigal (1995) |
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* ''Friends and kangaroos'' / edited by Moira Burgess and Donny O'Rourke (1999) |
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* ''Across the water : Irishness in modern Scottish writing'' / edited by James McGonigal, Donny O'Rourke & Hamish Whyte (2000) |
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Revision as of 16:38, 7 February 2020
Helen Lamb (1956-2017) was an award winning Scottish poet and short story writer who also worked with the cancer caring Maggie's Centres in the Forth Valley promoting the role of writing in well-being.[1]
Personal life
Lamb was a mother and grandmother [2] who lived in Dunblane with Chris Powici[3], a fellow poet and teaching fellow at the University of Stirling.
Career
Lamb won the Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 prize for her story 'Long Grass, Moon City’. Her poetry has been published in literary journals and in the joint anthology Strange Fish [4] along with fellow poet Magi Gibson. She published a short story collection entitled 'Superior bedsits' [5] Her work also featured in other general anthologies[1] and she was one of the writers featured in 'Working words: Scottish creative writing' which was designed to promote creative writing in schools.[6] Her poem 'Spell of the bridge' was reproduced on a postcard for National Poetry Day in 2007[7]. Lamb worked at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Stirling as a tutor of creative writing. As well as working with cancer charity, Maggie's Centres, Lamb also worked with adult survivors of childhood abuse, editing anthologies of their writings[1]. She died in 2017 shortly after finishing her first novel 'Three kinds of kissing'.[8]
Publications
Helen Lamb | |
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| Born | 1956 |
| Died | 2017 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Genre | Poetry, Short stories, Fiction |
| Partner | Chris Powici |
- Strange fish (1997) [with Magi Gibson]
- Superior bedsits : and other stories (Polygon 2001)
- Three kinds of kissing (2018)
Anthologies
- Working words / Valerie Thornton (1995)
- Different boundaries / edited by Barbara Weightman and Elsie MacRae (1995)
- Bucket of frogs / edited by Liz Niven and Brian Whittingham (2008)
- Songs of other places / edited by Gerry Cambridge and Zoë Strachan (2014)
- Original prints : New writing from Scottish women. Vol. 4 (1992)
- Last things first / edited by A.L. Kennedy and James McGonigal (1995)
- Friends and kangaroos / edited by Moira Burgess and Donny O'Rourke (1999)
- Across the water : Irishness in modern Scottish writing / edited by James McGonigal, Donny O'Rourke & Hamish Whyte (2000)
References
- ^ a b c "Helen Lamb". The Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ "Helen". The Grantidote. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ "Chris Powici | Poet". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ Gibson, Magi, 1953- (1997). Strange fish. Lamb, Helen. Glasgow: Duende. ISBN 1-900537-03-6. OCLC 46333149.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Lamb, Helen. (2001). Superior bedsits, and other stories. Edinburgh: Polygon. ISBN 0-7486-6306-1. OCLC 49894371.
- ^ Thornton, Valerie. (1995). Working words. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-61870-1. OCLC 33188219.
- ^ "National Poetry Day 2007 Archives". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ Lamb, Helen, (2018). Three kinds of kissing. Glasgow, Scotland: Vagabond Voices. ISBN 1-908251-91-3. OCLC 1048095478.
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