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== Career ==
== 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'' <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46333149|title=Strange fish|last=Gibson, Magi, 1953-|date=1997|publisher=Duende|others=Lamb, Helen.|isbn=1-900537-03-6|location=Glasgow|oclc=46333149}}</ref> ''along with fellow poet [[Magi Gibson]].'' She also published a short story collection entitled 'Superior bedsits' and many of her stories were broadcast on radio.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49894371|title=Superior bedsits, and other stories|last=Lamb, Helen.|date=2001|publisher=Polygon|isbn=0-7486-6306-1|location=Edinburgh|oclc=49894371}}</ref> Her work has been featured in other general anthologies<ref name=":0" /> and she was one of the writers included in 'Working words: Scottish creative writing' which was designed to promote creative writing in schools.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33188219|title=Working words|last=Thornton, Valerie.|date=1995|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=0-340-61870-1|location=London|oclc=33188219}}</ref> Her poem 'Spell of the bridge' was one of those reproduced on a postcard for [[National Poetry Day]] in 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/tag/national_poetry_day_2007/|title=National Poetry Day 2007 Archives|website=Scottish Poetry Library|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>. Lamb worked at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and the [[University of Stirling]] as a [[Royal Literary Fund]] Fellow, tutoring in creative writing<ref name=":0" />. As well as working with cancer charity, Maggie's Centres, Lamb also worked with adult survivors of childhood abuse, editing anthologies of their writings<ref name=":0" />. She died suddenly in 2017 shortly after finishing her first novel 'Three kinds of kissing'.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1048095478|title=Three kinds of kissing|last=Lamb, Helen,|date=2018|publisher=Vagabond Voices|isbn=1-908251-91-3|location=Glasgow, Scotland|oclc=1048095478}}</ref>
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'' <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46333149|title=Strange fish|last=Gibson, Magi, 1953-|date=1997|publisher=Duende|others=Lamb, Helen.|isbn=1-900537-03-6|location=Glasgow|oclc=46333149}}</ref> ''along with fellow poet [[Magi Gibson]].'' She also published a short story collection entitled 'Superior bedsits' and many of her stories were broadcast on radio.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49894371|title=Superior bedsits, and other stories|last=Lamb, Helen.|date=2001|publisher=Polygon|isbn=0-7486-6306-1|location=Edinburgh|oclc=49894371}}</ref> Her work has been featured in other general anthologies<ref name=":0" /> and she was one of the writers included in 'Working words: Scottish creative writing' which was designed to promote creative writing in schools.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33188219|title=Working words|last=Thornton, Valerie.|date=1995|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=0-340-61870-1|location=London|oclc=33188219}}</ref> Her poem 'Spell of the bridge' was one of those reproduced on a postcard for [[National Poetry Day]] in 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/tag/national_poetry_day_2007/|title=National Poetry Day 2007 Archives|website=Scottish Poetry Library|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>. Lamb worked at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and the [[University of Stirling]] as a [[Royal Literary Fund]] Fellow, tutoring in creative writing<ref name=":0" />. As well as working with cancer charity, Maggie's Centres, Lamb also worked with adult survivors of childhood abuse, editing anthologies of their writings<ref name=":0" />. She died suddenly in 2017 shortly after finishing her first novel 'Three kinds of kissing',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1048095478|title=Three kinds of kissing|last=Lamb, Helen,|date=2018|publisher=Vagabond Voices|isbn=1-908251-91-3|location=Glasgow, Scotland|oclc=1048095478}}</ref> described by fellow author Tracey Emerson as "a subtly devastating wonder"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/65609346-three-kinds-of-kissing|title=Three Kinds of Kissing|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
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=== Anthologies ===
=== Anthologies ===


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*''Original prints : New writing from Scottish women''. Vol. 4. (1992)
* ''Working words'' / Valerie Thornton (1995)
* ''Different boundaries'' / edited by Barbara Weightman and Elsie MacRae (1995)
*''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)
*''Last things first'' / edited by A.L. Kennedy and James McGonigal. (1995)
*''After the Watergaw : a collection of new poetry from Scotland inspired by water'' / edited by Robert Davidson. (1998)
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* ''Songs of other places'' / edited by Gerry Cambridge and Zoë Strachan (2014)
*''Friends and kangaroos'' / edited by Moira Burgess and Donny O'Rourke. (1999)
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* ''Original prints : New writing from Scottish women''. Vol. 4 (1992)
* ''Last things first'' / edited by A.L. Kennedy and James McGonigal (1995)
*''Across the water : Irishness in modern Scottish writing'' / edited by James McGonigal, Donny O'Rourke & Hamish Whyte. (2000)
* ''Friends and kangaroos'' / edited by Moira Burgess and Donny O'Rourke (1999)
*''Going up Ben Nevis in a bubble car'' / edited by Moira Burgess and Janet Paisley. (2001)
* ''Across the water : Irishness in modern Scottish writing'' / edited by James McGonigal, Donny O'Rourke & Hamish Whyte (2000)
*''Milking the haggis'' / edited by Valerie Thornton and Hamish Whyte. (2004)
*''The Edinburgh book of twentieth-century Scottish poetry'' / edited by Maurice Lindsay and Lesley Duncan. (2005)
*''The thing that mattered most : Scottish poems for children'' / edited by Julie Johnstone. (2006)
*''The dynamics of balsa'' / edited by Liz Niven and Brian Whittingham. (2007)
*''Bucket of frogs'' / edited by Liz Niven and Brian Whittingham. (2008)
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*''Songs of other places'' / edited by Gerry Cambridge and Zoë Strachan. (2014)


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 11:34, 12 February 2020

Examples of Helen Lamb's poetry can be found in the Scottish Poetry Library and on their website: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/website.

Helen Lamb (1956-27 March 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 writer, educator, mother and grandmother [2] who lived in Dunblane with Chris Powici[3], who is also a poet, former editor of literary magazine Northwords and a 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 also published a short story collection entitled 'Superior bedsits' and many of her stories were broadcast on radio.[5] Her work has been featured in other general anthologies[1] and she was one of the writers included in 'Working words: Scottish creative writing' which was designed to promote creative writing in schools.[6] Her poem 'Spell of the bridge' was one of those 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 Royal Literary Fund Fellow, tutoring in creative writing[1]. 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 suddenly in 2017 shortly after finishing her first novel 'Three kinds of kissing',[8] described by fellow author Tracey Emerson as "a subtly devastating wonder"[9]

Publications

Helen Lamb
Born1956
Died27 March 2017
NationalityScottish
GenrePoetry, Short stories, Fiction
Notable awardsScotland on Sunday Women 2000 Prize
PartnerChris Powici

Works

  • Strange fish (1997) [with Magi Gibson]
  • Superior bedsits : and other stories (Polygon 2001)
  • Three kinds of kissing (2018)

Anthologies

  • Original prints : New writing from Scottish women. Vol. 4. (1992)
  • Working words / Valerie Thornton. (1995)
  • Different boundaries / edited by Barbara Weightman and Elsie MacRae. (1995)
  • Last things first / edited by A.L. Kennedy and James McGonigal. (1995)
  • After the Watergaw : a collection of new poetry from Scotland inspired by water / edited by Robert Davidson. (1998)
  • 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)
  • Going up Ben Nevis in a bubble car / edited by Moira Burgess and Janet Paisley. (2001)
  • Milking the haggis / edited by Valerie Thornton and Hamish Whyte. (2004)
  • The Edinburgh book of twentieth-century Scottish poetry / edited by Maurice Lindsay and Lesley Duncan. (2005)
  • The thing that mattered most : Scottish poems for children / edited by Julie Johnstone. (2006)
  • The dynamics of balsa / edited by Liz Niven and Brian Whittingham. (2007)
  • Bucket of frogs / edited by Liz Niven and Brian Whittingham. (2008)
  • Songs of other places / edited by Gerry Cambridge and Zoë Strachan. (2014)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Helen Lamb". The Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  2. ^ "Helen". The Grantidote. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  3. ^ "Chris Powici | Poet". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ Lamb, Helen. (2001). Superior bedsits, and other stories. Edinburgh: Polygon. ISBN 0-7486-6306-1. OCLC 49894371.
  6. ^ Thornton, Valerie. (1995). Working words. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-61870-1. OCLC 33188219.
  7. ^ "National Poetry Day 2007 Archives". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  8. ^ Lamb, Helen, (2018). Three kinds of kissing. Glasgow, Scotland: Vagabond Voices. ISBN 1-908251-91-3. OCLC 1048095478.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Three Kinds of Kissing". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
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