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A children鈥檚 story-book illustrator, and for the end of October, Ulster-Scots poems and yarns to send a shiver up your spine.

The team ends book week by meeting a children鈥檚 story illustrator and for Halloween, unsettling Ulster-Scots yarns and poems to raise the hair on the back of your neck!

Kintra finishes up Book Week with Diana Culbertson chatting to children鈥檚 story-book illustrator Jennifer Davison 鈥 with a short reading from 6 year old Rose. Terrifying tales in Ulster-Scots verse are also on the menu as Willie Laverty reads his poem 鈥淗alloween Nicht鈥 and Mark Thompson reads 鈥淭he Haunted Hill鈥 by George Francis Savage-Armstrong. There鈥檚 a spine-tingling story from Elaine McFeeters who warns us about the lady at the well and Matthew Warric recounts the unsettling yarn of a man who did a deal with the devil - or so the Presbyterians said鈥
Helen Mark and Rab Lennox complete this week鈥檚 team.
The friendly folk on the Kintra team aren鈥檛 that scary 鈥 they love a good yarn on any subject if you鈥檝e one to share. They鈥檙e always delighted too if you鈥檝e a tune to request or an Ulster-Scots event to promote. They鈥檇 be happy to hear from you by email at kintra@bbc.co.uk .

27 minutes

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  • Sun 25 Oct 2020 18:03