Issue 1
Published by Aberdeenshire Council, 2000
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All writing worth its salt is, at least in part, an exercise in exploring the unknown,
and Pushing Out the Boat is an appropriate image for all creative endeavour
anywhere, at any time. But it's a particularly apt one right now, as we set forth
into the uncharted waters of a new century. And it seems particularly fitting for
the North East of Scotland too. The past hundred years have probably seen more dramatic
changes in the North East than any other similar period in its long history. Who
knows what the next hundred will bring? My guess is: more change, more tides of
folk washing in and out, more fluctuations in the fortunes of the industries and
traditions and languages by which people live. The appearance of Pushing Out the
Boat is very welcome: the fresh new writing it contains reflects and records
the changing face of the world about us.
Duncan McLean
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Contributors
Nettie Aitchison
Mairi Ashby
Lesley Benzie
Alan Bissett
Colin Brown
Stuart B. Campbell
Ian Crockatt
Rhoda Dunbar
Eddie Gibbons
Phyllis J. Goodall
Charlie Gracie
Douglas W. Gray
Andy Hall
Roddy Hamilton
William Hershaw
Haworth Hodgkinson
Carla Jetko
Douglas Leighton
Mary Leith
Marion MacAskill
Olivia McMahon
Hilda Meers
E. T. Mitchie
Ian Morrison
karen lynn neal
Owen O'Neill
Kate Percival
George Philip
Siân Preece
Gerard Rochford
Maureen Ross
Morag Skene
Gordon Smith
Gráinne Smith
Linda Smith
Donald Urquhart
Frank Woods
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