Norman Harper (born 7 September 1957) is an author, book editor, journalist and broadcaster, and for 27 years was a writer, features editor, and latterly leader-writer and
columnist
A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Column (newspaper), Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs. They take the fo ...
with the Scottish newspaper, the ''
Press and Journal''. He is the author of the successful ''Stronach'' book series and ''Spik o the Place'', and co-author (with
Robbie Shepherd
Dr Robert Horne Shepherd (28 April 1936 – 1 August 2023) was a Scottish broadcaster and author who was known for presenting shows on BBC Radio Scotland and for writing a column in Doric for Aberdeen's '' Press and Journal'' newspaper.
Life a ...
) of four anthologies of anecdotes relating to the
Doric dialect of the North East of
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
, published by
Canongate Books and
Birlinn
The birlinn ( gd, bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots inclu ...
as the Dash o Doric series.
He was convicted of possession of indecent images of children at Aberdeen Sherriff Court on 28 February 2018.
Publications
*Harper, Norman, ''Stronach, Volume 1'' (
SML, 1992)
*Harper, Norman, ''Stronach, Volume 2'' (SML, 1993)
*Harper, Norman, ''Stronach, Volume 3'' (SML, 1994)
*Harper, Norman, ''A Dash o Doric'' (
Canongate Books, 1995) with
Robbie Shepherd
Dr Robert Horne Shepherd (28 April 1936 – 1 August 2023) was a Scottish broadcaster and author who was known for presenting shows on BBC Radio Scotland and for writing a column in Doric for Aberdeen's '' Press and Journal'' newspaper.
Life a ...
*Harper, Norman, ''Anither Dash o Doric'' (
Canongate Books, 1996) with
Robbie Shepherd
Dr Robert Horne Shepherd (28 April 1936 – 1 August 2023) was a Scottish broadcaster and author who was known for presenting shows on BBC Radio Scotland and for writing a column in Doric for Aberdeen's '' Press and Journal'' newspaper.
Life a ...
*Harper, Norman, ''First Daily'' (AJL, 1997)
*Harper, Norman, ''Spik o the Place'' (
Canongate Books, 1998)
*Harper, Norman, ''Weeks in the Howe'' (AJL, 1999)
*Harper, Norman, ''Fortnights'' (AJL, 2001)
*Harper, Norman, ''Dash o Doric: The Hale Lot'' (
Birlinn
The birlinn ( gd, bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots inclu ...
, 2003) with
Robbie Shepherd
Dr Robert Horne Shepherd (28 April 1936 – 1 August 2023) was a Scottish broadcaster and author who was known for presenting shows on BBC Radio Scotland and for writing a column in Doric for Aberdeen's '' Press and Journal'' newspaper.
Life a ...
*Harper, Norman, ''Stronach, Volume 4'' (
Birlinn
The birlinn ( gd, bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots inclu ...
, 2003)
*Harper, Norman, ''Dash o Doric: One for the Road'' (
Birlinn
The birlinn ( gd, bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots inclu ...
, 2004) with
Robbie Shepherd
Dr Robert Horne Shepherd (28 April 1936 – 1 August 2023) was a Scottish broadcaster and author who was known for presenting shows on BBC Radio Scotland and for writing a column in Doric for Aberdeen's '' Press and Journal'' newspaper.
Life a ...
*Harper, Norman, ''Eighty Glorious Years'' (SML, 2008)
*Harper, Norman, ''Spikkin Doric'' (
Birlinn
The birlinn ( gd, bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots inclu ...
, 2009)
References
Scottish writers
Living people
1957 births
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