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Review - Wain, by Rachel Plummer & illustrated by Helene Boppert: a fun selection of poems queering up Scottish mythology, with lovely illustrations. Some didn't work for me, but there were a few I liked a lot. Rating: 3/5 ("liked it").

Full review: https://breathesbooks.com/2026/03/19/review-wain/

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Review – Wain

Rachel Plummer’s Wain is a book of poems that reimagine various Scottish folktales and stories with LGBT twists: a selkie story is a trans story, a sea spirit flirts with a sea captain, etc. …

Nicky @ The Bibliophibian
Mar 19 at 1:22pmWeb
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@shanaqui We loved this, Rachel is a chum of our bookshop. She did a lovely children's picture book after this about a same-sex wedding between two giants.