Sheena Blackhalls novella, Minnie, will be podcast on the Centres site over 9 months and will follow the story of a young girl growing up in a North East farming community between the wars.

Minnie experiences and overcomes many personal challenges. In this sensitive novella Blackhall explores the customs and traditions of a community in a period of transition. Written in Doric, the North east dialect of Scots.

Episode 17 will be broadcast on the 30th December 2013.