Shetland Saga

Janet Teal Daniel is a Londoner by birth and Welsh by adoption. Her first career was as a Librarian a springboard for travel and adventure; first to Indonesia as a volunteer then working for the British Council in Jakarta Greece and London promoting the British book trade the English language and cultural exchange. She later became involved in community arts and social activism.She worked in arts advocacy and managed projects in disadvantaged communities especially for people with learning and physical disabilities. On a photography course in Barry she met Rhys an artist Welsh language activist and teacher and over the past 35 years they have worked on many arts projects together. In the 1990s she retrained as a counsellor and family mediator. She started writing seriously on her return from the Shetland Isles. She has written memoir poetry plays and short stories. This is her first published work of memoir.