Fiction, folklore and poetry set in, or about, Orkney.
Subcategories
Novels from local authors from Orkney or Orkney-based.
Novels based in Orkney, by authors from far and wide.
Poets from, and inspired by, Orkney.
Explore the rich folklore and mythology of Orkney.
A Neolithic whodunit. The first in the Marna Mystery Series. By B.K. Bryce. Book 2 available here
Ingrid has created and sold pictures. She has written and had her work published in a variety of places. But until now, she has never shown them together. This beautiful book presents her paintings and poetry side by side in all the intensely felt moods of Orkney. By Ingrid Grieve. Gloss soft bound.
Edited by Sarah Neely, foreword by Ali Smith. Paperback.
How far would you go to mend a broken heart? Set in Orkney. By Holly Hepburn. Paperback.
Dark Water. Darker Deeds. A Rhona MacLeod thriller set in Orkney. By Lin Anderson. Paperback.
Midwinter in Orkney. Six hours of daylight. A race against time to catch a killer. As the night closes in, so does the killer. First book in the crime/thriller series, set in Orkney. By Daniel Aubrey Paperback.
Scotland has over 11,600 miles of coastline, so it’s no surprise that the sea and shore have been inspiring folk tales for millennia. Including Orkney tales and an alternative version of 'Assipattle and the Stoor Worm'. By Tom Muir. Hardback.
Orkneyinga Murders Book 5. When a man is found dead on a Hjaltland beach, it is fortunate that Ketil Gunnarson, Earl Thorfinn's man, is there to investigate. The killer must have been travelling with the dead man from Nordvegr to Orkney, but who knew him well enough to want him dead? By Lexie Conyngham. Paperback.
being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Bibliotheck of Westray. By Lydia Harris. Paperback.
When Evie's father falls desperately ill, she finally returns to the family home on Orkney and the wild landscape she left as a teenager, swearing never to return. By Lorraine Kelly Hardback
New writing to celebrate the Centenary of the birth of George Mackay Brown (1921-1996). Paperback.