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.
More comic tales in dialect from the pen of Gregor Lamb. Paperback.
A collection of more than forty articles by Gregor Lamb, covering language, history, folklore and placenames. Hardback.
A riotous children's book from Orkney author Eric Linklater. 'I have often wondered what I would be when I grew up, but never, never, never did I expect to be a Kangaroo!' Paperback.
Children's book about the adventures of three Stone Age children from Skara Brae. By Kathleen Fidler.
The traditional Orkney tale told by Tom Muir. Illustrated by Bridget Woodford. Orkney Traditional Tales, Book 2. An A5 booklet. Suitable for adults and children.
The traditional Orkney tale told by Tom Muir. Illustrated by Bridget Woodford. Orkney Traditional Tales, Book 3. An A5 booklet. Suitable for adults and children.
Who would have thought that plain Mary Balfour, born and bred in the far Orkney's, would become Mary Brunton, best selling novelist, rival in her time to Jane Austen, and a leading light in Edinburgh's then flourishing and sophisticated literary circles?... By Mary McKerrow. Foreword by Fay Weldon. Hardback.
Discovering Orkney's forgotten writer Christina M. Costie. By Rgnhild Ljosland.
Although Robert Rendall was one of Orkney's most highly regarded poets, his poetry has been hard to obtain for many years. Hardback.
A compilation of the work of the distinguished Orcadian writer and folklorist, Ernest Walker Marwick. Volume 2 of 2. Hardback.