All about Orkney Life, people and places - then and now.
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A tale of survival and a tragic love story of a woman who never wanted to give up hope. By Bo Harris. Paperback.
Edited by Sarah Neely, foreword by Ali Smith. Paperback.
'A fiercely independent people on the fringe of the British Isles' More than thirty years of Ian Scott's letters from North Ronaldsay provide an intimate glimpse into the relentlessly changing world of one island community played out against a dramatic backdrop of land, sea and sky. Paperback. By Ian Scott.
The Piety of George Mackay Brown & Gerard Manley Hopkins. By Alison Gray. Paperback.
This book attempts to trace the origin of the placenames of Orkney - hills, coastal forms, farms, cottages and fields. By Gregor Lamb. Hardback. Paperback available here.
This book attempts to trace the origin of the placenames of Orkney - hills, coastal forms, farms, cottages and fields. By Gregor Lamb. Paperback. Hardback available here.
How a Linklater family from Orkney met the Pyotts in London's Docklands. By Teresa Pyott. Paperback.
Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney. A new history of the Orkney Islands that delves deep into island politics, folk beliefs and community memory on the geographical edge of Britain. By Peter Marshall. Hardback.
An autobiography covering the six years Chris and his wife spent in Orkney in the 1980s. This volume follows him through days on large ships and then getting trapped in the rat race in London. With his family, he escapes to the Orkney and Shetland Islands and pioneers new ferry services. By Chris Marrow. Paperback.
Stronsay tales of shipwrecks and strandings. By Ian Cooper. Paperback.
A photographic and written experience of the Puffins time ashore on the island of Stronsay. By Bill Hodgson. Paperback.