Fair Isle book could be a hit for the Hamefarers
Fair Isle Through the Seasons by Malachy Tallack and Roger Riddington. Published by ZE Press at £15.
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Man hit’s joost a braaly good example of Rhoda’s legacy
Dir are twa wirds dat immediately spring to my mind when I read or listen tae da late Rhoda Bulter’s poetry – da first een
READ FULL STORYTales of more than 100 leavers is simply an ‘aacht ta hae’ book
A Kist of Emigrants, J Laughton Johnston. Published by The Shetland Times Ltd, £29. Did you know that novelist John Steinbeck name-checks a Shetland man
READ FULL STORYVictorian photos and lectures on St Kilda published
The Islands Book Trust has just published Destination St Kilda: From Oban to Skye and the Outer Hebrides, edited by Mark Butterworth.
READ FULL STORYFishy tales and verse are a fun but serious statement
White below: poems and stories from Shetland’s fishing industry. Hansel Cooperative Press. Although this book is full of fun, it has a serious sea background.
READ FULL STORYReaders will thoroughly enjoy Cleeves’ real people and places
Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves. Macmillan, £16.99. The final book in crime writer Ann Cleeves’ Shetland quartet opens benignly, with detective Jimmy Perez taking his
READ FULL STORYCelebration of Orkney
Orkney: a Celebration of Light and Landscape. Photography by Iain Sarjeant, poetry by Pam Besant. The Orcadian (Kirkwall Press), £14.99. This delightful book of photographs,
READ FULL STORYChapel’s real history revealed
Orkney’s Italian Chapel: The True Story of an Icon by Philip Paris. Published on 20th May by Black and White, £14.99. Orkney’s Italian Chapel is
READ FULL STORYNew anthology of writing on Shetland’s fishing culture
A new anthology of creative writing on the isles’ fishing culture is being launched next month, with the help of Shetland Arts.
READ FULL STORYInfectious enthusiasm in print as well
Shetland Diaries by Simon King. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, £20. It was said at a recent council meeting that Simon King’s Shetland Diaries on
READ FULL STORYTales of life as an island GP
North Ronaldsay Doctor, the life of an island GP by Robin Ditchburn. The Orcadian Kirkwall Press, £13.99.
READ FULL STORYSmall book that meets all expectations from gifted author and poet
Small Expectations, Donald S Murray. Two Ravens Press, £9.99. Donald Murray’s book Small Expectations is a myriad of poems and short stories which weave together
READ FULL STORYWallace debut is glorious piece of readable chicklit
A Small Town Affair by Rosie Wallace. Published by Hachette Scotland at £12.99. Hot off the press comes this debut novel, a glorious piece of
READ FULL STORYFarting giantesses will amuse readers
Grim Gruesome, Viking Villain: Trolls’ Treasure by Rosalind Kerven. Published by Talking Stone, £5.99 Trolls’ Treasure is the third outing for Rosalind Kerven’s villainous child-catcher
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