Illuminating story of a remote way of life
On The Rocks by Lawrence Tulloch. Published by The Shetland Times Ltd, £15.99. When I bumped into Angie Hutchison, Scotland’s last principal light keeper, on
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Steekit Mist book is a great little read
Tales Through the Steekit Mist. Produced by Windhouse Productions at £9.99. Anderson High School enterprise group Windhouse Productions came together with the idea to promote
READ FULL STORYQuite simply, it deserves to be a classic
The Grumpy Old Sailor, Meilo So and Janice Armstrong. So & Co Books, £9.99. The best of children’s books have a strong sense of place
READ FULL STORYA remarkable book by a natural storyteller
Where to begin? This is a remarkable book, an anthology really for the young and old and a mixture of fact and fiction.
READ FULL STORYInteresting school days of coonty man
The great American editor Ellery Sedgwick once ambiguously said: “Autobiographies ought to begin with Chapter Two.” Douglas Smith must have been aware of Sedgwick’s dictum,
READ FULL STORYA delightful piece of work, and a very important one to boot
A Pictorial Daander Trowe Shetland’s Crofting Culture. Published by Shetland Cattle from Shetland Breeders Group, £20.
READ FULL STORYBook is a warm, wry look at the vicissitudes of life
Cats, Clouds and Flatpacks! by Magnie Shearer. Published by The Shetland Times Ltd, £9.99. Brilliant. This little book is a warm, wry look at the
READ FULL STORYImpressive bible stories in dialect
A Shetland Bible, Charles Greig. Saint Andrew Press, £12.99. The production of a Shetland dialect Bible is surely long overdue, and this impressive and accessible
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Kleber: Shetland’s Oldest Industry, Shetland Soapstone since Prehistory. Compiled and edited by A K Foster and V E Turner. Published by Shetland Heritage Publications, £30.
READ FULL STORYSome very different schooldays, but none the worse for all that
School Days 1951-62, by Gordon Smith. Published by Gordon Smith. I can close my eyes, go back 50 years or so and bring it all
READ FULL STORYCoffee table book publishing, Norwegian style
Batalden: Shipwreck and Emigration, by Trond Strømgren. Strømgren Publishing. Trond Strømgren is an unusual but confident Norwegian publisher. I say unusual because his imprint is
READ FULL STORYBolted together, Full Slag still come up with the goods
Fullsceilidh Spelemannslag are a complete pain in all sorts of ways.
READ FULL STORYMagical adventures of Benny-benny Seawater
Benny-benny Seawater: The First Day of the Summer Holidays by Lisa Johnson, illustrated by Katherine Laidlay. Published by The Shetland Times, £6.99.
READ FULL STORYShakespeare influence evident as Irvine looks at seven ages of man
Four Score Years and Ten, by James W. Irvine. Published by A. Irvine, £11.40.
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