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Dialect and Language
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Doondie Dialect
Papay words and place names. 'Papay - An island wae wirds in hids belly'. A Papay Community Association Production. Paperback booklet.
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Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel
Astrid is returning home from art school on Mars, looking for inspiration. Darling is fleeing a life that never fit, searching for somewhere to hide. They meet on Deep Wheel Orcadia, a distant space station struggling for survival as the pace of change threatens to leave the community behind. A science-fiction verse-novel written in the Orkney dialect. By...
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The History of Orkney Literature
The first full survey of literary writing from and around the Orkney Islands and charts the development of this distinctively Orcadian strand within Scottish literature and shows how the archipelago, rather than the nation, can indeed be the defining locus of a compact and vibrant literary tradition. Paperback. By Simon W. Hall.
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Lamb's Tales: Another Wag
More comic tales in dialect from the pen of Gregor Lamb. Paperback.
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Orcadiana: Pen Portraits of the Past
A collection of more than forty articles by Gregor Lamb, covering language, history, folklore and placenames. Hardback.
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The Orkney Dictionary
A detailed account of Orkney dialect words and sayings, their origins and meanings. By Margaret Flaws and Gregor Lamb. New edition, paperback.
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Chrissie's Bodle
Discovering Orkney's forgotten writer Christina M. Costie. By Rgnhild Ljosland.
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New Orkney Antiquarian Journal - Volume 6
A sixth volume of historical and archaeological papers relating to Orkney. Published by Orkney Heritage Society with Orkney Archaeological Trust. Paperback.
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An Orkney Anthology Vol 2: Selected Works...
A compilation of the work of the distinguished Orcadian writer and folklorist, Ernest Walker Marwick. Volume 2 of 2. Hardback.
£ 30.00
