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.
Can you imagine a different Scotland, a Scotland where women are commemorated in statues and streets and buildings - even in hills and valleys? This is a guidebook to that alternative nation, where the cave on staffa is named after Malvina rather than Fingal...The West Highland Way ends at Fort Mary. The Old Lady of Hoy is a prominent Orkney landmark.
Life for Jessica MacLeod was all mapped out. A successful career, her own house and her less than perfect partner Tony was all that Jessica knew, until he left her. By Eilidh I. F. MacDonald. Paperback.
A fire brought them together. Did Mary Ann make the right decision? This fictional saga unfolds from notes left by Mary Ann's son and covers a period spanning the 19th and 20th centuries at a time of great change in the world. By Gregor Lamb. Paperback.
The fifteenth anniversary book of 'The Giddy Limit', a collection of the regular weekly comic strips from The Orcadian newspaper. By Alex Leonard.
A small collection of stories from Westray. Told by Tom Muir. Illustrated by Bryce Wilson. An A5 paperback booklet.
The adventures of the Dons of Westray, an improbable, hybrid race, made up of nervous, oppressed islanders and a ship’s boat full of strangers cast aside at the furthest edge of a war. By G.J. Martin. Paperback.
"The Storm Witch" is a novelette based on fact: Janet Forsyth our main character in the story was born around 1604 on Westray, one of Orkney's most northern islands. By Molly Mack. Paperback.
Orkney's Neolithic Epic - Skara - The Third Wave. Written and illustrated by Andrew Appleby. Paperback.
A fantasy written for children by Eric Linklater. Paperback.
Orkney's Neolithic Epic - Skara - The Second Wave. Written and illustrated by Andrew Appleby. Paperback.
Set in eleventh century Orkney. A young man, Thorfinn, launches a bid to be ruler of a united Scotland in a time of war. By Dorothy Dunnett