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Fiction, folklore and poetry set in, or about, Orkney.
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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.
"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.
A Neolithic whodunit. The second in the Marna Mystery Series. By B.K. Bryce. Book 1 available here. Book 3 available here.
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
Orkney's Neolithic Epic - Skara- The First Wave. Written and illustrated by Andrew Appleby. Paperback.
Full of his precisely-written observations on large issues and the most minute details of everyday life in Orkney, this is a selection of three hundred weekly diary columns written for The Orcadian between 1979 and 1991. By George Mackay Brown. Paperback.
A thrilling coming of age novel set during the Napoleonic Wars. By Virginia F. K. Crow, who grew up on Orkney.
Friendship doesn't die, it waits... When Helena returns to her childhood home in Orkney to care for her father after a heart attack, she is forced to face memories that she has spent half a lifetime running from. By Sara Bailey.