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The latest Orkney books at The Orcadian Bookshop.
Rare wool, wild isles & one woman's journey to save Scotland's original sheep. By Jane Cooper. Paperback.
Filled with recipes, as well as hints and tips to inspire your own carrot concoctions! SIGNED COPIES can be ordered here, available to be posted out on 28th October. By Liz Ashworth. A5 Booklet.
'An Orcadian Seafarer in Peace and War'. Research by Dr Ray Fereday with assistance of John H Ballantyne Further Researched and Written by Spencer J Rosie Paperback.
Join Kenny's Bairns in Marigold Stewart's second book. Marigold traces the history of education in Sarclet and the small rural school of Thrumster in Caithness, where generations of her family were educated. Paperback.
The Orcadian Saga Book Two, By C.R.C Campbell. Paperback. Book 1 available here.
An Orcadian At Sea. Len Wilson's maritime memoir, Barques, Sparks & Sharks, includes over 100 personal photos and images, beautifully enhancing these swashbuckling tales from bygone days of maritime life. By Len Wilson. Paperback.
In this novel set on the fictitious island of Norday in the Orkneys, George Mackay Brown beckons us into the imaginary world of the young Thorfinn Ragnarson, the son of a crofter. John Murray Classics Edition, with a new foreword by Amy Liptrot. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1994. Winner of the Saltire Society Literary Award 1994. By George Mackay...
In her final years Retta began writing the story of her childhood on the beautiful, remote island of Fara in the Orkneys, where she was raised on a family croft. She captured a way of life that has all but vanished, a childhood marked by both freedom and the hardships brought on by the outbreak of WW II. Her youngest daughter, Angela, lovingly completed...
'Claiming Their Freedom Was Their Only Crime' Locked in the hold when the crew abandons their ship, The Crown of London, Violet and Samuel cling to each other as the doomed vessel breaks up on rocks off the islands of Orkney. By Philip Paris. Hardback.
A Rhona MacLeod thriller, set in Orkney. 'An Ancient Grave. A Modern Evil'. By Lin Anderson. Hardback
Dreaming of life beyond the barnyard, Charlie the chicken leaves the safety of his Orkney farm to explore a world of sparkling seas, towering cliffs and hidden dangers. Orcadian Version. With full colour pictures, Orcadian dialect and an original song and video to download. From Wild Spark Publishing.