A memoir of art, family and mental health' from an Orkney based author. By Samantha Clark. Paperback.
Billy Cardno served as a cabin boy on the S.S Earl Thorfinn from 1958 until 1961. Here we share his memories of that time, from his first steps on the deck to the ship's final days. A revised and extended reprint of Sailing With Steam. A5 booklet.
A Year in the Life of an Orkney Doctor. By Malcolm Alexander.
Sarah's reflective journey will make you laugh and cry, as she discovers a truth she has always known: that healing comes in waves. By Sarah Kennedy Norquoy. Paperback.
Caring for Alzheimer's - A Personal Journey. By Dawn Fanshawe, As a student, she worked as a care assistant in many Elderly & Mentally Infirm homes across London, and in 2006 she brought her mother - who was at the time living on a remote island in the Orkney Isles and had early onset Alzheimer's Disease - to live with her in her new family home in...
A memoir of intense physical and personal experience, exploring how swimming with seals, gulls and orcas in the cold waters off Orkney provided an escape from a series of life crises and help to deal with intolerable loss. By Victoria Whitworth. Shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize. Paperback.
Alan Findlay's story of his journey as a Ba' player, as interviewed by Robert Leslie and with photographs. A4 paper booklet.
At it's heart, Board is an inspiring story about accepting some limitations and overcoming others, while completely ignoring common sense and social convention.
And the eccentric Sheriff Thoms. How one man's disputed fortune saved a Cathedral from ruin. By Paul Sutherland.
Selected poems, newspaper and magazine articles, plays, short stories, children's stories, essays and observations: 1966-2007. From Papa Westray-based writer Jim Hewitson.