Orkney and German High Seas Fleet. This fascinating book focuses on the centenary conference - Scapa 100: The Orkney Story. The book explores internment, the 'afterlives' of objects, legacies and the continued influence the scuttling still has today. This chronicle is enhanced with historic photographs, a plethora of recovered objects and wonderful seabed...
The first comprehensive survey of the work of Sylvia Wishart. With an essay by Mel Gooding.
An intriguing snapshot of crofting life in the county 130 years ago through evidence given to, what became known as, the Napier Commission, set up by the government to probe the plight of crofters in the Highlands and Islands. By William P.L. Thomson. Hardback.
A Further Portrait of deserted Orkney buildings. Photographs of peaceful places and structures by Keith Allardyce. Colour and texture, light and shade combine to snatch beauty from 'ruckles o' auld stanes,' and slowly mouldering interiors. Glimpses of past lives are preserved, their tales save from oblivion by the historian and writer, Tom Muir. Paperback.
The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action - covering an era when the islands were a major part of the Viking world.
Writeen fae Orkney Voices. Aal this you'll finnd here in poetry, prose an drama, renga, haiku an cinquains. Thir's light an dark, a lot o whit wae like, some o whit wae don't. But aal written wae a love o Orkney an a delight in Orcadian language an wirds. The George Mackay Brown Fellowship. Paperback.
Window Sticker with the wording 'I'd rather be in Orkney' and a silhouette of the Standing Stones of Stenness.
A true people's digest to be read and enjoyed by Orcadians, and lovers of the Orkney Islands, wherever they may be around the world. Compiled by Howard Hazell. Large format hardback.
Alan Bichan's latest Orkney cookbook - offering meals celebrating festivals and traditions throughout the Four Season cycle. Hardback.
Involving kings and pirates, saints and witches, scrums, seaweed and sea planes, palaces and a garden folly. The booklet gives a brief account of Kirkwall's past in the form of a walking tour - starting by the Kiln Corner, by the harbour. This is the new and updated 2020 edition. By Kim Twatt.
The story of the building of the Churchill Causeways in Orkney. Reprint of the book first published in 1992. By Alistair and Anne Cormack