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An Orkney Tapestry by Mackay Brown, George
Category: Animals & Nature
First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to the Orkney Islands, Brown approached the writing from a unique perspective and went on to produce a rich f ...Show more
Beside the Ocean of Time by George MacKay Brown
Category: Classic Fiction
Thorfinn Ragnarson is the daydreaming son of a tenant farmer, avoiding both work and school despite the best efforts of family, friends and neighbours. Instead, the boy dreams up elaborate historical fantasies. In a series of intriguing chapters, George Mackay Brown transforms Thorfinn into a Viking tra ...Show more
George Mackay Brown: Selected Poems by George MacKay Brown; Kathleen Jamie (Selected by)
Category: Poetry & Plays
In this new Selected Poems, Kathleen Jamie explores the multi-faceted world of George Mackay Brown's Orkney, the poet's lifelong home and inspiration. George Mackay Brown's concerns were the ancestral world, the communalities of work, the fables and religious stories which he saw as underpinning mortal ...Show more
George Mackay Brown: Selected Short Stories by George MacKay Brown; Malachy Tallack (Selected by)
Category: Fiction
George Mackay Brown was a master of the short story form and produced a steady stream of short fiction collections, starting with A Calendar of Love (1967) and include A Time to Keep (1969) and Hawkfall (1974), as well as his poetry collections and novels. In this selection, edited and introduced by Mal ...Show more
Six Lives of Fankle the Cat by George Mackay Brown
Category: Children's | Series: Kelpies
When the shopkeeper gives Jenny a skinny, black kitten she has no idea who she has adopted. Fankle is no ordinary cat. The fiercely clever feline has lived six lives so far: lives of adventure, danger, fortune and poverty. He's stared down angry pirates, started a blood feud, won a war, advised an empre ...Show more
The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown by George Mackay Brown
Category: Poetry
The poems of one of Scotland's finest poets are published in one volume for the first time. George Mackay Brown is recognised as one of Scotland's greatest twentieth-century lyric poets. His work is integral to the flowering of Scottish literature during the last fifty years. Admired by many fellow poet ...Show more
The Storm and Other Poems by George MacKay Brown; Julia Sorrell (Illustrator); Kathleen Jamie (Editor)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
George Mackay Brown's first book of poems, reprinted with illustrations from Orkney.
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