The new novel by Caithness author Catherine M Byrne (pictured), Follow The Dove, is featuring in the latest edition of The Scots magazine – one of the oldest and best-loved Scottish-interest magazines in the world, and a very important source point and reviewer of Scottish books. Catherine was born on Caithness’s only...
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This month sees the publication by Islands Book Trust of Dr Kenneth Robertson’s of ‘Oighreachd ar Sinnsearan – Catching the Spirit of South Uist and Eriskay’. Dr Kenneth Robertson moved to South Uist in the 1950s to take up a position as general surgeon at Daliburgh Hospital. A first class...
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Described as simply the best and most authoritative history of Skye ever written, Alexander Nicolson’s scholarly yet accessible account of the family and social history of Skye and Raasay has sadly been out of print for the majority of the time since the first edition appeared in 1930. A...
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Liz Lochead – picture by Graham Clark The 7th Islay Book Festival will take place at Port Ellen Primary School on the 8th and 9th September 2012 – with parallel sessions for adults and children from 10.30 -4.30 on Saturday and 11.00 – 4.00 on Sunday. A varied programme...
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Due to the success of the inaugural Orkney Writers’ Course in 2011, the St Magnus Festival is offering the Course again in 2012. The Orkney Writers’ Course will sit alongside the long-established Conductors’ and Composers’ Courses, and the brand new Orkney Singers’ Course. In partnership with Orkney-based literature organisation,...
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‘A bumper programme of talks, walks, and visits to and about the history and culture of an increasing range of Scottish islands’ is how the Islands Book Trust describe their list of events for 2012, announced today. Highlights include: – A major 4-day conference at Balallan, Lewis, next September...
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HI~Arts’ ebooks supplement – ebooks from the Highlands and islands of Scotland (Winter 2011/12), features circa 50 ebook titles by authors from the Highlands and Islands and/or published by Highlands and Islands publishers. A full-colour print version is inside the new issue of NorthwordsNow, but if you can’t get your hands on that...
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Earlier this year, Harris-born poet Maggie Rabatski was nominated for the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust 2011 Book Awards for her collection ‘Down from the Dance’ (an Deidh an Dannsa), published by New Voices Press. In this affectionate introduction to Maggie’s work, Dorothy Gordon Carwood draws out the many elements that go...
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In February 2011, John Aberdein gave two readings of his work at the Highland Literary Salon, Inverness, and at the Stornoway Literary Salon, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, as part of the programme of events of the Scottish Island Writers Network (SIWN), journeying from his home on the isle of...
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Scotland’s Islands are home to a thriving and diverse community of writers producing work of the highest quality and of national and international significance.  Writer’s born on Scotland’s islands, both resident and non-resident - writing in Gaelic, Shetlandic, Orcadian, Scots or English – make a huge contribution to the literary life of contemporary Scotland....
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The Scottish Island Writers' Network is a project of HI~Arts, the arts development agency for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
(www.hi-arts.co.uk)
SIWN acknowledges the financial support of Creative Scotland Rural Innovations Fund & HIE.
