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April 21, 1923. The SS Metagama is inching out of Stornoway harbor, Scotland. On board are Finlay and Mairead, young and hopeful, destined for Detroit.On the other side of the Atlantic, the effects of the Great Depression are inescapable. Prejudice and division are rife, and though they remain bound by a shared past, their lives soon diverge.In an adopted country that is tense with both opportunity and loss, can Mairead and Finlay keep their p...

The latest book by award-winning author Donald S Murray, Red Star Over Hebrides uses short stories and poetry inflected by the author's own personal experiences in post-war Lewis to shine a light on the deeply rooted social and cultural connections between the Outer Hebrides and Russia, the Baltic States and even Ukraine and Poland.

From the author of the prize-winning As the Women Lay Dreaming comes a remarkable 'unreliable biography' of Karl Kjerulf Einarsson: an artist and an adventurer, a charlatan and a swindler, forever in search of Atlantis.

A lighthearted and informative narrative about the history of herring and our love affair with the silver darlings. Scots like to smoke or salt them. The Dutch love them raw. Swedes look on with relish as they open bulging, foul-smelling cans to find them curdling within. Jamaicans prefer them with a dash of chilli pepper. Germans and the English enjoy their taste best when accompanied by pickle's bite and brine. Throughout the long centurie...

Donald S Murray is widely recognised for his empathy and remarkable ability to convey emotion with restraint and poignancy. In this short collection of poems written during lockdown at his Shetland home, Murray explores the changing geography of the island and how it has, in turn, changed him

WINNER OF THE 2020 PAUL TORDAY MEMORIAL PRIZE.A powerful, beautiful novel, set across two decades, in the wake of a devastating maritime tragedy."Full of memorable images and singing lines of prose." Sarah WatersTormod Morrison was on board HMY Iolaire on the terrible night as 1919 dawned, when the ship smashed into rocks and sank: some 200 servicemen drowned on the very last leg of their long journey home from war. For Tormod--a man unlike ot...

Lighthouses punctuate Scotland's coastline - a stoic presence on the edge of the landscape. In For the Safety of All, Donald S Murray explores these lighthouses through history, storytelling and the voices of the lightkeepers.

Every year, ten men from Ness, at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis, sail north-east for some forty miles to a remote rock called Sulasgeir. Their mission is to catch and harvest the guga, the almost fully grown gannet chicks nesting on the two hundred foot high cliffs that circle the tiny island. The Guga Hunters tells their story.

A poisoned breeze blows across the waves ... Operation Cauldron, 1952: Top-secret germ warfare experiments on monkeys and guinea pigs are taking place aboard a vessel moored off the Isle of Lewis. Local villagers Jessie and Duncan encounter strange sights on the deserted beach nearby and suspect the worst.

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With January 2019 marking the centenary of the sinking of the "Iolaire", this moving novel of grief, constraint and change tells the story of one of the ship's survivors. Informed by the author's own family roots on the Isle of Lewis.

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Evocative stories of social history from Europe's peatlands, moors, bogs and heaths, considering their scientific qualities, literary and folklore representations, and industrial heritage.

A fascinating text that delves into story behind the famous Italian Chapel built on Orkney.

An entertaining mixture of political, social, cultural and culinary history about our love affair with herring, that will appeal to fans of "Cod". Murray's last book, "The Guga Stone", was highlighted by the "Guardian" as one of the best nature books of 2013. Now in paperback.

Every year, ten men from Ness, at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis, sail north-east for some forty miles to a remote rock called Sulasgeir. Their mission is to catch and harvest the guga, the almost fully grown gannet chicks nesting on the two hundred foot high cliffs that circle the tiny island, which is barely half a mile long.

Vivid prose interspersed with poetry and illustrations, creating a colourful and insightful ficionalisation of life on remote St Kilda.

Scots like to smoke or salt them. The Dutch love them raw. Swedes look on with relish as they open bulging, foul-smelling cans to find them curdling within. Jamaicans prefer them with a dash of chili pepper. Germans and the English enjoy their taste best when accompanied by pickle's bite and brine.The herring has done much to shape both human taste and history. Men cooperated and came into conflict over its shoals, setting out on boats to catc...