2026-10-17 14:03 UTC
“As a child, I remember seeing GMB around Stromness…having a great poet as a member of our community, popping to the shop, made the life of a writer seem possible”
𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 is republished as a John Murray Classic with a foreword by Amy Liptrot – read it here:
4/10
https://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/beside-the-ocean-of-time-amy-liptrot-introduction/
#Scottish #literature #novel #Orkney #20thcentury #GeorgeMackayBrown
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot 2026-10-17 14:04
Currently available on BBC Sounds: Ian McMillan celebrates Orkney & the work of George Mackay Brown – with James Robertson, Alison Miller, Josie Giles & Anne Bevan 5/10 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010hrk #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Orkney #20thcentury #GeorgeMackayBrown