Donald S. Murray was born in Ness in the Isle of Lewis. A teacher, author and journalist, his poetry, prose and verse has been shortlisted for both the Saltire Award and Callum Macdonald Memorial Award. Published widely, his work has also appeared in a number of national anthologies and on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland. He lives and works in Shetland.
14 Ebooks by Donald S. Murray
Donald S. Murray: Sy Story
Lewisman Donald S Murray tells in his inimitable verse and prose Stornoway's story from the days when Mesolithic people sheltered there to its present-day life as a bustling, modern harbour, …
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€9.59
Donald S. Murray: The Guga Hunters
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 …
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€5.99
Donald S. Murray: The Italian Chapel, Orkney
Thousands of visitors go to the Italian Chapel in Orkney every year, witnesses to a series of remarkable acts of transformation. Among these are the Churchill Barriers nearby, straddling the ocean to …
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€7.19
Murray Donald S. Murray: Herring Tales
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 …
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€11.97
Donald S. Murray: The Dark Stuff
An evocative social history of Europe”s peatlands, moors, bogs and heaths.
Donald S. Murray spent much of his childhood either playing or working on the moor, chasing sheep across empty acres an …
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€14.83
Donald S Murray: The Guga Stone
In 1930, the last inhabitants of the isle of St Kilda were evacuated to the mainland. Shortly afterwards, following several acts of vandalism by local fishermen, Calum Mac Kinnon was sent back to the …
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€7.19
Donald S Murray: As the Women Lay Dreaming
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 p …
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€5.99
Donald S Murray: In a Veil of Mist
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE
A poisoned breeze blows across the waves …
Operation Cauldron, 1952: Top-secret germ warfare experiments on monkeys and guinea pigs are taking place a …
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Donald S Murray: As the Women Lay Dreaming
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 …
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€18.99
Donald S Murray: In a Veil of Mist
A haunting exploration of the Cold War arms race that tells the story of a true, covered-up germ warfare incident in a remote part of Scotland, involving the US, Canadian, and UK governments.
NOMIN …
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€18.99
Donald S Murray: The Call of the Cormorant
From the author of the prize-winning As the Women Lay Dreaming comes a remarkable ‘unreliable biography’ of Karl Kjerúlf Einarsson: an artist and an adventurer, a charlatan and a swindler, …
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€5.99
Donald S Murray: The Salt and the Flame
April 24, 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 …
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€18.99
Donald S. Murray: The Dark Stuff
An evocative social history of Europe”s peatlands, moors, bogs and heaths.
Donald S. Murray spent much of his childhood either playing or working on the moor, chasing sheep across empty acres an …
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€14.86
Donald S Murray: The Call of the Cormorant
“Full of memorable images and singing lines of prose.” Sarah Waters on Donald S. Murray’s previous work
From the author of the multi award-winning Scottish bestseller As …
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€18.99
