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Western Isles Folk Tales, Paperback / softback Book

Western Isles Folk Tales Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Western Isles Folk Tales is a representative collection of stories from the geographical span of the long chain of islands known as the Outer Hebrides.

Some are well-known tales and others have been sought out by the author, but all are retold in the natural voice of a local man.

You will find premonitions, accounts of uncanny events and mythical beings, such as the blue men of the stream who test mariners venturing into the tidal currents around the Shiant Islands.

Also included are tales from islands now uninhabited, like the archipelago of St Kilda, in contrast to the witty yarns from bustling harbours.

The author was the inaugural winner of the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship (1995) and his Acts of Trust collaboration with visual artist Christine Morrison won the multi-arts category in the first British Awards for Storytelling Excellence (2012).

Both author and illustrator live in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

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