Other available material about Fair Isle

The Coastal Names of Fair Isle A study of the coastal place names and dialect of Fair Isle by the late Jerry Eunson. Available from Stackhoull Stores and Fair Isle Bird Observatory 4.50 All proceeds from sales will go to Fair Isle Community Association, which helps with small, worthwhile projects on the Isle.

	Merrybegotten A New Historical Novel by Fiona Williamson Pearson ISBN 1904999042 Paperback  312 pages UK Price 13.95
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Set on Fair Isle and Orkney in the latter half of the 19th century hard landscapes and hard work provide the background for this tapestry of life and death. Fatalism, joy and blind emotion play havoc with the harsh realities expected on these islands, sewn like diamonds across the waters north-east of mainland Scotland. Romance is chaperoned by economic necessity, constrained by the difficulties of travel, and released by the serendipitous accidents of mortality. Unremitting hope brightens the simple lives of three generations of island folk.

The persistent need to locate her family with a sense of time and place in a wider context led Fiona Pearson on a personal Odyssey. One result was a journal and sketchbook of the Northern Isles. An accomplished artist gradually became a novice script-writer, and subsequently a novelist. Fiona lives with her family in Yorkshire, England.

EXPLORING THE COASTS & SHORES OF FAIR  ISLE by Elizabeth Riddiford	HANDWORK edited by Anne Sinclair
FAIR ISLE: ITS MARITIME RESOURCE DURING THE 20TH CENTURY  by Emma Perring	A TASTE OF THE NORTH edited by Emma Perring

Lights of IslandsA book by Sergio Mariotti
"Fair Isle and Foula in Photographs and Poems" 

Black and white photographs by Sergio Mariotti.
Poems by Fair Isle Primary School Children
James W Stout
Margo Murray
Isobel Holbourn.

Fair Isle and Foula lie where the North Sea and the Atlantic waters meet. In the glittering ocean you can spot porpoises, dolphins, sharks, killer-whales, seals. And on those out-of-the way islands you can spot a regular visitor watching the seascape, the cliff scenery, the birds, the islanders.
The visitor is Sergio Mariotti, an Italian photographer, a friend of the image, a friend of the open space and lonely places. A migrant with the ultimate aim of depicting those places for himself and for others.
The images of this book have an intensive light and are effective in reflecting a small universe near the edge of the world.

Massimo Trenti

Video, inc. post & package. U.K. 12.00
Europe 13.50
Rest of world 14.50


Book, inc. post & package U.K. 8.50
Europe 9.50
Rest of world 10.50

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