These islands we sing... a wonderful anthology of poetry from the Scottish Islands, a Christmas present which is full of delights. Poems in Gaelic are translated into English, but some of the poems in Scots or Shetlandic are pretty impenetrable too, and could do with a praecis, at least!
Books: These Islands, We Sing
www.birlinn.co.uk
‘Rich and diverse anthology of old and new voices from the margins of the nation … themes of love, space and place run throughout’ – The ShetlandBooks from Birlinn and Polygon
Books: These Islands, We Sing
www.birlinn.co.uk
‘Rich and diverse anthology of old and new voices from the margins of the nation … themes of love, space and place run throughout’ – The ShetlandBooks from Birlinn and Polygon