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The Pirate, The Sea and a Cargo of Books

6 June 2022 Kit Baston Borrowers, Events, Partners

by Linda Cracknell The moral compass was already set when I launched North in May to run a creative writing[…]

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Christmas in Kirkwall

6 December 2021 Katie Halsey Books, Borrowers

As the festive season approaches, I thought I would write something to get us all in the mood for Christmas.[…]

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Title page of Scott's Waverley

Novel Reading in Post-Enlightenment Scotland: a PhD

11 October 2021 Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman Project News, Project Team

Hello! My name is Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman, and I am delighted to be joining the Books and Borrowing team as[…]

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Return from Orkney

28 June 2021 Katie Halsey Books, Partners

Like Harriot Byron, I ask, what am I to do with my gratitude? I can do nothing but thank you[…]

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The Archives Re-Open: Planning for Research in the Orkney Archives

10 May 2021 Katie Halsey Partners

News that archives and libraries are now able to re-open has been enormously welcome to the whole project team as[…]

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