The Islands Book Trust

Island Notes

The TrustIsland Notes is new series of Book Trust publications. These are summaries of talks given at events arranged by the Book Trust (already made available to Gold members). The new series is produced in an attractive standard format and is available at a modest price.

Details of the 'Island Notes' currently available are shown below.

No.1 St Kilda and Foula - survival and decline
John Randall Michael Robson Isobel Holborn

No.2 Place names of Barra & Lewis
Michael Robson Anke-Beate Stahl

No.3 History of Port of Ness Harbour - Michael Robson


No.4 A background to shielings - Michael Robson

No.5 Beehive shieling structures in Uig, Lewis - Dave Roberts

No.6 Travellers to the Hebrides - Elizabeth Bray

No.7 The Flannan Isles - Michael Robson

No.8 Some Collectors of Gaelic Song - Morag Macleod

No.9 Looking at monuments - the work of Historic Scotland in Lewis
Chris Barrowman

No.10 Troubles over Rona - Michael Robson

No.11 Rum - a landscape without figures - John Love

No.12 Writing about islands - Mairi Hedderwick

No.13 St Kilda and the 'outside world' - Michael Robson

No.14 J A Harvie-Brown in the Outer Hebrides - Michael Robson

No.15 A Head for Heights-Investigating the Archaeology of Sea-Stacks in Lewis

Chris Barrowman et al

No. 16 The Deserted Settlement of Stiemreway - John Randall

No. 17 Martin Martin on Uist - Michael Robson

No 18 The Island of Scarp - Calum John Mackay

No. 19 The Great Forest on the Other Side of Loch Shell - Michael Robson

No. 20 A Grand Tour of Scotland's Inhabited Islands - Cairns Aitken

No. 21 Tory Island - the island that nearly died - Alasdair MacEachen

No. 22 The Decline and Fall of Mingulay - Ben Buxton

No. 23 The Early History of Ness.- Donald William Stewart

No 24 Singers and Tradition Bearers in Lewis and Harris I have known. - Morag Macleod

No25 Tristan da Cunha - Paul Tyler

No 26 The Shiants - Adam Nicolson

No 27 World War Two in the Hebrides - Mike Hughes

No 28 Breaking down the Barriers - Lesley Riddoch

No 29 The Archaeology of the Shiants - Dr Mary Macleod

 

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NEWS

MACLEAN PRESS  

The Book Trust is pleased to announce that it has purchased the Skye-based publishing company Maclean Press, including the stock of several important and attractive books on island themes which complement our own titles. We are offering many of these books, along with some of our own, at greatly reduced prices - for details see Publications - Special Prices   more

2008 EVENTS EXTRAVAGANZA FROM THE ISLANDS BOOK TRUST

 

This year’s programme of events organised by The Islands Book Trust is more than simply ‘bigger and better than ever before’ – it is a veritable extravaganza of over 20 talks, conferences, and visits to islands which should have something for everyone interested in the history of the Hebrides and further afield

Introducing the programme, Book Trust Chairman John Randall said:

 ‘We have tried to get a good blend of speakers from the islands and from the outside, from local communities and from the academic world. The subjects under discussion range from early Christianity in Ness to the Lewis Chemical Works. We have also aimed to combine old favourites, like visiting the spectacular Shiant Islands, with something new – and this year we hope to reach St Kilda, and the Monachs. We have particularly expanded our programme of events in Uist, and are holding another conference in Skye. Our events are open to everyone, but we would encourage as many people as possible to join the Book Trust – this entitles you to reductions at events, and also brings you a regular newsletter with full details and reports on all our events, publications, and other activities. We are not a learned society, but an inclusive organisation where everyone interested in the history of the islands will find a warm welcome.’

 

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