the GEORGE  MACKAY  BROWN
website

Links
sites with reference to GMB


Edinburgh University

Library Online: 
Manuscript Collections:  GMB
20pp interim list of works, drafts, letters etc
IJoST Review in International Journal of Scottish Theatre
Greenness in Every Line: The Drama of GMB
by Donald Campbell
Sabina Schmid Essay by Sabina Schmid:
GMB:  European Poet?
Slainte Clip of video interview with GMB.  Need QuickTime Player to view, downloadable on site. 
(Scottish Libraries Site)
www.maxopus.com Peter Maxwell Davies:
collaboration with GMB
www.orknet.co.uk  Orkney related info and discussion:
many refs to GMB plus feature on 
collaboration
with Gunnie Moberg
The Orcadian 

The Orcadian

The Orcadian

The Newspaper of the Orkney Islands:
feature on GMB
Review of Travellers pub Feb 2001

New Book to commemorate the 25th anniversary 
of the St Magnus Festival
Shetland Times Book Reviews from the Shetland Times:
Calendar of Love
A Time to Keep

pub. Sept.2000
xrefer Oxford Companion to English Literature:1995
Entry for GMB
Capital Letters Scottish Book Magazine:
Review For the Islands I Sing
Literary Review Maggie Parham's Review For the Islands I Sing
Saltire Society 

 

Sample of The Sea-King's Daughter

"to encourage every new development which can strengthen and enrich the country's cultural life."
Published audio cassette and CD of GMB's
The Sea-King's Daughter

Click for sample of recording [takes you out of the GMB site]
Steve Savage Publishers Founded in July 2001, Steve Savage Publishers started with the acquisition of the list of Gordon Wright Publishing, of Edinburgh.  Published Letters from Hamnavoe and Under Brinkie's Brae  for the first time in paperback.
Boreas Books An exclusively online bookstore situated in the Orkney Islands archipelago.
Fine Rare First Edition books, specialising in GMB
www.orkney.com  Orkney's official presence on the net
www.orkneyjar.com  Orkney history, tradition, folklore, stunning images and all things Orcadian.  Sigurd Towrie: journalist with The Orcadian newspaper.
Orkney Tourist Board The site for anyone wishing to visit GMB's birthplace and inspiration, and walk on his native turf. 
www.stmagnusfestival.com  Official St Magnus Festival website
Gordon Wright Online catalogue of Scottish books and photographs inc GMB
Chapman Scottish Quality Literary Magazine.
Highly-respected forum for poetry, fiction, criticism, review and debate
TRANCHIDA Website for Milan bookstore with long reviews in Italian of several GMB books , plus short biog in English and Italian.  GMB books in Italian for sale.
(NB:  GMB indexed variously under B and M on this site)
Northlink Orkney and Shetland Ferries Travel to Orkney via NorthLink Ferries [Scrabster to Stromness] and get an instant flavour of GMB:  Hamnavoe is lavishly decorated with quotations etched on glass, captions to photographs, and lounges and bars are named for Hawfall, Greenvoe and Brinkie's.



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