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2 years

Just written a novel where this is a theme - how people project their own fantasies on an island landscape. The @guardian - of all papers - seems to be most guilty of hosting this nonsense. This writer doesn’t even seem to be aware where Skye is.

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I see Lerwick has shifted to the Hebrides ….

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I've just seen the proofs of my lighthouse book. Wow! It's the most beautiful book in which I have ever been involved. @HistEnvScot @NLB_UK (Calm down, Murray!)

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On the train at Lockerbie and travelling to Edinburgh. Very few passengers travelling from the south wearing masks despite an announcement reminding them it is the law.

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At long last the editing is done.🤞🤞Out on 29th July - if no rocks get in the way.

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7 months

Unfortunately this cartoon shows the insularity of far too much of the Scottish media. A ridiculously cliched portrait of those who live outside the Central Belt, even seen in the clothing & claymore. Ridiculous.

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7 months

Pathetic anti-Gaelic cartoon in @heraldscotland

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This new book of mine was meant to be published last October, later March. However its publication has been delayed by the consequences of COVID and even Brexit in the last few weeks. At long last it's only a week away - 29th July. Thanks to @HistEnvScot and @NLB_UK for help.

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3 years

Beginning to appear in various websites, the fabulous cover of my new book out on 27th May. Thanks to @HistEnvScot and @NLB_UK for their help on this one. Really chuffed to have written it!

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2 years

I see the @guardian is doing its usual patronising, ‘colonial’ thing again. Lismore is hardly ‘remote’. It’s just down the road from Oban (popn - nearly 9,000).,

Call of the wild: remote island life – in pictures

Tamsin Calidas left the city behind for the rugged beauty of a remote Scottish island – her images capture this life-changing experience

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Debut novel inspired by Hebridean Iolaire disaster wins major literary prize

A debut novel inspired by the haunting impact a maritime disaster had on the islanders of Lewis a century ago has won one of Britain’s leading literary prizes

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com

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3 years

The moment when a book finally seems ‘real’ - when a proof copy of your new novel arrives and all your anxieties about your work come to the surface. Thanks to @SarabandBooks for their reassurances etc.

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2 years

@REWearmouth What an utterly rude and condescending observation. Metropolitan insularity at its worst.

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5 years

Delighted to say I just received a travel award from @Soc_of_Authors that will enable to journey to Cape Breton to complete my latest book. Whoopeee! My thanks to them. #SoAGrants

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@ScottishPEN I must confess that I am disturbed than an organisation of which I am a member should undermine the rights of women who allege they have been sexually abused to remain anonymous. Have you really thought this intervention through?

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4 years

Utterly thrilled to be on this shortlist. Congrats to my fellow-nominees. Looking forward to reading their work.

The Paul Torday Memorial Prize

@PaulTordayPrize

4 years

HUGE congratulations to this year's shortlisted nominees! The Burning Land by George Alagiah Madeleine by Euan Cameron Reparation by Gaby Koppel Find Me Falling by Fiona Vigo Marshall As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S Murray The Stranger She Knew by Rosalind Stopps

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Isn’t it time that the @guardian and @kenanmalik got their facts right? @_KateForbes is not a member of the Free Presbyterian Church. Instead, she’s part of the @freechurchscot . There is a difference.

Politicians have the right to strong religious views. But not to be shielded from scrutiny | Kenan...

The beliefs of the SNP’s Kate Forbes and others should not be a bar to engagement in politics. Just don’t turn her into a standard-bearer

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2 years

In a restaurant tonight in Madeira, I was approached by a couple who told me. ‘You sound just like Sean Connery.’ I was both shaken and stirred.

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6 years

Brought up in Ness with Gaelic speaking father and English mother from Skye/Tiree/Glasgow. Write mainly in English but think, lose my keys, wallet, glasses etc and engage in other eccentricities in Gaelic. #IsMiseG àidhlig

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3 years

I received advance copies of ‘For the Safety of All’ today. My thanks to @HistEnvScot and @NLB_UK for their hard work and help in producing such a breathtakingly beautiful book. Tapadh leibh uile.

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5 months

Nollaig Chridheil - a happy Christmas to you all! The view from our window today marks the time of year well!

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2 years

I can think of better ways of investing in Scotland’s islands.

The Times and The Sunday Times Scotland

@timesscotland

2 years

The first £50,000 golden welcomes to “bribe” families to move to Scottish islands will be offered in weeks, it has been revealed

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5 years

Shetland Specsavers today...

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1 year

Sad that the people of South Uist feel that they had been forced to take a stance like this - but great that they’ve had the force and power to do so.

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1 year

Protest signs in Lochboisdale just now #calmac

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@SSalyers2 We should avoid the word ‘slaves’ in this. It is emotive, inaccurate and hurtful to those whose ancestors genuinely fell into that category. Scots in these circumstances were ‘indentured servants’. This was awful and brutal but it cannot truly be compared to slavery.

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7 months

Thanks for support. I’ve been contacted privately about different issues ranging from mental health to those who travel regularly to the mainland for treatment & how dependent they are on flights etc. A serious issue. Thanks to @guardian for publishing the piece.

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5 years

My thanks to @SarabandBooks , @CraigHillsley and everyone who helped me achieve this. I didn't imagine this happening.

Saraband Books

@SarabandBooks

5 years

Congratulations @DonaldMurray56 on this award nomination!

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Out in January. I love the cover that @SarabandBooks have created for this.

Saraband Books

@SarabandBooks

7 months

Introducing the new novel from award-winning author and poet Donald S Murray: The Salt and the Flame. Coming January 2024.

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4 years

Think I've just finished my first draft of my new novel - 57,000 words plus. Phew!

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6 years

Miracles happen! My novel ‘As The Women Lay Dreaming’ - about the Iolaire tragedy of January 1919 and its effect on Lewis society is being published on 8th November. More details to come ...

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4 years

The Daily Mail is recommending people to go into self-isolation in Unst (Shetland) and the Hebrides. Utterly irresponsible journalism.

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2 years

This morning’s scribble …

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3 years

@DG1_Anglican @ScotParl @DailyGael I'm not sure any Christian organisation should be allowing an employee to make political pronouncements of this nature from this particular pulpit. Has your church not considered the history of brutality that resulted in this situation?

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3 years

Today I opened a parcel. My thanks to everyone who helped me in the making of this book. Tapadh leibh uIle. Great to have friends. @SarabandBooks

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2 years

Another dead bird on the shore this morning. My favourite birds.

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@DonaldMurray56

5 years

Delighted in this news and in John Murdo’s involvement. Thanks to him and @YoungFilmsYF for taking this on.

Young Lewis producer to shoot film inspired by Iolaire tragedy

A feature film inspired by the long-lasting impact of the Iolaire tragedy, which claimed the lives of 201 returning servicemen after the ship sank off the coast of Lewis, is in development.

www.scotsman.com

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3 years

Had my first one star review on Amazon. However, from this particular reviewer, it’s an honour I share with Denis Skinner, M. John Harrison, Martin Amis, T. Coraghessen Boyle and the Jolly Santa Magnetic Flashing Novelty Christmas Badge. In that company, I’m sparkling! 🥰

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5 months

Bliadhna mhath ur! Happy new year to you all - when it comes! A very dramatic end to the old year outside our window, clearing away the clutter of the last 12 months.

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2 years

My new book out from @SarabandBooks today. Thanks to Sara and @CraigHillsley for their support!

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3 years

And so it begins. Features on ‘For the Safety of All’ in the Herald and Sunday Post today. The book not out till 29th July.

New book chronicles the lives of Scotland's heroic lighthouse keepers

Rising 138 feet high from its rocky foundation, relentlessly pounded by waves that surge from the depths of the Minch, Skerryvore lighthouse has…

www.heraldscotland.com

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@DonaldMurray56

5 years

My thanks to the FM for this recommendation. It is greatly appreciated. @RKbookpublicist @SarabandBooks

Nicola Sturgeon

@NicolaSturgeon

5 years

Appropriately, therefore, the last book I will read in 2018 will be this by @DonaldMurray56 - ‘As the Women Lay Dreaming’ is a poignant novel based on the tragic events that happened in the early hours of New Year’s morning, 100 years ago.

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My new novel about the emigrants who left the Hebrides a century ago and the new lives they experienced in the United States and Canada. Published on 18th January 2024. Loosely linked to a @CelticConnectHK event three days later. More details to follow!

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3 years

@MJMcFadyen @ThinkUHI A sad and disgraceful remark from anyone involved in education - but does it surprise me that much? Regrettably not.

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2 years

I have emailed the Parliamentary Standards Commission about the behaviour of @andreajenkyns . Those involved in education should not be subjected to different rules to the rest of us just because they’ve become MPs. Utterly unacceptable.

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Andrea Jenkyns is not fit to be a minister of education.

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@Duncan_Smith @Lenniesaurus 2 As both a Gaelic speaker and an English teacher, there’s no doubt in my mind you’re creating an imaginary conflict here - one that has no basis in reality but rooted instead in prejudice and fantasy. Best to examine the evidence.

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@DG1_Anglican @Laura_Moodie @ScotParl @DailyGael 'Hobby languages'? 😃 That's a bizarre argument, but then no more absurd than any church official waking up one morning and thinking 'What will I do today to further the Christian cause? Oh, I know. I'll tweet about Gaelic.' Did you have a star-role in 'The Life of Brian'?

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4 years

Delighted to be alongside @shaetlan_rose in the SOA awards. Congrats! Really pleased to see two island writers among the winners!

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9 months

My choices for the best books for learning about the Highlands and Islands inc James Hunter, @RogerMiles , @aonghasphadraig etc Most I encountered while young - deliberately chosen for that reason.

The best books about the Scottish Highlands and Islands

Donald S. Murray shares the 5 best books on Scottish Highlands and Islands. Have you read The Making of the Crofting Community?

shepherd.com

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@DonaldMurray56

3 years

And at last my books have arrived - will be released on 29th July. Thanks to @HistEnvScot and @NLB_UK for all their support and help.

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3 years

Just to let you know that the launch of this book is now being delayed till the last week of July. Am slightly disappointed but in the grand scheme of things ...

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@DonaldMurray56

5 years

On tonight. Could people please share? Thanks.

BBC ALBA

@bbcalba

5 years

An fhìrinn chruaidh a th’ air cùl na sgeulachd chianail. Cathy MacDonald explores fact behind fiction in @DonaldMurray56 's novel “As the Women Lay Dreaming”. 21:00 #BBCALBA

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2 years

‘For the Safety of All’ now available in paperback. Less costly than before but just as elegant. Photos are wonderful. My thanks again to @HistEnvScot and @NLB_UK for their help in this.

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1 year

What a wonderful reaction in @anlanntair last night to our show about the Metagama etc. A standing ovation & real enthusiastic warmth!

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4 years

Let’s keep the lamp lit for 2020. For all that it might sometimes seem dull and clouded, there is always hope on the horizon. Bliadhna mhath ur!

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5 years

Really chuffed to be among those recommended on the Sir Walter Scott list - especially when I see some of the other names. Miorbhaileach!

Saraband Books

@SarabandBooks

5 years

Congrats to all on the Walter Scott Prize longlist and Academy Recommends list! Great to see the inclusion of @DonaldMurray56 As the Women Lay Dreaming, his novel of the Iolaire.

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4 years

For the last few months, I've been back teaching English - currently doing 4 days a week. It has renewed my admiration and respect for those in my former profession. I'd forgotten how utterly exhausting it is!

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2 years

With the help of the wonderful @craigscrolls , I completed the final edit of my new novel last Friday. It’ll be out in October and is - in some ways - very different from my previous work, dealing with the realities and fantasies of island life.

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4 years

Here's a draft cover of my new book which is winging its way to the shops shortly. Thanks to @SarabandBooks for their haste and hard work in putting it together.

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3 years

@JordanOgg @molach95 @TheScotsman I blame Gaelic roadsigns. @TheScotsman seems to have a bizarre obsession with them. Perhaps they’ve been sent in the wrong direction.

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4 years

This is utterly fabulous. Andrew Drummond’s map of an imaginary railway system that spans the Highlands and Islands. Please explore - and book a seat.

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3 years

Book two of three coming out over the next few months. Guaranteed to be the only novel Gaelic singer, Hoddan, the Lewis select and the words of Murdo MacFarlane make an appearance. Out in March.

In a Veil of Mist by Donald S Murray | Waterstones

Buy In a Veil of Mist by Donald S Murray from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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3 years

And the Times Historical Book of the Month is ... (My thanks to @SarabandBooks .)

Antonia Senior

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3 years

Moral quandaries galore in my book of the month.... In a Veil of Mist by ⁦ @DonaldMurray56 ⁩. Also featuring murder, monks and nazis ... starring master storytellers ⁦ @adelegeras ⁩ and ⁦ @MatthewHarffy ⁩

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Every few months certain people force me to take on the unpaid role of Road Safety Adviser. If you're distracted by a few letters on a road sign, guess what? You should not be driving.

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5 years

Still can’t quite believe this. My thanks to @SarabandBooks and @CraigHillsley for this.

Craig Hillsley

@CraigHillsley

5 years

Don't miss @DonaldMurray56 talking all things Iolaire with @mariellaf1 on this Sunday's Open Book on @BBCRadio4 , 4pm. #historicalfiction #worldwar1 @SarabandBooks

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Totally agree with this. With so much happening in the world just now, the media coverage of this story has been utterly ridiculous.

Channel 4 News

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“We are literally like a pack of dogs in a dog park.” Media coverage on Phillip Schofield has been “insane”, actor Rupert Everett tells @MinnieStephC4 , adding that the TV presenter's affair is “not our business”.

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3 years

At last in print ...

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2 years

Bliadhna mhath ur! May the light shine bright for you over the coming year.

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As someone who grew up in a low income, single parent family, I think they’re underestimating the effect of this on children. It’s always in your mind, both a distraction and a disturbance.

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3 years

Excellent @RomeshRanga programme tonight. Congrats to @peatanddiesel and @sweenyness for an exceptional hour of entertainment. The boy did good for someone north of the river. Meal do naidheachd!

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@digbethkid74 @Effiedeans A lot of Gaelic names are derived from Norse. To simplify this for you, something you clearly need, I'll use their English equivalents. Stornoway, Kyleakin, Uig etc etc. What evidence do you have they're 'pretendy'?

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Out today in all shops - wherever they might be. To note the date, a photo of my Dad with a few neighbours, out, perhaps, in the peats.

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3 years

Great to be part of the plans to revive the @Sygazette @roddy_murray @SarabandBooks

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5 years

Next week I’ll be heading to London for this event. Whether I win or - more likely - lose, I feel honoured to be there. Thanks to everyone for their support!

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6 years

This book - for all that it’s only 60, 000 words - took more of my life than any other. Proof copies of ‘As The Women Lay Dreaming’ - to be published in November - have arrived.

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BBC Alba documentary on ‘As the Women Lay Dreaming’ coming up. Please watch if you haven’t done so before.

BBC ALBA - Sàr Sgeòil, As the Women Lay Dreaming

Cathy MacDonald explores fact behind fiction in the novel As the Women Lay Dreaming.

www.bbc.co.uk

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2 years

As one who came from a single parent, economically disadvantaged background, this sounds like a must read for me. @lokiscottishrap asks the questions that should be asked. Politics, education etc has become an enclave of the privileged middle classes.

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With ‘Sulasgeir’ and the Guga hunt on BBC Alba, I hope I can be forgiven for sharing this. The most interesting review on my book ‘The Guga Hunters’ did not appear in the press.

Patrick Cook’s review of The Guga Hunters

This is the most remarkable of things: a book totally devoid of cliches. This is in part because the subject matter of seabird hunting is so remote from the lives of most of us in the developed world...

www.goodreads.com

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3 years

Today at @WigtownBookFest @MrEwanMorrison and I recreated the Great Battle of Wick of 1859 over the possession of an apple. Thanks to @fivekingdoms for her help in our portrayal of this dramatic event. Some moments are never quite forgiven or forgotten.

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2 years

Piece for @guardian and @VisitScotland - much contained in its sweep.

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5 years

BBC Alba will be featuring a programme based on ‘As The Women Lay Dreaming’ at 9 pm on 2nd January. My thanks to all involved.

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Whatever your view of @NicolaSturgeon ’s politics, it’s great to see her encouragement of both literature & literacy. We could do with a few more politicians who do the likes of that.

Nicola Sturgeon

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📚 It’s that time of year… (cue the usual abuse from those who get weirdly outraged by me reading books. Top tip: maybe try it sometime! 🤣) … My favourite novels of 2023… 📚

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Nollaig Chridheil! Hope all well. Those of us in Shetland have woken up to a (smattering of) white Christmas!

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Murdo MacFarlane and Hoddan Macdonald - two of the real life characters who appear in my new novel, ‘In a Veil of Mist’ to be launched on 10th March.

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Feel slightly embarrassed about this as I know there's a few better poets than me around! My thanks to @AcairBooks for publishing this and @harristweedheb for their help. I'd never had dreamed of being selected for this honour.

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Great turnout for the launch at @SumburghHead . My thanks to @seaforthmusic , Donald Anderson, Donnie Munro, @white_shetland and all who turned up. Excellent turnout. @NLB_UK @HistEnvScot

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Contrary to its political labels, the Western Isles has to be the most politically conservative constituency in Scotland. Most incumbents re-elected. Newcomers largely elected in seats where people have resigned. Only 2 women. Little has changed since my youth. ☹️☹️

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This was found by my friend Neil Henderson on his peat bank on the moor today. A new form of fuel. @chiffchat @BloomsburyBooks

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Great to be part of this outstanding book festival this year. My only regret is that it'll be the last one ever. @UllapoolBookFes

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On BBC Alba at 9 pm tonight …

BBC ALBA - Sàr Sgeòil, As the Women Lay Dreaming

Cathy MacDonald explores fact behind fiction in the novel As the Women Lay Dreaming.

www.bbc.co.uk

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5 years

Just discovered this today. Chuffed to be on this longlist.

Historia – the HWA

@HistoriaHWA

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@writercrow @AllenAndUnwinUK @stacey_halls @ZaffreBooks @paulhowarth_ @PushkinPress @novelcarolyn @noexitpress @CarolineleaLea @MichaelJBooks 6. As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S Murray A passionate, atmospheric and evocative novel inspired by the Iolaire disaster. Explores how an event can have a dramatic impact on communities. #HWACrowns #Crowns2019

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My new novel ‘In a Veil of Mist’ will be steaming into view next March. My thanks to @SarabandBooks and @CraigHillsley for their help in this.

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The other day when I was driving to Portpatrick, I ended up in a constant loop travelling between Portree, Port Ellen and Port Askaig. Could something not be done about these confusing English signs that are found throughout Scotland? They might cause accidents.

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2 years

For the first time in ages, I’m watching a clutch of gannets plunging into the sea outside the window of my home. The sight restores a little hope.

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1 year

Lovely to have come here! What a wonderful welcome!

UllapoolBookshop

@UllapoolB

1 year

Just had a lovely visit at @UllapoolB from @DonaldMurray56 @SarabandBooks @BirlinnBooks and he has very kindly signed all of his books for our customers, including 'In a Veil of mist,' 'The Call of the Cormorant,' As the women lay dreaming' & 'The Guga Hunters,' while stocks last

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2 years

It’s great to win this with @Roncadora ! Tapadh leibh airson seo!

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@Saltire_Society

2 years

The Callum MacDonald Memorial Award 2021 goes to Roncadora Press. The judges were unanimous in their praise for Roncadora’s daring and inventive focus on producing beautiful pieces of art #SNBA21

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Donald S Murray

@DonaldMurray56

5 years

Delighted - and slightly terrified - to be on this list.

Literature Alliance Scotland

@LitScotland

5 years

Congrats & good luck to everyone on the Herald Scottish Culture Awards shortlist, esp: @ChrisMcQueer_ @nadineaishaj & @DonaldMurray56 - outstanding #literature @StAnzaPoetry & @AyeWrite - outstanding festival @GraniteNoirFest - outstanding cultural event @heraldscotland

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Donald S Murray

@DonaldMurray56

2 years

As someone who can recall the devastating effects of a murder on the west side of Lewis, when I was 12 years old, I can only sympathise with what the people of Skye and Wester Ross are going through at the moment. Thoughts are with them.

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Donald S Murray

@DonaldMurray56

6 years

In a week’s time, I will be launching this at An Lanntair. Thinking of those whose lives were touched, lost and altered by the terrible event that inspired it.

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Donald S Murray

@DonaldMurray56

3 years

There is no truth in the rumour that the people between the Butt and Barra are colonising Shetland, despite what the @TheScotsman appears to say. But these dodgy customers in Skye and Islay .. @artmaccarmaig @NextEditionIsla ? 😉😉

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Donald S Murray

@DonaldMurray56

4 years

I've had a problem with my eyes all day. I've decided to go on a drive to Scalloway Castle.

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