In her lecture, Morag MacInnes remembered George Mackay Brown – not as the famous writer he became but as a familiar figure in her life, a family friend; a familiar figure in the town of Stromness, known from childhood to everyone around.

Morag has worked in child injury prevention and control for more than 25 years. Her contributions to the field have been in the areas of injury surveillance, research, education, policy, program planning and evaluation. Research highlights the need to keep medicine out of children’s reach and sight. Did You Know?

Mar 29, 2014 · POET, novelist and dramatist George Mackay Brown spent most of his life living in and documenting the Orkney Islands, and almost two decades after his death, a previously unknown short story has...

You will have seen and enjoyed a vivid filmic evocation of George Mackay Brown’s poetic journey, from Victoria Street via the Flattie Bar to Mayburn Court, childhoold to maturity, bound by the Stromness street.

This box contains folders of manuscript and typescript non-fiction essays by George Mackay Brown, written across four decades. Broadcast scripts and newspaper clippings of these essays are also included.

Morag MacKay holds degrees in nursing and epidemiology and her professional activities over the last 30+ years have largely focused on the child injury prevention in the areas of surveillance, education, research, program and policy planning and evaluation in Canada, Europe and the U.S.

As Director of Research at Safe Kids, Morag is responsible for ensuring data and research are integrated into all aspects of our work around the world, including programs, advocacy, development and communications. Morag has worked in child injury prevention and control for more than 25 years.

First published by Victor Gollancz in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry was commissioned by George Mackay Brown’s publisher as an introduction to the islands, but is not a conventional history or guide book.

Feb 20, 2006 · DAVID SIMPSON reports on Morag McGill’s lecture on the work of George MacKay Brown, which is scheduled for a repeat airing at the St Magnus Festival in June. Alistair Peebles explains the context in a short introduction.

Morag MacKay is Director of Research at Safe Kids Worldwide (SKW), where she is responsible for ensuring all aspects of their work are informed by data and research evidence and for supporting evaluation efforts.

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Aug 29, 2019 · Although the various relatives of Robert Louis Stevenson pop up all over Northern Scotland, even in Orkney, Orkney’s most famous writer in George MacKay Brown (1921-1996). He lived most of his life in Stromness and wrote poetry, novels, short stories, and essays.

On Monday 18 October at 7pm freelance writer Maggie Fergusson, author of George Mackay Brown: The Life (2006), introduced and answered questions on For the Islands I Sing (1997). This event took place the day after the centenary of the birth …

Nov 23, 2020 · The best known author in this project is George Mackay Brown, from Stromness. He was deeply moved by the story of St Magnus and as an adult converted to Roman Catholicism.

Jan 26, 2022 · Morag MacKay is Director of Research at Safe Kids Worldwide (SKW), where she is responsible for ensuring all aspects of their work are informed by data and research evidence and for supporting evaluation efforts. Morag has an undergraduate degree in nursing science and graduate degree in medical science with a specialization in epidemiology.

From the oft-recited ‘Hamnavoe’ to the Booker-nominated Beside the Ocean of Time Mackay Brown’s work sings of his island roots, interweaving life and social history with myth and legend.