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Linda Cracknell
Past and present converge as Linda Cracknell doubles back to walk in the footsteps of others.
Across Norway, Kenya, and the northerly islands of Skye in Scotland and Lindisfarne in…
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‘The Searching Glance’ is the long-awaited second collection from one of Scotland’s leading short story writers. The worlds inhabited by the characters in these stories are diverse. Linda Cracknell’s stories…
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This collection takes its title from Linda Cracknell’s first short story, written in 1998, which won the Macallan/Scotland on Sunday award. The stories here begin with experiences of childhood and…
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A beautifully written, haunting tale of motherhood, guilt, myth and redemption set on the rugged coast of Caithness at Scotland’s furthest edge.
The history of a Perthshire woollen mill told through the lives of those locked in and out of its walls, their stories tied together by the impact of industrialisation on…
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Inhabiting a landscape, walking a landscape, writing a place and time.
Linda Cracknell is a writer of place and nature who believes in being alert, observing, and writing from the…
A unique and indispensable guide to writing the short story. A collection of 26 specially commissioned essays from well-published short story writers who are also prize winners in the toughest…
A collection of essays about geology and the ground beneath our feet first heard on BBC Radio Three, from some of our leading landscape and nature writers. Contributors include John…
The first modern anthology of Scottish nature writing which acknowledges the realities of our times, edited, curated and introduced by the award-winning author of Findings.