John Cumming https://www.johncumming.org.uk/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:16:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.13 The crow in the rear view mirror https://www.johncumming.org.uk/the-crow-in-the-rear-view-mirror/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 02:25:09 +0000 https://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=268 Edited by John Cumming

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]]> Bright Pebbles https://www.johncumming.org.uk/bright-pebbles/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:05:28 +0000 http://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=174 Bright Pebbles – An anthology of Shetland writing.

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]]> White Below https://www.johncumming.org.uk/white-below/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:05:00 +0000 http://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=172 White Below – Writing on Shetland’s fishing history. Drawings by John Cumming

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Drawings by John Cumming

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]]> Mailboats https://www.johncumming.org.uk/mailboats/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:04:30 +0000 http://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=170 Mailboats – a collaborative project involving poets and visual artists from Orkney and Shetland. Artists and poets were paired randomly. Each artist made a flotation device to contain a poem. The poems were launched from a fishing boat off Skerries in Shetland.

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Artists and poets were paired randomly.

Each artist made a flotation device to contain a poem.

The poems were launched from a fishing boat off Skerries in Shetland.

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]]> Working the Map https://www.johncumming.org.uk/working-the-map/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:03:48 +0000 http://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=164 Working the Map Sponsored by RSPB, Orkney Nature Festival and Cape Farewell, “Working the Map” is an anthology of writings, poems and illustrations about islanders in a changing environment. It includes conversations with farmers and fishermen as well as essays by naturalists and archival observations. The drawings for this publication were done as a visual […]

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Sponsored by RSPB, Orkney Nature Festival and Cape Farewell, “Working the Map” is an anthology of writings, poems and illustrations about islanders in a changing environment.

It includes conversations with farmers and fishermen as well as essays by naturalists and archival observations.

The drawings for this publication were done as a visual diary in a small handmade sketchbook crafted by Fiona Cumming.

The book includes poems by Morag MacInnes, Yvonne Gray and Pamela Beasant.

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]]> Peerie Boat https://www.johncumming.org.uk/peerie-boat/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:43:11 +0000 http://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=160 Peerie Boat – Children’s story in dialect.

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]]> Ellie an da Sail Needle https://www.johncumming.org.uk/ellie-an-da-sail-needle/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:42:39 +0000 http://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=158 Ellie an da Sail Needle – Children’s story by Iris Sandison. Drawings by John Cumming

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Drawings by John Cumming

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]]> Mystery at Da Laird’s Haa https://www.johncumming.org.uk/mystery-at-da-lairds-haa/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:42:06 +0000 http://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=153 Mystery at Da Laird’s Haa – An adventure story by Bjorn Sandison with drawings by John Cumming.

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]]> Alias Isobel https://www.johncumming.org.uk/alias-isobel/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:10:34 +0000 http://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=151 Alias Isobel – an Orkney narrative. Poems by Morag MacInnes. Drawings by John Cumming

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Poems by Morag MacInnes.

Drawings by John Cumming

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]]> Joy o Creation https://www.johncumming.org.uk/joy-o-creation/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:08:52 +0000 http://www.johncumming.org.uk/?p=147 Joy o Creation – Poems by Stella Sutherland. Drawings by John Cumming

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