OHS News

There will be a meeting of the Orcadian Story Trust on Wednesday 10th March 2010 at 7pm in The Reel on Broad Street to set up an Orkney Storytelling Festival in the autumn. All Welcome.

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A weekend of literature and song workshops is underway at Orkney College as part of the Year o Orkney Dialect.

Saturday's workshop looked at dialect, literature, poetry and placenames, and was joined by George Mackay Brown fellow Nalini Paul (right). Donna Heddle of the Centre for Nordic Studies, and Kirsty Macdonald and Tom Rendall of Orkney College (below) also led sessions.

Sunday will concentrate on singing and song and will be led by Orkney Singers. If you want to join us just turn up on Sunday at 10am.