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16 October 2014

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Flying Cat and that Guga book

The author of the guga book is one Donald Steven (surname can't remember as I know his Gaelic name). He is a poet from South Dell the same village as I'm from. The author of the Ness Man is also from South Dell - there must be something in the air! I went to a lecture of his last year at Habost where he aired some of the work before publicaction. His grandfather was also called Donald Steven and he died when I was 6. My mother, granny and aunty put my cousin and myself on pain of death on the day of th funeral in 1955.. We were told a procession would be going past the house and we must keep quiet. The procession duly came past and I noticed the men at the front carrying a large box and I asked my cousin quite loudly what was in the box.
'That's Donald Steven you fool,' she replied. When I told the author this story he was highly amused - he had been born after his grandfather's death.
The book will, I have no doubt, be very good.
Posted on calumannabel at 12:27

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Calum. you yourself edited a book recently, did you not? Let's have the details, so ibloggers can fill their stockings with decent literature. As to Donald Steven, it would be a good idea if you could figure out the surname that will be on the book, and its name. There is an art to "plugging", Calum., as FC well knows (after reading "Plugging for Dummies" - why don't you ask him to send it to you, cash on delivery?)

mjc from IN, USA


Surname of the guga man is Murray I believe. There is a book currently in the shops to which I've made four contributions. It is apparently selling very well. It's called the Non Beardy Beer Guide with tongue in cheek review of different brands of beers. Plugging isn't really my thing mjc. My film comes out in 09 and should make it across the pond with an international distribution deal in place. Emporioalanjohn has taken delivery of a popcorn machine in anticipation

calum from ness


Donald S. Murray http://thecroft.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/the-guga-hunters/

DM from Lewis


DM...helpful/interesting link ..RJG

RJG from Gravir


Calum try to slip in a guga vindaloo review in the 2nd edition of the beer book, after all beer and GV go tongue in tongue, if that statement isn't too hot for the SF. Good luck with the filum. DM is really on the ball... wonder why?

Barney from Swithiod googling for guga


Both The Guga Hunters and Praising the Guga are advertised inside the back cover of November's Shetland Life - opposite Donald S Murray's column, Notes from a Niseach. This month's is entitled 'First time on foreign soil'...the Scottish mainland...

Flying Cat from having finished A View from North Lochs...


Thanks everybody. Just ordered the Guga Hunters. I am looking forward to the Gaelic parts of the book ...

mjc from IN, USA


Nooooo...the Gaelic parts were in A View from North Lochs mjc...oh do pay attention PLEASE!!

Flying Cat from omg


The author was my other halves English teacher apparently. When we were up in Lewis a couple of months ago he was eating the guga which i have to say when it was being cooked by his mum smelt awful. He assured me it did taste delicious.

Lesley from East Lothian


Is that so, FC? Anyway, I also ordered the View from North Lochs from Amazon.co.uk. Both are being sent to daughter at uni. in England (to be brought to me when she comes back to the US for a visit): I suspect she'll wonder whether the old man is going gaga. Anyone has a contact phone number for North Idea, publisher of Praising the Guga? As that pamphlet has to be ordered directly from the publisher in Stornoway, I thought it would be nice to get a signed copy, if possible. Thanks for helping. I must admit the excerpts from North Idea's website of D S Murray's poems are appealing (go and see for yourself, y'all).

mjc from IN, USA


Mjc, you are obviously going guga, not gaga. Has anyone ever encountered "surstr枚mming" (lierally "sour herrings"). No? Perhaps not suprising. They are a traditional way of "preserving" herring in the North of Sweden by fermentation (lactobacillus) instead of salting. The product is banned by the FDA for import into the USA. You know the time is ripe when the tins in which they are "preserved" become highly convex at the ends. The smell is awful when the tin is opened - worse than the worst dog sh*t. Yet people who manage to eat it say that the taste is wonderfully delicate. I've never been able to get it past my nose, so couldn't say. Anything like that in Orkney or Shetland?

Barney from Swithiod stirring things


I have emailed you mjc (excuse me Calum). The publisher of the poetry pamphlet is in Shetland, not Stornoway. Donald S Murray lives in Shetland. But comes from Ness...I hope that's clear...

Flying Cat from clarification corner


Donald Murray鈥檚 excellent collection of poems is available from www.northidea.co.uk. Right, FC. What gave me the idea that North Idea, the publisher, is from Stornoway, I know not. Must be the fermented herring. Thanks FC for forcing me down the correct path, through both public and private (email) chastisement. So Murray comes from Ness and lives in Shetland. You are NOT thinking about moving too, Calum., I (and Shetlanders everywhere ?) hope. I shall get my hand on those poems and the seemingly very nice illustrations one way or another.

mjc from IN, USA


Oh its my pleasure mjc...

Flying Cat from House of Correction




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