Duncan Williamson

Duncan Williamson

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Duncan Williamson was born in 1928 on the shores of Loch Fyne. He was the seventh of sixteen children born to a family of Travellers, who set up camp in the same place every winter and wandered the Highlands during the summer, hawking their tin and natural willow wares. Duncan left home at the age of fifteen and spent the next forty years travelling, continuing the traditional trades of his people. In 1980 he moved into a farm cottage in Fife with his second wife, Linda, who transcribed some of his vast repertoire of songs, stories and family history. Duncan died in 2007, leaving behind a worldwide legacy. His reputation was extraordinary and the impact of his storytelling continues in literary editions of his work, published by Canongate, Cambridge University Press, Penguin, Mondadori, and more recently Birlinn, Luath Press and Floris Books. Linda Williamson was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1949. She has a PhD from Edinburgh University, and is an American folklorist, storyteller and editor. She has three children and five grandchildren -- on both sides of the Atlantic.
22nd August 2013

The Flight of the Golden Bird: Scottish Folk Tales for Children

'Stories are something you carry with you, something to last your entire life, to be passed on to your children, and t... MoreThe Flight of the Golden Bird: Scottish Folk Tales for Children

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22nd March 2012

The Coming of the Unicorn: Scottish Folk Tales for Children

'Stories are something you carry with you, something to last your entire life, to be passed on to your children, and t... MoreThe Coming of the Unicorn: Scottish Folk Tales for Children

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1st September 1993

Broonie, Silkies and Fairies: Travellers Tales

This collection of tales from the West Highlands stem mostly from Duncan Williamson's early years in Argyll. Some of the... MoreBroonie, Silkies and Fairies: Travellers Tales

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18th August 2022

Silver Unicorns and Golden Birds: Scottish Traveller Tales for Children

'Scotland's greatest contemporary storyteller.'-- The GuardianSilver Unicorns and Golden Birds is a treasure trove of tr... MoreSilver Unicorns and Golden Birds: Scottish Traveller Tales for Children

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