Duncan Williamson

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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1998
  • Latest Book:
    August 2022
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Book List in Order: 9 titles

  • Tales of the Seal People

    A collection of 14 selkie (half-seal half-human creatures) tales from the Orkney and Shetland islands off the northern tip of Scotland which embrace the fantasy, romance and unusual perspective of the Scottish travellers....

  • The Horsieman

    The Horsieman is the story of traditions long vanished â€" of traveller trades, of building tents, of routes travelled and traditional camping sites, of stories, songs, music and cures which have been the heritage and tradition of travelling people i...

  • Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children

    Duncan Williamson was a Scottish traveller who went on to become one of Britain's master story-tellers. During his lifetime he was acclaimed 'the greatest English-speaking storyteller', 'the national monument of British storytelling' and, at his deat...

  • Land of the Seal People

    No stories were more potent, more engaging, more subtle or profound than these half-animal, half-human tales of the sea. Time and time again listeners enthralled by Duncan Williamson's lore would ask him for the silkie tale. Duncan grew up with the s...

  • The King And The Lamp

    Introduced by Barbara McDermittThe telling of tales and the oral tradition in Scotland has long and honourable history, both in the annals of the folk and in the more formal pages of literary publication. Writers as different as Hogg, Scott, Stevenso...

  • Jack and the Devil's Purse: Scottish Traveller Tales

    Devil stories are always fascinating, entertaining and disturbing. These twenty tales, re-told by one of Scotland's master storytellers, are a fascinating insight into Traveller beliefs about evil, temptation and suffering in which the Devil exists n...

  • 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 their children for evermore.' Duncan Williamson came from a family of Travelling People, who told stories around the campfire for ...

  • The Flight of the Golden Bird

    'Stories are something you carry with you, something to last your entire life, to be passed on to your children, and their children for evermore.'Duncan Williamson

    Duncan Williamson, one of Scotland's Traveling People, has been celebrated a...

  • Silver Unicorns and Golden Birds



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Duncan Williamson has published 9 books.

Duncan Williamson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Silver Unicorns and Golden Birds, was published in August 2022.

The first book by Duncan Williamson, Tales of the Seal People, was published in March 1998.

No. Duncan Williamson does not write books in series.
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