Gaelic landscapes

“A field guide to Gaelic story and song.” That’s the idea behind John Murray’s new book,

Literature of the Gaelic

Landscape, , which tracks down the locations that inspired the most revered fables, poetry and sea shanties from Scotland and its isles. In a journey taking in Argyll, Sutherland, Skye and Caithness, Murray explores centuries-old tales as well as more recent work by Gaelic writers like Sorley Maclean and Neil M Gunn. £19, www.whittlespublishing.com