Tuesday, 9 April 2013

A Festival of Many Delights

Like this gem of an exhibition put together by Sarah Maclean of Orkney Archives. 



It features a small selection of the many items in the Margaret Tait Archive. Notebooks, letters, photographs, international driving permit - all the elements that chart a life.




Particularly pleasing are the cards and notes from Gunnie Moberg, whose archive has recently been acquired by Orkney Library & Archive. In her generous cursive script she asks permission to photograph Margaret Tait. 




There are also short notes about the sale of her books. But these notes take on a greater significance when you read the signature: one set comes from Edwin Morgan, Scotland's late, great Makar.




Drop in to the Orkney Library & Archive on the first floor and take a look at this bijou exhibition. 




And then take in the other Margaret Tait events in Orkney Book Festival!



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