Waypoints: seascapes and stories of Scotland's west coast.

Author: Ian Stephen. Publisher: Adlards Coles Nautical/Bloomsbury. Published: 1st edition Hardback, February 2017. ISBN: 9781472939630

Ian Stephen is a writer, storyteller and poet. The premise of this book is the history of his love affairs - all with boats. Some he has owned, some that belong to others. He retells his own stories of these affairs and traditional stories from the geography that he sails them through. Each chapter is interspersed with short poems that he has written either at the time of the journey or afterwards as a reflection of the adventure. Click here for purchasing information. Click on the thumbnail image for a selection of drawings from the book.

Maritime: new and selected poems.

Author: Ian Stephen. Publisher: Saraband. Published: Paperback, 176 pages. ISBN: 9781910192368. March 2016.

A collection of poems that pertain to the sea and the act of journeying. "His poetry is distinguished by its precision. There is no surfeit to it. His poems are short and taut as well-set sails." - Robert Macfarlane.

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Western Isles Folk Tales

Author: Ian Stephen. Publisher: History Press Ltd. Published: Paperback, 192 pages. ISBN: 9780752499116. October 2014.

"Cleverly incorporating a subtle geography lesson, this delightful collection of tales takes us from Barra in the south to the north of Lewis, with each new section of the journey introduced with a simply drawn map of the area and illustrations by Christine Morrison". Seanaid Macrae, 27th Dec, 2014. The Press and Journal .

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