Deep Wheel Orcadia is a magical first: a science-fiction verse novel written in the Orcadian dialect, as well as the first full-length work of adult fiction in the Orkney language for over fifty years. The inhabitants of Deep Wheel Orcadia – a huge space station with a suspiciously large amount in common with contemporary Orkney – is host to a rich and varied cast, who weave a compelling, lyric and effortlessly readable story around themes of place and belonging, work and economy, generation and…Show more