NZ self-published author featured in the Skye Book Festival, UK
William Turner is an ex-patriate Scot and author of a 200-page memoir, Water Over Silver commemorating his friend and distinguished Scottish academic, John MacIntosh Mathieson. Both men shared a bi-lingual (English-Gaelic) education on the Island of Skye and both retired to New Zealand at the end of their professional lives and became firm friends. Mathieson died before he completed his own personal history, and it was to this collection of poetry, plays and essays and photos that Turner turned to write his scholarly and readable 205 page tribute in both English and Gaelic.
A family member composed and recorded a Strathespey to celebrate the book's launch and the life of her brother.
BriarsBooks was congratulated on the book's "fine presentation". Water over Silver was an international effort: the front cover was designed by a photographer in Skye, photos came from UK and Australia and the book was produced in New Zealand for distribution in Australasia and the UK. The book was a niche book for a close network, so self-publishing was the best route.
The author was interviewed online by the Skye Books Festival. The entire interview was conducted in Gaelic and the book has sizeable sections in Gaelic.
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