





MICHAEL FAULKNER

THE BLUE CABIN
Living by the tides on Islandmore
STILL ON THE SOUND
A seasonal look at island life
MICHAEL FAULKNER’s first book The Blue Cabin ‒ Living by the Tides on Islandmore, published by Blackstaff press in 2006, described his arrival in 2002 with artist wife Lynn McGregor (www.lynnmcgregor.co.uk) and their two terriers, on the otherwise uninhabited island of Islandmore, in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
Described by Belfast Telegraph as ‘an enchanting, funny, and touching book... about
the making of a fresh start’, and by Scotland on Sunday as ‘a heart-
Still On The Sound ‒ A Seasonal Look at Island Life, published in October 2009 in hardcover, with over two hundred of the author’s own colour photographs, carries on where The Blue Cabin left off, taking a look in words and images at four seasons of island life.
Patrick Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of An Irish Country Doctor and
the Irish Country series of novels, describes Still On The Sound as ‘another magical
journey from Strangford Lough’s resident poet laureate’, and the publisher’s cover
blurb calls it ‘warm, funny and irresistible -
The Blue Cabin Blackstaff Press, 2006 ISBN 0856407933
Still On The Sound Blackstaff Press, 2009 ISBN 0856408492
Patrick Taylor, author of An Irish Country Doctor
the New York Times bestseller
‘Another magical journey..’
Text and images © Michael Faulkner


BBC Radio Ulster
Your Place and Mine
19th November 2009: In conversation with Anne-
BBC Radio Ulster
Arts Extra
27th Oct 2009: Marie-
‘From Strangford Lough’s resident poet laureate, a richly illustrated love song to Islandmore, its surrounding waters, and the people and animals who dwell there.
This gentle, pictorial follow-
◄ 8th December 2009: ‘Seeking Shelter From The Storms Of Life..’

◄ This YouTube video accompanies the books and hopefully gives some flavour of island life in this peaceful corner of Ireland..
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EVENTS

► Lisburn Library
Big Big Reading Group
Slides and discussion
Thursday 4 Feb at 8pm
► Wild Geese Festival
Strangford
Launch event
Saturday 6 Feb (approx 4pm)
► Edinburgh Launch
Waterstones, George St, Edinburgh
Slides and reading
Thursday 25 Feb at 7.30pm