A Traveller in Two Worlds: Vol 1

Back cover text:

Duncan Williamson, born in a tent on the banks of Loch Fyne, lived between two worlds. With a mixture of folklore and tales of a traveller's life, bound together by Williamson and Campbell's friendship, A Traveller in Two Worlds is a unique insight into a man acclaimed as the best-known and best-loved storyteller in the English speaking world. 

'Our friendship often seemed like a marriage: protestations of undying affection, jealousies, dramatic estrangements and reconciliations, ultimately a bond and underlying mutual affection. To be with Duncan always had an intensity. He was hungry to devour every moment, his joys transparent and fiery, his glooms dense and dampening as bleakest November. His appetite for company was insatiable and without it he was soon bored. I had never known anyone to be bored with such demonstrative and demanding conviction. I used to feed him people, elixirs. He sprang to life and charmed each one. Equally, his anger could simmer and erupt like Hekla, into clouds that lingered long and darkly over months.'   DAVID CAMPBELL ON DUNCAN WILLIAMSON

Reviews:

This Celtic collection is drawn from various age-old sources lovingly and lyrically retold by a master storyteller.  The Scotsman on Out of the Mouth of the Morning

Scotland's greatest modern-day storyteller.  The Guardian

About the Author:

DAVID CAMPBELL was born in Edinburgh and spent his childhood in the story-and song-rich North-East of Scotland where he acquired a lifelong passion for poetry and the power of the spoken word.  He graduated with Honours in English from the University of Edinburgh.  He then worked with BBC Radio Scotland for many years devising, scripting and directing a wide variety of radio programmes.  He has also reviewed books and drama extensively in the Scottish press and has published poems and short stories in the Scottish literary magazines Chapman, Words and Textualities.  He co-wrote the children’s book The Three Donalds (Scottish Children’s Press, 1996), wrote two collections of stories – Tales to tell I & II (St Andrews Press, 1986 and 1994) and Out of the Mouth of the Morning  (Luath Press, 2009).  He is widely regarded as one of Scotland’s finest storytellers as a popular ambassador of Scottish lore and literature, he has toured worldwide with his repertoire of talks and stories.  He currently lives in Edinburgh.