1#7 Malachy Tallack: the Shetland wordsmith

Mountain Air

Episode #7 welcomes a guest who’s not just a travel writer, an author of fiction, a chronicler of histories, an editor, and a passionate student of people and landscape… but an accomplished singer-songwriter too. So perhaps “wordsmith” doesn’t quite encompass everything that makes Malachy Tallack tick (any more concise single-word summaries gratefully received). That aside, Malachy tells the podcast about his travels along the 60th parallel, time spent researching the much-celebrated 60 Degrees North (2015), the wonder and fascination of islands that have been un-discovered (as opposed to “undiscovered”), and even finds time for fresh fiction, a music career, fly-fishing and some inspiring words about Assynt, Shetland and the Lofoten Islands. Enjoy! Visit malachytallack.com for all your Malachy Tallack needs, unless it’s his music you’re looking for in which case it's malachymusic.com.