Morning Tide is a Book Society choice. Involvement in General Election on behalf of John MacCormick, Scottish Nationalist candidate for Inverness.
1932
 The Lost Glen - Beginnings of estrangement from Grieve.
 Highland River published and wins James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Neil Gunn resigns from the Customs and Excise Service to become a full-time writer. Sells 'Larachan' and sets off on a cruise from Skye around the Hebrides, including Iona, returning to Inverness through the Caledonian Canal.
1938
 Off in a Boat - visit to Munich - rented Brae-farm house between Strathpeffer and Dingwall where he stayed for 12 years, these being the most prolific of his literary career.
 The Well at the World's End Appointed to Commission of Inquiry into Crofting Conditions (Taylor Commission) - bought 'Kerrow House' near Cannich with a stretch of salmon fishing river.