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An Luingeas Dorcha air Fàire

Tim Armstrong

Following on from Tim Armstrong's epic science-fiction tale Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach.
An Luingeas Dorcha air Fàire won the prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript for Adults at the Gaelic Literature Awards in 2025.

£19.99

Eadar Dhà Shian

Eira Richards

Britain, AD 790. For as long as Iola can remember, she has been shunned by her fellow villagers for being different.

£8.00

Tòn-iasg

Pauline Pinson

Everyone tells Tòn-iasg that his face looks like a bum!

£12.99

Briosgaidean Bogha-frois

Maggie Byrd

Jenny's stuck indoors. She wants to play on the swings, but it's raining! Luckily, Gran has a sweet idea of what to do while they wait for the clouds to clear.

£7.99

Kali

Aoife Cairney / Coocoora

Kali, a graphic novel by Coocoora, now available in Gaelic!

£12.00

Màiri Anna NicCoinnich

Claire Pepper

Told through the eyes of nine-year-old Mary Ann Mackenzie, this story is an engaging account of the school day and home life of a real child who lived on Scoraig, a remote crofting community in the north west Highlands of Scotland in 1895.

£15.99

Èiginn Ùisdein

Morag Ann MacNeil

Up on the moor, in a green glen called the Àirigh a' Mhadaidh-ruaidh, lives a young fox called Ùisdean. But he has a secret that makes his life very difficult and his family very angry –  he hates meat!

£7.95

Dealan-Dè

Seonag Monk

In 1940, in Barra in the Outer Hebrides, an 18-year-old woman, Flòraidh, is persuaded to leave her island home when she learns that her stepmother intends to marry her off to the local shopkeeper. She follows her enigmatic friend Lavinia to the city and changes her identity to Laura, like a butterfly, leaving her chrysalis behind, as they join the war effort.

£9.99

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