Càirdeas ‘s Comain ‘s Eòlas

13 February 2025 6:30 pm

Join Deborah Moffatt in conversation with Meg Bateman as they discuss Deborah’s latest poetry book, Càirdeas ’s Comain ’s Eòlas.

Deborah Moffatt is from Vermont (USA) and has lived in Scotland since 1982. She has published two English poetry collections, and two Gaelic poetry collections. Her fourth collection, Càirdeas ’s Comain ’s Eòlas, was published by CLÀR in 2024.

Càirdeas ’s Comain ’s Eòlas embraces relationships of every kind: friendship, love and respect, grief and honour. There is also hostility, harshness, and brutality. Many historic events make an appearance in the collection, together with daily encounters: from Lady Grange in St Kilda and the shadow of the owl in Cille Choirill. There are migrants and emigrants and pilgrims in these pages, with friendship, fellowship and obligations threading the poems together.

Meg Bateman, the crowned bard of An Comunn Gàidhealach, will be chairing this event.

This event is funded by Book Week Scotland. The event was originally scheduled for Book Week Scotland 2024 but was cancelled due to the bad weather, and so we will instead come together in the new year.