Thig còmhla rinn airson madainn de dh’òrain Ghàidhlig, geamannan agus pupaidean!
Join us for a morning of Gaelic stories with songs, games and puppets!
Session 1 (10:00 AM – 10:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
Please book for here for the following session:
Session 2 (11:00 AM – 11:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
*Please register for tickets using your child’s name. Parents do not need to register tickets for themselves.*
Join Niall O’Gallagher, the 2023 Comunn Gàidhealach crowned bard, and Rody Gorman, who was the crowned bard between 2021-2022, for an evening of Gaelic poetry as part of Book Week Scotland. Niall and Rody will be reading and discussing their poetry and how their work has been translated to other languages.
Niall O’Gallagher is well-known as a poet and journalist. He was awarded the Gaelic New Writers Award by Scottish Book Trust in 2010, and has since published four collections of Gaelic poetry, including Fuaimean Gràidh / Sounds of Love (Francis Boutle Publishers, 2023), which was shortlisted for the Derick Thomson Prize for Best Poetry Book at the Gaelic Literature Awards 2023. He was crowned as An Comunn Gàidhealach’s bard at the Royal National Mòd in Paisley 2023.
Rody Gorman is from Dublin originally, but now lives on the Isle of Skye. He has published several poetry collections and was the Gaelic editor of Northwords Now for many years. In 2021 he was awarded the Comunn Gàidhealach Bardic Crown at the Royal National Mòd in Inverness. His most recent book, Lorg Eile / Final Call (Francis Boutle Publishers, 2022) was shortlisted for the Derick Thomson Prize 2023.
This event will be taking place in Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Sir Alex Ferguson Library, Glasgow Caledonian University.
Join Peter Mackay, Catriona NicÌomhair Parsons and Beth Frieden for an afternoon of Gaelic poetry from Scotland and America as part of Push the Boat Out Poetry Festival.
Catrìona NicÌomhair Parsons is a native Gaelic speaker who moved from Lewis to Cape Breton in the 1970s; Beth Freiden crossed the Atlantic in reverse, from the US to Scotland. Both of them now write in Gaelic. Tune in to hear them read and discuss ideas of home and place, language and identity with Peter Mackay.
This event is fully in Gaelic and will not be translated into English.
This event will both be available to at home audiences, who will be sent a link to join in advance, and screened as a remote event in the Red Lecture Theatre for people attending the rest of the festival in person who don’t want to miss out.
Cuiribh oirbh aodach Oidhche Shamhna agus thigibh còmhla rinn airson madainn de dh’òrain Ghàidhlig, geamannan agus pupaidean!
Put on your Halloween costumes and join us for a morning of Gaelic stories with songs, games and puppets!
Session 2 (11:00 AM – 11:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
Please book for here for the following session:
Session 1 (10:00 AM – 10:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
*Please register for tickets using your child’s name. Parents do not need to register tickets for themselves.*
Cuiribh oirbh aodach Oidhche Shamhna agus thigibh còmhla rinn airson madainn de dh’òrain Ghàidhlig, geamannan agus pupaidean!
Put on your Halloween costumes and join us for a morning of Gaelic stories with songs, games and puppets!
Session 1 (10:00 AM – 10:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
Please book for here for the following session:
Session 2 (11:00 AM – 11:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
*Please register for tickets using your child’s name. Parents do not need to register tickets for themselves.*
Join us for a evening of “wine and crime”, as part of Fair Saturday 2023.
Calum L. Macleod is well known as a Gàidhlig crime writer and journalist. His second novel, Fon Choill, won the Highland Society of London Prize for Best Fiction Book in 2021. His first play, Stornoway, Quebec, toured with Theatre Gu Leòr this year.
Martin MacIntyre is a celebrated Gaelic writer and poet, with many novels under his belt, including Tuath air a’ Bhealach, a dark tale set in the Highlands.
Thig còmhla rinn airson madainn de dh’òrain Ghàidhlig, geamannan agus pupaidean!
Join us for a morning of Gaelic stories with songs, games and puppets!
Session 2 (11:00 AM – 11:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
Please book here for the following session:
Session 1 (10:00 AM – 10:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
*Please register for tickets using your child’s name. Parents do not need to register tickets for themselves.*
Thig còmhla rinn airson madainn de dh’òrain Ghàidhlig, geamannan agus pupaidean!
Join us for a morning of Gaelic stories with songs, games and puppets!
Session 1 (10:00 AM – 10:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
Please book for here for the following session:
Session 2 (11:00 AM – 11:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
*Please register for tickets using your child’s name. Parents do not need to register tickets for themselves.*
Join Jo MacDonald and Mairi Sine Campbell as they talk about the new book—Somhairle MacGill-Eain – Na Bhriathran Fhèin. They edited and contributed to the book and have plenty to tell about their journey to creating this special book. With stories, photographs and the chance to ask questions, don’t miss the opportunity to join in!
Le taic bho/With support from Acair.
4.30pm Jacquard Suite, Paisley Town Hall
Free
Peter MacKay, An Comunn’s Bàrd for 2022, in conversation with the newly appointed bàrd for 2023.
Born and brought up on the Isle of Lewis, Peter has published two books of poetry: Gu Leòr / Galore, which was shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish Poetry Book of tthe Year and the Gaelic Book of the Year, and Nàdar De / Some Kind Of, which was shortlisted for the Ruaraidh MacThòmais Prize and longlisted for the Highland Book Prize. This event includes readings and discussion from two of Galedom’s most prominent Bàrds.
Le taic bho/With support from Comhairle nan Leabhraichean.
3pm Jacquard Suite, Paisley Town Hall
Free
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