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.*
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.*
Thig còmhla rinn airson feasgar de dh’òrain Ghàidhlig, geamannan agus pupaidean ann an Inbhir Nis!
Join us for an afternoon of Gaelic stories with songs, games and puppets with Cultarlann in Inverness!
Ages 5-8: 3.15 PM – 4 PM
Please register for tickets using your child’s name. Parents & guardians do not need to register tickets for themselves.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Thig còmhla rinn airson feasgar de dh’òrain Ghàidhlig, geamannan agus pupaidean ann an Inbhir Nis!
Join us for an afternoon of Gaelic stories with songs, games and puppets with Cultarlann in Inverness!
Ages 0-5: 2.15 PM – 3 PM
Please register for tickets using your child’s name. Parents & guardians do not need to register tickets for themselves.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Gaelic speaker and South Uist native Coinneach Maclean sits down with travel writer and BBC radio presenter Maureen Macleod to discuss his new book, Travels in Another Country: A Guide to Gaelic Scotland.
When you picture the Highlands and Islands, the heart of Gaelic-speaking Scotland, what comes to mind? A castle? Heilan Coos? Standing stones? A great stag? The lone piper?
That narrative bears little relation to the lived experience of the people who call it home. In Travels in Another Country, Coinneach journeys through the Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland from the perspective of the native Gaels. Using their songs, stories, poetry, and place names, he sets out to change the romanticised image of the Highlands and teach tourists (and tourist boards) a bit about the true experience of past and present Gaels.
Join Graham Cooper as he discusses the real people behind his new historical fiction novel, Am Prionnsa.
In June 1745, the peaceful folk of Tullynessle hear the news that Prince Charles Edward Stuart has come ashore in Eriskay. The landowner Charles Gordon and the Reverend Walter Syme, a widow with three daughters, need to make a decision. Will they support the Jacobites’ quest to reclaim the British throne?
Graham Cooper grew up in Aberdeenshire. After retiring from his medical career, he began to learn Gaelic at the Aberdeen Gaelic Club. Between 2012 and 2016, he did courses at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. At the Royal National Mòd in 2017 he won the Donald John MacIver Prize with a short story, and in 2022, his novel, An Ròs a Leigheas, won the ‘The Best Book for Adults’. Graham has three other Gaelic books in print: Dà Shamhradh ann an Raineach (Luath Press, 2019), An Sionnach/The Fox (Bruadar Press, 2024) and Am Prionnsa (Luath Press, 2025), a historical novel about the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
Join Shelagh Campbell for a reading of her latest book, Ailig agus an Dalek Gàidhlig.
When Ailig’s teacher arranges a Halloween party in school, Ailig knows that he wants to dress up as a Dalek. There’s only one problem, though – his teacher says that the children must dress up as characters who speak Gaelic.
Shelagh Campbell is from Glasgow and writes fiction for children and adults in Scottish Gaelic. She was selected as the Scottish Book Trust’s Gaelic New Writer Awardee for 2022. She won Gaelic Literature Awards for Best Unpublished Manuscript for Children in 2020 and 2023 and for Best Fiction Book in 2024. Her first novel for adults, Far na Slighe, was published by Luath Press in 2024 and her first children’s book, Ailig agus an Dalek Gàidhlig was published by Acair in 2025
Join us in celebrating the best books and unpublished manuscripts of the past year, with Angela MacEachen and other special guests. Full information about the shortlists is here.
We are grateful to the Highland Society of London, Donald Meek, Acair, and the family of the late Professor Derick Thomson for supporting the Gaelic Literature Awards 2025, and to Creative Scotland and Bòrd na Gàidhlig for their on-going support for the Gaelic Books Council’s work.
Simultaneous interpretation from Gaelic to English will be available.
Dress code: smart/casual
7.30pm – Drinks reception
8.00pm – Awards ceremony
Please note, filming and photography will take place at this event.
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!
*Please register for tickets using your child’s name. Parents do not need to register tickets for themselves.*
Please book here for the following session:
Session 2 (11:00 AM – 11:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
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!
*Please register for tickets using your child’s name. Parents do not need to register tickets for themselves.*
Please book here for the following session:
Session 1 (10:00 AM – 10:45 AM) – Children aged 0-5
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.
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