Ùr-Sgeul

TWENTY YEARS OF GAELIC FICTION 2003-2023

Brosnachadh tro Ùr-Sgeul

Maureen NicLeòid – sgrìobhadair agus stiùiriche Sgeul Media. G’e bìth dè tha thu a’ feuchainn ri dhèanamh na do bheatha, tha brosnachadh a dhith agus dhomhsa, ’s e brosnachadh mòr a bh’ ann an Ùr-Sgeul. Anns a’ bhliadhna…

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Ùr-Sgeul – Alasdair H. Caimbeul

Tha am fear-naidheachd, eòlaiche cànain agus neach eadar-theangachaidh Alasdair H. Caimbeul a’ tòirt sùil air buaidh Ùr-Sgeul. Ciamar a chaidh gnothaichean a leasachadh, agus a bheil leasain ann? ÙR-SGEUL AGUS FICSEAN AN…

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Dàn – o Bhuta Leòdhais tro Bhonn gu Seattle

Martin MacIntyre

Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir – Ùr-SgeulFicsean @ Fichead Cò shaoileadh gun tigeadh an tuil? An tul-fhìrinn cha do shaoil cus. Ach thàinig sa Ghàidhlig seadh sa Ghàidhlig Ghàidhlig briathran de rosg feadhainn aca làn bàrdachd…

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ÙR-SGEUL – NA GUTHAN ÙRA

Alison Lang

… Thòisich Ùr-Sgeul gu làidir. A’ leantainn air a’ chur-air-bhog eachdraidheil aig Fèis Leabhraichean Dhùn Èideann, bhuannaich a’ chiad leabhar, Ath-Aithne agus Sgeulachdan Eile le Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir, duais Ciad L…

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FICSEAN AIG FICHEAD

Martin MacIntyre

Ùr-Sgeul, 2003, Fèis Leabhraichean Eadar-nàiseanta Dhùn Èideann – a’ chiad tachartas.  Bho chlì: Anna Latharna Nic’IllIosa, Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul, Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir agus Aonghas Dubh MacNeacail.  An dealbh @ Com…

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The Gaelic Books Council celebrates twenty years of new Gaelic fiction. A new era began in 2003 with the emergence of Ùr-Sgeul, the pioneering initiative developed by the Gaelic Books Council in association with CLÀR. Professor Alan Riach, in Scottish Literature: An introduction (Luath, 2022), summarises the Ùr-Sgeul publishing project as “devoted to prose fiction and developing an increasingly impressive list of new titles: short stories and anthologies but mainly single-author novels”. The long-term aim was to stimulate and publish a diverse, plentiful range of Gaelic prose from a variety of writers: a body of work with an array of literary styles and subject matter. Over a ten year period, Ùr-Sgeul endeavoured to present and market this work in a way which would compare favourably to the best English language publishing initiatives. Since Ùr-Sgeul, other important fiction series have emerged including Aiteal (ACAIR), LASAG (Sandstone Press) and Ficsean Luath (Luath Press).