On Septmeber 22, Bradan Press president Dr. Emily McEwan gave an invited presentation about Gaelic in Nova Scotia for the Cuairt Mhòr nan Gàidheal, a Gaelic literary walking tour of Glasgow, Scotland, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Comhairle nan Leabhraichean (the Gaelic Books Council).
Dr. McEwan posted a short video from the walking tour on her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dremilymcewan/videos/346284476140407/
Here are some photos from the event:
Route of the Cuairt Mhòr in Glasgow’s West End
Còisir Ghàidhlig Bhaile Ghobhainn / Govan Gaelic Choir performing at the Tall Ship at the Riverside Museum
Gaelic author Maureen NicLeòid speaking about life in Glasgow and reading from her work on a stop of the walking tour (Alasdair Whyte, to her right, spoke at the first stop of the tour)
Dealbh-chluich / Play by Alison Lang at Kelvingrove Art Museum
L to R: Dr. Emily McEwan of Bradan Press, Shelagh Campbell of the Gaelic Books Council, and Michael Klevenhaus of Deutsches Zentrum für Gälischen Sprache und Kultur/Acadamaidh na Gàidhlig sa Ghearmailt at the Goethe Institut, Glasgow
Na rickshaws ann am Park Circus!
Kelvingrove Park from the rickshaw
In front of the University of Glasgow Celtic Department on the last stop of the Cuairt Mhòr nan Gàidheal (Gaelic literary walking tour of Glasgow)
L to R: Shelagh Campbell and Rosemary Ward of the Gaelic Books Council, Dr. Emily McEwan, and new Bradan Press author Marion F. Morrison at the Gaelic Books Council
Still life with Gaelic books, Nova Scotia Gaelic flags, and Scottish tablet (in the boxes) at the Gaelic Books Council