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Kickstarter Stretch Goal for Anne of Green Gables Gaelic Translation
WOW! You did it! So many of you helped us reach our Kickstarter project goal of CAD $15,000 and we are so grateful! BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE! Today we've announced a STRETCH GOAL! After a crowdfunding project reaches the main pledge goal, it's possible to set an extra...
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Meet the Cover Illustrator of Anna Ruadh: Anne of Green Gables in Gaelic
We’re translating Anne of Green Gables into Gaelic! Our cover illustrator is Etta Moffatt, a Nova Scotian designer with 30 years of experience. She lives in the Halifax area and her roots are in Cape Breton. (Here’s a photo of Etta in her studio with her rescue...
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Meet the Translator of Anna Ruadh: Anne of Green Gables in Gaelic
We’re translating Anne of Green Gables into Gaelic! Meet our translator, Mòrag Anna NicNèill, who lives in the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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Donate to translate Anne of Green Gables into Gaelic!
'Se seo am pròiseact ùr againn! Here's our new project! We're translating Anne of Green Gables into Gaelic. Kindred spirits, would you please help us spread the word? Donate to our crowdfunding campaign now and help us create this historic translation while supporting...
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Gaelic poetry book launch on Facebook Live, Saturday May 25
[Gaelic follows] On Saturday, May 25, 2019, join us for the launch of the new all-Gaelic poetry collection Bhon Phlateau dhan a' Chladach: Dàin by Calum L. MacLeòid, in a Facebook livestream! Calum will be reading poems from the book, talking about his writing, and...
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Free e-book download with paperback purchase, this week only
Read along with Calum L. MacLeòid at the online book launch of Bhon Phlateau dhan a’ Chladach! Buy the paperback online any time from now through the end of Friday May 24, 2019, e-mail a copy of your receipt to us at info@bradanpress.com, and we’ll send you a coupon...
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Poem Preview: “Na Fir Chlis agus Cupa Stanley”
The first Gaelic poetry collection from Calum L. MacLeòid, 2016 winner of the Scottish Book Trust Gaelic New Writers Award for prose. Topics include urban culture and landscape in Canada and Scotland, relationships failed and successful, the lives of everyday objects,...
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Bradan Press books and authors featured for Gaelic Nova Scotia Month
May is Mìos nan Gàidheal / Gaelic Nova Scotia Month, and we’re so happy to see Bradan Press Gaelic titles and authors getting a little love!
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Poem excerpt: “Dàin Toronto: A’ chiad latha” (earrann)
The poems in the first Gaelic collection from Calum L. MacLeòid take us from Montréal, Canada, to Glasgow, Scotland.
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Congratulations to Scott Ferguson and FMP Matrix, ECMA 2019 Winners!
Meal a naidheachd / Congratulations to Scott Ferguson of FMP Matrix in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, for winning Studio of the Year AND Studio Engineer of the Year at the 2019 East Coast Music Association (ECMA) Awards! We are so proud to have worked with Scott in 2018 on...
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New French book / Nouveau livre: Fionn MacCool et le saumon de la sagesse
Pour célébrer le Mois Gaélique de la Nouvelle-Écosse, Bradan Press est heureux d’annoncer que nous avons publier Fionn MacCool et le saumon de la sagesse ce mois-ci! To celebrate Mìos nan Gàidheal / Gaelic Nova Scotia Month, Bradan Press is happy to announce that we...
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Poem preview: “Bràistean Dùra”
Tha fios gun deach mìltean dhiubh a sgaoileadh Is barrachd air cus dhiubh Rin lorg an-diugh aig bonn tiona no biona. Chan eil ach aon air fhàgail agam fhìn. Ach tha tighinn fodham gealltainn riMo bhràist bheag dhùr, Lasan beag dòchais Air coilear cagoule. —“Bràistean...
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Poem preview: “Lochlannach”
“Lochlannach” (earrann), Bhon Phlateau dhan a’ Chladach: Dàin le Calum L. MacLeòid (Bradan Press, 2019)
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Poem preview: “Stoirm”
A-nis tha an tuil air tighinn, thusa air falbh a chluiche àiteigin am measg an stoirm mise gun fhasgadh ’s mo bhàta a’ dol fodha. Leig leam a dhol fodha nad stoirm a ghràidh. “Stoirm” (earrann) Bhon Phlateau dhan a’ Chladach Dàin le Calum L. MacLeòid Bradan Press,...
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Leabhar Ùr: Bhon Phlateau dhan a’ Chladach
Ri thighinn sa Chèitein! Anns a’ chiad chruinneachadh bàrdachd Ghàidhlig bho Chalum L. MacLeòid, tha na dàin gar toirt bho Mhontréal gu Glaschu.
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