{"title":"Fiction","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"scottish-literature","title":"Scottish Literature","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Ebooks are powered by Glassboxx\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luath.co.uk\/pages\/ebooks-audiobooks\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eClick here to learn about our Ebooks.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat do we mean by ‘Scottish literature’?\u003cbr\u003eWhy does it matter?\u003cbr\u003eHow do we engage with it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eBringing infectious enthusiasm and a lifetime’s experience to bear on this multi-faceted literary nation, Alan Riach, Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, sets out to guide you through the varied and ever-evolving landscape of Scottish literature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eA comprehensive and extensive work designed not only for scholars but also for the generally curious, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScottish Literature: an introduction\u003c\/em\u003e tells the tale of Scotland’s many voices across the ages, from Celtic pre-history to modern mass media. Forsaking critical jargon, Riach journeys chronologically through individual works and writers, both the famed and the forgotten, alongside broad overviews of cultural contexts which connect texts to their own times. 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It is encyclopaedic, refreshing, personal and yet detached, and it has provoked me into buying Gavin Douglas’s Aeneid, The Eneados, which is a bloody good read, as is the book that prompted its purchase\u003c\/em\u003e! \u003cstrong\u003eJOHN PURSER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlan Riach’s Scottish Literature: An Introduction is excellent – incredibly comprehensive! I think it is pitched at exactly the right level for the audience it’s aimed at. I’m already well into it and am looking forward to reading the whole book\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eRONALD RENTON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMagisterial \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA magnum opus\/tour de force\/labour of love, its impressively encyclopaedic range and lucid attention to detail are irradiated by a heart-warming enthusiasm for the subject. It conveys both the grandeur of a mountain, and the exhilaration of the climb.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSTEWART CONN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScottish Literature: An Introduction is ‘in a class of its own’ with ‘many happy provocations… Riach is a poet and a serious and intuitive, voracious, intellectual. The mirror to his mind, his writing sings and bustles with energy and daring. It ranges far and wide across the arts, nationally and internationally, and rallies the reader to be bolder… This is surely a work destined to be a landmark in Scotland’s literary history, for all time, a classic at a critical moment in its subject’s destiny.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eANDREW McNEILLIE, THE NATIONAL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI’ve been going through Scottish Literature: An Introduction with delight, marvelling at the way you have of stating things so accessibly. You’re a gift to the reader, and your prose never gets stodgy and clunky. Your proselytising zeal is exactly what Scottish literature needs. Your refusal to bow not just to Anglocentrism but to the Anglo-Saxon supremacism of those who promote Scots only at the expense of Gaelic is a credit to you. And I really appreciated the helpful anti-elitism of your approach. The 101 places chapter rounds things off beautifully and in a most unexpected way.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePATRICK CROTTY, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF IRISH AND SCOTTISH LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am just rolling up to the final pages of your book. I have relished every page and feel excited and energised by it.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDAVID HARDING, ARTIST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am very much enjoying your guide to Scottish literature. 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Ah kin luik there fur Brodie an aw.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBurds are meant tae fly.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBrodie the hoolet goes missing. But, being a hoolet wi a bad wing, the wee lass Iona is sent into a worry. Her mammy is busy trying to get her ready for school and the snaw is settling in. Brodie must be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eRunning through the garden and exploring Mad Billy’s fairm, Brodie couldnae have gone far. After aw, she was a hoolet that couldnae fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA fantastic book by award-winning Scots author Emma Grae, it explores themes of confidence and celebrates the idea that it is okay to be different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eLearn Scots and meet all the animals we encounter searching for Brodie in this bonnie wee book. Perfect for readers aged 7-10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWith a snowy setting, it will make a great gift this Christmas for any child in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Reviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eNamed as one of the Best Glasgow Books of 2023 by The Glasgow Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA braw tale of friendship and loss.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e GLASGOW EVENING TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is something totally different to what we have read before and that's something special. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSCOTT.YOU.READING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly would be a fantastic book to share aloud with young readers as it gives status to Scots and, for those of us unfamiliar with the vocabulary, is more easily accessed by hearing the words. It could also be a real catalyst for classrooms where children can consider language, accent and dialect, sharing words from their own mother tongues. I’d love to see it as a drama performance too, so that it has use and longevity beyond simply being a story...\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly\u003cspan\u003e is a cracking children’s book and very well worth adding to home or classroom bookshelves. I really enjoyed it! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLINDA'S BOOK BAG\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly by Emma Grae is a beautiful, tender and heartfelt story of a young girl losing something very dear to her, learning to cope with change and look past prejudices. All told in the rich voice of Emma, who uses Scots with a distinctly Glaswegian influence to create a warm, familiar, and comfortable feeling to a snow scattered tale. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGRACESBOOKSHELF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRead this to my class of 6 year olds and almost all of them loved it. They would cheer whenever it was time for another chapter and all wanted to be the one to tell us what happened last time. They enjoyed learning new Scots words and some got very, very excited to hear Scots in a book. They kept saying \"that's what we say at home!\" The illustrations are lovely and really complement the story. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSARAH, Teacher on GoodReads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hoolet This Couldnae Fly is a gorgeous story celebrating friendship and individuality. 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She is a passionate advocate of the Scots language and breaking the stigma around mental illness. She has published fiction and poetry in the UK and Ireland since 2014 in journals including \u003cem\u003eThe Honest Ulsterman, From Glasgow to Saturn\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e The Open Mouse\u003c\/em\u003e. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eBe Guid tae yer Mammy\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Unbound in August 2021 and was awarded Scots Book of the Year at the Scots Language Awards 2022. 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Though she may now live in Edinburgh, she relives her memories with a sense of warmth and protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYet, it is more than simple nostalgia for a time she cannot return to. At its core, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElectricity\u003c\/em\u003e is about community, and what it is to involve it in your life fully. Electricity itself sparked across the Hebrides and changed the lives of its people forever. You become more than your family, friends, or even neighbours. The landscape itself floods into your DNA. It is something that you will never separate from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis latest novel from award-winning writer Angus Peter Campbell has already garnered attention across the board. It will be not only popular with rural Scots but those who long for the simpler times they grew up in - times when we were more physically connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn pencil-written and drawing-spattered notebooks intended for her Australian granddaughter, an elderly woman, now in Edinburgh, remembers and relives her Hebridean childhood. The community thus recreated is one where modernity – its emblem the Electricity of Angus Peter Campbell’s title – collides and overlaps with all sorts of linguistic, cultural and other continuities. But this is no sentimental or elegaic excursion into a long-gone past What’s evoked here is a powerful sense of what it was, and is, to grow up amid family, neighbours and surroundings of a sort providing, for the most part, both security and happiness. - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJAMES HUNTER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA beautiful portrayal of a Hebridean childhood. Elegiac and transfixing. A story of love and loss, a valediction but also a reaffirmation of joy and hope for humanity. It’s incredibly difficult to express how much the words, the gift for memory and language, in this novel have touched me. I couldn’t put it down.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSELINA SCOTT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAngus Peter Campbell’s “Electricity” is both lyrical and earthy, bringing to life a community of colourful characters and a tradition of island living that has a rhythm all of its own.  Full of warmth and wisdom and humour, it captures a society on the cusp of progress where everything – and nothing – is set to change.  Light and heat and water come to the island with the flick of a switch, but all modernisation prompts small births and deaths that bring approval and opposition in equal measure. Told through the reflective messages of a loving gran to her adored granddaughter, it is a story that is essentially about generational change, yet at its heart is a message as eternal as the island’s rocks. 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It’s the novel I would take with me to the desert island\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFR COLIN MACINNES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI enjoyed this book immensely. It reads beautifully, drawing you in slowly until it dawns on you that you’re hooked. A book which is as much an act of reverence as a work of fiction.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLOUIS\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDE BERNIÈRES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA joy from beginning to end. \u003c\/em\u003e- \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKAREN MATHESON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn enchanting novel and a kind one ... the sentiment here rings diamond-true. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- ALLAN MASSIE, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElectricity reflects on the gentle way of island life before the bustle and demands of the modern world took over, recalls listening to his neighbour’s wireless that night, with the commentators’ description of events in the boxing ring igniting vivid pictures in his head. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- SANDRA DICK, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA wonderful tale of recollection, of time passing, family and community.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- BOOKS FROM SCOTLAND\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElectricity could have been written by no other author at any other time...It's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea fine, warm, authentic piece of literature. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- ROGER HUTCHINSON, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWest Highland Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA wonderful and warm read that will raise spirits and gladden the heart, and is a reminder that there is no such thing as an ordinary life \u003c\/em\u003e– \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eevery single one is extraordinary. When it comes to writing, Campbell is a true craftsman and Electricity is storytelling at its finest.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- ALISTAIR BRAIDWOOD, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSnack Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI really enjoyed reading this beautiful new book and found it uplifting and deeply moving. The author has such a lovely turn of phrase, capturing big, important truths in seemingly simple lines. As I read, it kept reminding me of Seamus Heaney's poem The Railway Children. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- MEL GROUNDSELL, Editor, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAm Pàipear, Uist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElectricity is a lovely, life-enhancing read without being self-indulgent, it describes the past without being claggy or sentimental and conveys a longing for the connection and vivid personalities of a Hebridean childhood without cliched nostalgia. Although I grew up hundreds of miles south in the city of Belfast, I found myself nodding with recognition at his brilliantly authentic depiction of the eager child's mind. And there's a bonus for those without the Gaelic - reading Angus Peter in English feels like having a tiny vicarious brush with Gàidhlig itself. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- LESLEY RIDDOCH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike a Talisker savoured in front of a peat fire ‘Electricity’ is the real deal. Brimming with knowledge, simply told, the book like the dram, blooms as the scope of its ambition unfolds. This is ‘Cianalas’ the Gaelic longing for home, re-created from a technicolour Hebridean childhood by a grandparent in her Edinburgh exile. Few are better equipped than Angus Peter Campbell to chart the practical and cultural changes electricity brought to the Gàidhealtachd. Fewer still to craft a wiser or more eloquent ‘Sgeulaiche’ than Annie.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- TED BROCKLEBANK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI’ve been deeply affected by reading ‘Electricity’. It’s stirred so many memories of my own childhood, so connected to Housman’s ‘blue remembered hills.’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- PETER PIDDOCK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA quirky touching novel which has as its core premise the transformation of the Hebrides through the arrival of electricity, but which is really a thoughtful reflection on the meaning of community… Campbell, who is a native Gaelic speaker from South Uist, has a poet’s eye for detail and a beautifully understated cadence to his prose. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- SCOTTISH FIELD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAngus Peter has that rare talent of knowing his characters intimately, he can recite their genealogy and he knows their foibles. They are loved and cared for in a quiet maternal way, respected and protected from external predatory forces… This isn’t so much about nostalgia as a reminder of the proper rules of the game of life. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- CATHY MACDONALD, Stornoway Gazette\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElectricity is an amazing book, poetic, immersive, joyful.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003eLOUISE WELSH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere is such beauty and loveliness in Angus Peter’s writing. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- JOHN DEMPSTER, The Inverness Courier\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eMemory \u0026amp; Straw:\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWinner of the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA face is nothing without its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eGavin and Emma live in Manhattan. She's a musician. He works in Artificial Intelligence. He's good at his job. Scarily good. He's researching human features to make more realistic mask-bots - non-human `carers' for elderly people. When his enquiry turns personal he's forced to ask whether his own life is an artificial mask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDelving into family stories and his roots in the Highlands of Scotland, he embarks on a quest to discover his own true face, `uniquely sprung from all the faces that had been'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHe returns to England to look after his Grampa. Travels. Reads old documents. Visits ruins. Borrows, plagiarises and invents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBut when Emma tells him his proper work is to make a story out of glass and steel, not memory and straw, which path will he choose? What's the best story he can give her?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA novel about the struggle for freedom and personal identity; what it means to be human. It fuses the glass and steel of our increasingly controlled algorithmic world with the memory and straw of our forebears' world controlled by traditions and taboos, the seasons and the elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis novel is about living, nothing less. A glorious adventure in voices, it sifts through memory and randomness, what we retain and do not, the vividness of the fragments that inexplicably linger in technicolour, and our own, never-outgrown, absurdity. It's about land and water and fairies; the marvellous and the unavoidable, and what we finally, with due modesty, grasp as essential. An irrepressible, quite remarkable, joy.\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eJanice Galloway\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-container\" data-page-width=\"418\" data-page-height=\"640\" id=\"ypembedcontainer\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.yumpu.com\/en\/embed\/view\/vyrtOe2fLGKDPH09\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/Angus_Peter_Campbell.png?v=1719391382\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eANGUS PETER CAMPBELL is a native of the Island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides and was brought up there and on the Island of Seil in Argyll. He attended Oban High School where his English teacher was Iain Crichton Smith, then graduated with Honours in History and Politics from the University of Edinburgh, under the guidance of the great Marxist teacher Professor Richard Ashcraft from the UCLA who was a Visiting Fellow at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHis writing has won many awards over the years, including the premier Bardic Crown from the leading Gaelic organisation, An Comunn Gàidhealach. His Gaelic novel An Oidhche Mus do Sheòl Sinn was voted by the public into the Top Ten of the Best-Ever novels from Scotland. His poetry collection The Greatest Gift was reviewed as a masterpiece by Sorley MacLean, his poetry collection Aibisidh won the Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award in 2012, and his novel Memory and Straw the Scottish Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2017. 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Nach tig sibh còmhla ris air an sgiorradh chunnartach seo tarsainn na Roinn Eòrpa gu bhan nan tiops agus nan reòiteagan ri taobh an A9?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eFar am faigh sibh, aig a’ char as lugha, aon Chornetto...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlthough Constable Murdo has retired, and he and his female friend are happily passing the time watching ‘A Place in the Sun’, he is still invaluable at a time of crisis.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDespite Brexit, weekly shellfish stocks are leaving the islands for Europe, and being replaced by more unsavoury goods. Who is the Big Boss and who are the minions working for him? Murdo may not be the most educated of characters, but he has a generic wisdom that can distinguish a sheep from a goat, so who better to go in search of the truth?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA delightful contemporary story that takes the reader from Mallaig to Marseille.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePenetrating, hilarious, challenging and inviting. Why don’t you join him on this dangerous adventure across Europe to the chips and ice-cream van beside the A9?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-page-height=\"640\" data-page-width=\"413\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.yumpu.com\/xx\/embed\/view\/2MyNRw1SXPZagnrh\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row sqs-row\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1719391665303_100\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col sqs-col-7 span-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" id=\"block-db74d82bba70b79ddb67\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/Angus_Peter_Campbell.png?v=1719391382\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\"\u003eTha Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul air iomadach duais a chosnadh mar bhàrd, nobhailiche, neach-naidheachd, craoladair agus cleasaiche. Buinidh e do dh’Uibhist-a-Deas far an deach a thogail gus an do ghluais a theaghlach a-mach gu sgìre an Òbain nuair a bha e 13. Chaidh e dhan Àrd Sgoil an sin, far an robh Iain Crichton Mac a’ Ghobhainn ga theagasg. Cheumnaich e le Àrd Urram ann am Poileataics agus Eachdraidh o Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, agus tha e air a bhith ag obrachadh anns na meadhanan on uair sin. Ann an 2011 chaidh Crùn na Bàrdachd a thoirt dha. Ann an 2002 choisinn e Duais Chruthachail na h-Alba agus ann an 2008 chaidh ainmeachadh airson BAFTA son an Cleasaiche as fhèarr son na rinn e anns am film Seachd. Chaidh an nobhail Gàidhlig aige, ‘An Oidhche Mus do Sheòl Sinn’ a bhòtadh a-steach leis a’ phoball dhan Phrìomh Dheich anns a’ chlàr airson na 100 leabhraichean a b’ fhèarr a chaidh riamh a dhèanamh an Alba. Sgrìobh Somhairle MacGill-Eain seo mu dheidhinn – “Chan eil teagamh sam bith agam nach e Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul fear de na bàird as fhèarr a th’againn ann an Alba, ann an cànan sam bith.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eANGUS PETER CAMPBELL is a native of the Island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides and was brought up there and on the Island of Seil in Argyll. He attended Oban High School where his English teacher was Iain Crichton Smith, then graduated with Honours in History and Politics from the University of Edinburgh, under the guidance of the great Marxist teacher Professor Richard Ashcraft from the UCLA who was a Visiting Fellow at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHis writing has won many awards over the years, including the premier Bardic Crown from the leading Gaelic organisation, An Comunn Gàidhealach. His Gaelic novel An Oidhche Mus do Sheòl Sinn was voted by the public into the Top Ten of the Best-Ever novels from Scotland. His poetry collection The Greatest Gift was reviewed as a masterpiece by Sorley MacLean, his poetry collection Aibisidh won the Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award in 2012, and his novel Memory and Straw the Scottish Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2017. The writer, academic and singer Dr Anne Lorne Gillies has described him as ‘an international literary figure alongside the likes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison and Laura Esquivel’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row sqs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col sqs-col-12 span-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule\" data-block-type=\"47\" id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1519996437497_6134\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Luath Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42756146397334,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/Bundlecovertemplate4.png?v=1695302359"},{"product_id":"jules-verne-collection","title":"Jules Verne Collection","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Underground City\u003c\/em\u003e by Jules Verne, 9781842820803\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJules Verne’s Scotland\u003c\/em\u003e by Ian Thompson, 9781906817374\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eThe Underground City:\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fourth most translated author in the world, Jules Verne is best known for his adventure novels\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAround the World in 80 Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJourney to the Centre of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e. Verne also set stories in Scotland, however, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Underground City\u003c\/em\u003e. In this all-new translation, Verne uses the mist-shrouded shores of Loch Katrine and the Trossachs as sinister scenery against which an enthralling tale of adventure, love and the supernatural unfolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen years after manager James Starr left the Aberfoyle mine underneath Loch Katrine exhausted of coal, he receives an intriguing missive that suggests the pit isn’t barren after all. When Starr returns and discovers that there is indeed more coal to quarry, he and his workers are beset by strange events, hinting at a presence that does not wish to see them excavate the cavern further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCould there be someone out to sabotage their work? Or is something more menacing afoot, something unnatural they can neither see nor understand? When one of his miners falls in love with a young girl found abandoned down a mineshaft, their unknown assailant makes it clear that nothing will stop its efforts to shut down the mine and prevent the wedding, even if that means draining Loch Katrine itself!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 16px; float: left;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/JULES_VERNE.png?v=1719585190\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJULES VERNE (1828-1905), French writer and pioneer of science fiction, whose best known works today are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1870) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1873).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJules Gabriel Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France. His parents were of a seafaring tradition, a factor which influenced his writings. As a boy, Jules Verne ran off to be a cabin boy on a merchant ship, but he was caught and returned to his parents. In 1847, Jules was sent to study law in Paris. Later in 1850, Jules Verne's first play was published. His father was outraged when he heard that Jules was not going to continue law and discontinued the money he was giving him to pay for his expenses in Paris. This forced Verne to make money by selling his stories. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eJules Verne's Scotland:\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI still see, as in a vision, beautiful picturesque Edinburgh, with its Heart of Midlothian, and many entrancing memories; the Highlands, world-forgotten Iona, and the wild Hebrides. \u003c\/em\u003eJULES VERNE, 1895\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eJules Verne's first visit to Scotland lasted a mere five days, but that was enough to instil within him a lifelong passion for the small country; a passion which had a profound impact on his literary work and fuelled his creative imagination. Two journeys, 20 years apart, and five novels set partly or wholly in Scotland, show how the influence of the country rippled all the way through his life. Jules Verne's Scotland guides the reader through Verne's journeys, first in 1859 and again in 1879, where he witnessed the majesty of Edinburgh and the industrial buzz of Glasgow together with the unspoilt beauty of the Highlands and Islands. As well as providing insights into Verne's travels in Scotland, Ian Thompson provides analysis of novels such as The Underground City and The Green Ray that immortalise Scotland in their pages. Thompson evokes the history of the land, the rugged scenery and the enduring spirit of Scotland, which remained in Verne's memory all his life and was evoked with passion in his storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVerne's imagination may have taken him - and us - to the centre of the Earth and the bottom of the ocean; but it was to Scotland that it returned, over and over again. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlthough the trip was short-lived, Verne’s experience of Scotland lived forever in his memory, sparking scenes and plots in future works.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eCOLIN WATERS, News Net Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/IAN_THOMPSON.png?v=1719584489\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIAN THOMPSON graduated from the Universities of Durham and Indiana. He held lecturing posts in the universities of Leeds, Southampton and Miami University Ohio before being appointed to the Chair of Geography at Glasgow University in 1976. He is now a Professor at the University of Glasgow, and a leading expert on Jules Verne. He was made an Honorary Life Fellow of La Société de Géographie (Paris) in 2003 and awarded the rank of Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Government in 2005. He is an author, translator and editor of over 20 books on economic and social development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luath Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42756341858454,"sku":"","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/Bundlecovertemplate13.png?v=1695311714"},{"product_id":"the-laddie-the-mowdie-the-tod-and-the-cuddie","title":"The Laddie, the Mowdie, the Tod and the Cuddie","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Laddie, the Mowdie, the Todd and the Cuddie, \u003c\/em\u003eby Charlie Mackesy, translated by Matthew Fitt, Hardback, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781910022177\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Laddie, the Mowdie, the Todd and the Cuddie: The Animatit Story, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Charlie Mackesy, translated by Matthew Fitt, Hardback, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e9781804250457\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eThe Laddie, the Mowdie, the Tod and the Cuddie:\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThis is a brilliant and creative rendition of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy translated into Scots by Matthew Fitt.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDiscover the very special book that has captured the hearts of millions of readers all over the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA book of hope for uncertain times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eEnter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? 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His award-winning work has featured in books, private collections, galleries and public spaces around the world. His internationally bestselling book, \u003cem\u003eThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in October 2019 and holds the record for the most consecutive weeks in the Sunday Times Non-Fiction Chart across all formats as well as being the longest running \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e Non-Fiction Number One of all time. A number one \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-seller, it is one of eight books since 2013 that has remained on the number one \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller and on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Advice, Misc. 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Away from art, Charlie co-runs Mama Buci, a honey social enterprise in Zambia that helps families of low and no income become beekeepers. He lives between Brixton and Suffolk with his dog Barney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1695311963285_100\" class=\"row sqs-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col sqs-col-7 span-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-540123b4e8f57dc0d4cf\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/MATTHEW_FITT.png?v=1719400268\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\"\u003eMATTHEW FITT was born in Dundee in 1968. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1990 and, between 1995 and 1997, held the Brownsbank Fellowship, residing alongside ghosts and wallydugs at the former home of Hugh MacDiarmid. Author of the scandalous ‘Kate O’Shanter’s Tale’, his poetry and short stories have been published widely. 'But n Ben A-Go-Go' is his first novel. 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A gripping plot full of credible characters... set in a convincing background.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSCOTS MAGAZINE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA man tries to forge a new future for himself by reconnecting with his past. Iain Martin hopes that by returning to his Hebridean heartland and embarking on a quest to reconstruct an ancient family home, he might find a new purpose. But as he begins work on the old blackhouse, he uncovers a secret from the past which forces him to question everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fine, rewarding read.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTHE SUNDAY HERALD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA combination of Changing Rooms and Agatha Christie, Mackay’s Heartland demonstrates the Scotland Today presenter has a readable easy-going prose style.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSCOTTISH REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\" data-page-width=\"410\" data-page-height=\"640\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yumpu.com\/en\/embed\/view\/GCoHx1kcBSJvhW90\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/Aeschylus_ef833755-6bce-41ed-81e7-74c9731942bb.png?v=1729861206\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\"\u003eJOHN MACKAY is a Scottish broadcast journalist and STV News presenter.  John is co-anchor on \u003cem\u003eSTV News at Six\u003c\/em\u003e and presenter on \u003cem\u003eScotland Tonight, \u003c\/em\u003ethe country's most popular news and current affairs programmes.  A highly-respected journalist with over 30 years’ experience, John has covered many of the biggest news stories in Scotland in recent times and has been witness to Scotland’s transformation as a society and a nation which he charts in non-fiction title, \u003cem\u003eNotes of a Newsman\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eJohn’s fiction writing draws upon the oral traditions of his Hebridean background with a trilogy of bestselling novels set in the Isle of Lewis, the first of which has been adapted for the big screen.  His fourth novel, a sweeping Hebridean story, \u003cem\u003eHome\u003c\/em\u003e, follows the stories of one family over 100 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Luath Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42757187403926,"sku":"9781910021903","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print","offer_id":42759740457110,"sku":"9781910022009","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":42759737966742,"sku":"9781909912113","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/products\/9781910021903.jpg?v=1750084920"},{"product_id":"home","title":"Home","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAudiobook available\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Audible-Home\/dp\/B09SNB56MM\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KBM6QH8YQACI\u0026amp;keywords=home+john+mackay\u0026amp;qid=1695638205\u0026amp;s=audible\u0026amp;sprefix=home+john+mackay%2Caudible%2C91\u0026amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Ebooks are powered by Glassboxx\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/luath.co.uk\/pages\/ebooks-audiobooks\"\u003eClick here to learn about our Ebooks.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt for the new age, the house stood boldly upright on the edge of the ocean withstanding the harsh blasts of a cruel century, nurturing and protecting the family within, watchful of hearts swollen or broken, dreams delivered and dashed. 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He also appeared in the premiere of John Arden’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eArmstrong’s Last Goodnight\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ein 1964\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e Other stage work until 1991 included King Humanitie in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Thrie Estaites\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003efor Tyrone Guthrie at the Edinburgh Festival, Archie Rice in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Entertainer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eat Dundee (1972), Cyrano de Bergerac at Newcastle (1974), Becket in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMurder in the Cathedral\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eat the Edinburgh Festival of 1986 and Macbeth in the same Festival in 1989. 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Tha i air a chleachdadh gus ionnsramaid ùr nodha a chruthachadh, a tha a’ dèanamh follaiseach na ceanglaichean brèagha eadar gach nì – agus gach duine – anns an t-saoghal. Ach, tha muinntir eile air tòir an fhiosrachaidh seo cuideachd, agus tha Angela a-nist ga faighinn fhèin ann an cunnart cho mòr gu bheil ceist oirre – am b’ urrainn dhi fuireach ann an Alba?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDà cheud bliadhna às dèidh nan làithean nuair a bha Angela beò, tha eachdraiche òg air lorg fhaighinn air an sgeulachd aice. Agus le taic bho charaid àraid – a tha cracte air nobhailean mu dhèidhinn seann luchd- rannsachaidh prìobhaideach – tha i a’ faighinn sealladh às ùr air ciamar a thàinig an cinne-daonna tro sgrios, cogadh, agus ùpraid, gu beatha shaor, bheairteach, far a bheil daoine a’ dèanamh deiseil gus siubhal do na speuran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTha Daibhidh Eyre air sgeulachd ghleusta is shiùbhlach a chruthachadh, a tha a’ tòiseachadh am measg ath-bheothachadh na Gàidhlig san Eilean Sgitheanach, agus a’ crìochnachadh anns na speuran. Turas thar-labhairt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrith-eachdraidh ann an nobhail làn dòchais. Gàbhaidh math!\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTIM ARMSTRONG\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"embed-container\" data-page-width=\"400\" data-page-height=\"640\" id=\"ypembedcontainer\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.yumpu.com\/xx\/embed\/view\/OCa4fnqxjsVIZTFv\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/David_Eyre.png?v=1719399504\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; float: left;\"\u003eRUGADH DAIBHIDH EYRE\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eann an Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath ann an 1972. Thòisich e air Gàidhlig ionnsachadh aig Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann. Tha e air a bhith a’ fuireach ann an Glaschu airson a’ mhòr-chuid de a bheatha ag obair sna meadhanan, ach a-nise bidh e a’ fuireach san Leargaidh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTha cuid de na dàin aige air nochdadh ann am Poetry Scotland, Irish Pages, Northwards Now, An Guth agus Gutter agus ann an cruinneachaidhean leithid New Writing Scotland, The Harbour agus Windows on Burns Night 2012. Ann an 2013, fhuair an dàn aige ʽLucozade’ air a’ ghearr-liosta airson co-fharpais na bàrdachd Ghàidhlig agus Ghaeilge, Comórtas Filíochta an Choirnéil Eoghain Uí Néill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBha e na sgrìobhaiche air mhuinntireas aig Fèis Bàrdachd StAnsa 2018, le taic bho Urras Edwin Mòrgan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBidh e a’ sgrìobhadh rosg cuideachd: ann an 2015, dh’fhoillsicheadh a’ chiad nobhail aige\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlainne\u003c\/em\u003e le Sandstone Press, agus chaidh\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCailèideascop\u003c\/em\u003e fhoillseachadh ann an 2017 le Luath Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDAVID EYRE was born in North Lanarkshire in 1972. He started learning Gaelic at Edinburgh University. For most of his life, he has lived in Glasgow, working in the news and media, but now lives in Largs in North Ayrshire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome of his poems have appeared in Poetry Scotland, Irish Pages, Northwords Now, An Guth, and Gutter, as well as the collections New Writing Scotland, The Harbour, and Windows on Burns Night 2012. 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Tha i a’ fuireach ann an Siorrachd Rinfrìu a-nis. Ged a tha Gàidhlig aice bho thùs, cha do thòisich i ri sgrìobhadh innte gus an d’ fhuair i teastanasan Gàidhlig aig Àrd Ìre, mar inbheach. Choisinn i Duais nan Sgrìobhadairean Ùra (CnL\/SBT) ann an 2017 far an d’ fhuair i mentorachd bho Mhàrtainn Mac An t-Saor. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDheasaich agus dh’ eadar-theangaich i cruinneachadh de sgrìobhaidhean a màthair airson an leabhar dà-chànanach \u003cem\u003eDìleab Cholbhasach\/A Colonsay Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e (Acair, 2013). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eTha airteagalan,sgeulachdan agus neo-ficsean aithriseal aice air nochdadh anns na h-irisean \u003cem\u003eCothrom\u003c\/em\u003e agus \u003cem\u003eSteall\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNorthwords Now\/Tuath\u003c\/em\u003e agus anns na cruinneachaidhean \u003cem\u003eNourish\/Beathachadh\u003c\/em\u003e (SBT, 2017) agus \u003cem\u003eNew Writing vol 9\u003c\/em\u003e(SBT,2018). 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