There will be four Gaelic events at the Aye Write festival in Glasgow in March. Tickets are available from www.ayewrite.com
Eadar Pinn is Guthan Binn: Gaelic Songwriting
Friday 16th March, 18.00
Mitchell Library
Join three renowned Gaelic lyricists and singers, Gillebride MacMillan, Alasdair Whyte and Mark Spencer Turner, as they discuss their song-writing process. Discover the inspiration behind some of the best-known songs from the contemporary Gaelic music scene and hear them performed live.
**Simultaneous translation will be provided at this event for non-Gaelic speakers.**
Gaelic Songs of Islay
Sunday 18th March, 18.30
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
A celebration of songs from Islay’s Gaelic community, capturing the spirit of the landscape, history and culture of the island. Ò rain I leach (published by Acair) is a distinctive local collaboration, gathering previously unpublished songs together with old favourites. A discussion of the book will be interspersed with musical performances from soloists and Gaelic choirs.
**This event will be in English and Gaelic**
Book Launch: Am Balach Beag a dh’Èisteadh aig Dorsan
Friday 23rd March, 18.00
Mitchell Library
Join Alison Lang, celebrated Gaelic novelist, short story writer and playwright, as she launches her latest novel, The Little Boy who Listened at Doors, from Luath Press. Tormod is captivated by stories about the island, the folk who left and those who stayed, and about the big, wide world he has hasn’t had a chance to explore...yet.
**Simultaneous translation will be provided at this event for non-Gaelic speakers.**
The New Wave of Gaelic Sci-fi
Friday 23rd March, 19.45
Mitchell Library
How do you create a new universe in Gaelic? How do you come up with Gaelic words for ‘space-station’, ‘escape velocity’ or ‘cybernetic’?
Join Tim Armstrong, David Eyre and Iain Finlay MacLeod as they discuss the new wave of sci-fi writing in Gaelic and how they see the genre progressing in the future.
**Simultaneous translation will be provided at this event for non-Gaelic speakers.**
There will also be 4 'Leugh is Seinn le Linda' sessions for families at Wee Write 2018. All sessions will take place in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow and are free. More information from www.ayewrite.com** Although primarily in Gaelic, sessions will be welcoming to parents who are learning the language or who are non-Gaelic speakers
Eadar Pinn is Guthan Binn: Gaelic Songwriting
Friday 16th March, 18.00
Mitchell Library
Join three renowned Gaelic lyricists and singers, Gillebride MacMillan, Alasdair Whyte and Mark Spencer Turner, as they discuss their song-writing process. Discover the inspiration behind some of the best-known songs from the contemporary Gaelic music scene and hear them performed live.
**Simultaneous translation will be provided at this event for non-Gaelic speakers.**
Gaelic Songs of Islay
Sunday 18th March, 18.30
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
A celebration of songs from Islay’s Gaelic community, capturing the spirit of the landscape, history and culture of the island. Ò rain I leach (published by Acair) is a distinctive local collaboration, gathering previously unpublished songs together with old favourites. A discussion of the book will be interspersed with musical performances from soloists and Gaelic choirs.
**This event will be in English and Gaelic**
Book Launch: Am Balach Beag a dh’Èisteadh aig Dorsan
Friday 23rd March, 18.00
Mitchell Library
Join Alison Lang, celebrated Gaelic novelist, short story writer and playwright, as she launches her latest novel, The Little Boy who Listened at Doors, from Luath Press. Tormod is captivated by stories about the island, the folk who left and those who stayed, and about the big, wide world he has hasn’t had a chance to explore...yet.
**Simultaneous translation will be provided at this event for non-Gaelic speakers.**
The New Wave of Gaelic Sci-fi
Friday 23rd March, 19.45
Mitchell Library
How do you create a new universe in Gaelic? How do you come up with Gaelic words for ‘space-station’, ‘escape velocity’ or ‘cybernetic’?
Join Tim Armstrong, David Eyre and Iain Finlay MacLeod as they discuss the new wave of sci-fi writing in Gaelic and how they see the genre progressing in the future.
**Simultaneous translation will be provided at this event for non-Gaelic speakers.**
There will also be 4 'Leugh is Seinn le Linda' sessions for families at Wee Write 2018. All sessions will take place in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow and are free. More information from www.ayewrite.com** Although primarily in Gaelic, sessions will be welcoming to parents who are learning the language or who are non-Gaelic speakers
