Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2023 - World Gaelic Week 2023 at the SPL
Join us at the Scottish Poetry Library on 23rd February for a stimulating session of new Gaelic poetry and discussion with Robbie MacLeod and Rona MacDonald!
About Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2023 - World Gaelic Week 2023 at the SPL
Bàird Ùra Sgoinneil lem Bàrdachd - Exciting New Poetry from Poets to Look Out for!
Cluinnear bàrdachd ùr làidir bho Rona Dhòmhnallach is Robbie MacLeòid, dithis a tha an dèidh aire dhaoine a ghlacadh o chionn bliadhna no dhà son brìgh is beòthas an cuid obrach. Gheibhear cothrom cuideachd ceistean a chur orra mu na ceumannan a ghabh iad air an t-slighe chruthachail seo.
A stimulating session of new Gaelic poetry and discussion regarding its development is promised with Robbie MacLeod and Rona MacDonald. Join us free in The Scottish Poetry Library on the Thursday of World Gaelic Week 2023!
Hosted by Martin MacIntyre, SPL Poetry Ambassador and Gaelic Writer in Residence at The University of Edinburgh.
NB: While the discussion will be mostly in Gaelic, poets will also share English versions of much of their work.
About Rona MacDonald
Raised on the family croft on the island of South Uist, Rona is part of the lost generation of Gaelic speakers, where many were discouraged from connecting with Gaelic language and culture at school, in a time before the Gaelic-Medium revival had begun. From a family of renowned Gaelic singers, storytellers and pipers she tries to challenge and address this imbalance in her cultural identity through her writing, something that she has been driven to do since her early teens.
In the last few years she has written and performed Fuaigh, a Ceilidh Play commissioned by the National Theatre of Scotland and part of a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 and a sell-out performance at Celtic Connections 2018. In 20/21 she adapted Sophocles Antigone and performed the summer of 2022 in a site specific space with a cast of Gaelic Actors. Rona takes on regular Gaelic teaching roles, workshop and collaboration with other theatre makers and artists. She completed a 6 month residency with the Imaginate International Festival with a new piece Chan Urrain Dhomh Falach Nad Theanga/ I Can’t Hide in Your Tongue. Over the years her poetry has been published in a handful of publications and in 2019 she was the recipient of the acclaimed Ruairidh MacThomais/ Derek Thompson Poetry Prize to commemorate 30 years of the Gaelic Books Council for her piece Ochd ceud ‘s ochd air fhichead Uinneag
About Robbie MacLeod
’S e sgrìobhaiche agus acadaimigeach a th’ ann an Robbie MacLeòid, a bhios a’ cruthachadh sa Ghàidhlig agus sa Bheurla. Tha e foillsichte mar bhàrd agus sgrìobhaiche sgeulachdan, agus tha e air duaisean a bhuannachadh airson a chuid sgrìobhaidh agus airson geamaichean agus fiolmaichean a chruthachadh. Lorgair na sgrìobhaidhean aige ann an Gutter, New Writing Scotland, 404 Ink, agus STEALL, am measg àiteannan eile. Bidh e a’ streamadh sa Ghàidhlig air Twitch fon ainm Cluicheamaid. Aig àm sgrìobhaidh, tha e ag obair mar Òraidiche ann an Ceiltis agus Gàidhlig aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu.
Robbie MacLeòid is a writer and academic, who works in Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) and English. He has been published as a poet, songwriter, and short story writer, and has won awards for writing, game design, and film making. His work can be found in Gutter, New Writing Scotland, 404 Ink, and STEALL, amongst other places. He runs Cluicheamaid, a regular Gàidhlig-language video game stream on Twitch. He currently works as Lecturer in Celtic and Gaelic at the University of Glasgow.
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