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A Gael, A Teuchter but no fae Balinaheuchter. Trans Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter. None of my views are my own.
🎙️NEW SPL PODCAST: Isabelle Baafi
Our resident Nothing But The Poem host, @samueltongue.bsky.social leads an immersive analysis of 2 poems from Forward Prize winning poet Isabelle Baafi's debut collection Chaotic Good.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Cover of Maya MacGregor’s All the Stars in the Daylight Sky with pride flag hearts below it (bisexual, genderfluid, agender, and lesbian flags)
Quote from Booklist’s starred review of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky: “MacGregor represents Gaelic lore well while thoughtfully integrating the nuance of neurodivergence and grief throughout. A welcome, cosy queer romantasy with a uniquely informed twist on the popular fae subgenre.”
Quote from Kirkus’s review of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky: “The characters and sparkling queer romance at the heart of the story are enchanting. A magical and romantic fantasy steeped in Gaelic culture.”
![A quote from the Publishers Weekly review of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky: “This atmospheric, otherworldly fantasy by MacGregor (The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will) deploys Scottish mythology to touch on themes of grief and trauma brought about by past experiences with mass shootings and Covid-19….[An] empathic and accessible tale of belonging.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ra5fowzg2p6xebdg72iyvxur/bafkreicjol3cac7hyagtragd5rj5cvb3tcnr25twcmxbcqhs6sj2s6ebqe@jpeg)
A quote from the Publishers Weekly review of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky: “This atmospheric, otherworldly fantasy by MacGregor (The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will) deploys Scottish mythology to touch on themes of grief and trauma brought about by past experiences with mass shootings and Covid-19….[An] empathic and accessible tale of belonging.”
Your invitation to the Otherworld awaits, just in time for Samhain and the OG Gaelic spooky season.
Just a few days before All the Stars in the Daylight Sky arrives! If you’re wondering what queer rep you can expect in this new YA romantasy, I’ve got you covered! 🫶🏻✨
Corra-ghritheach air an loch feasgar an-diugh. Sàmhchair.
#💚Gàidhlig
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p.s. glad to see you again
James Barr, Labour MP, United Free Church of Scotland Minister, pacifist, and socialist, debating the Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Bill in 1943.
23.09.2025 20:52 — 👍 23 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1
The CFP for our 2026 conference is officially OPEN!
We are holding our 13th annual conference from 11–13 June, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will be hybrid. Presenters are welcome to present and attend online, or in-person at Trinity College Dublin.
🗣 Gaelic Conversation Classes
Join us in learning some Gaelic in a friendly, relaxed setting.
📅 8-week programme (join anytime)
🙌 Open to all
➡️ Email to sign up and start or enhance your Gaelic journey.
📧 eilidh@treesforlife.org.uk
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#Fàilte #Gaelic #LearnGaelic #Ghàidhlig
Mapa Gàidhlig na Seachdaine
Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta Beinn Eighe ~ Beinn Eighe National nature Reserve
buff.ly/ki36E55
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #NatureScot
Am brù-dhearg seo 's òran beag, socair aige an uair a bhios mi faisg air.🧡
17.09.2025 12:06 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Tha seo dìreach sgoinneil - rap in Gaeilge and Gàidhlig created by kids aged 9 to 12 from Edinburgh and Cork! youtu.be/whwQfPVOFjI?... #Gàidhlig #Gaeilge
18.09.2025 06:24 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Taigael book in the bookshop!
Taiwan friends in Tainan and nearby: remember you can get your copy of Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic from our friends at 南渡策室 x 無有為獨立書店 and the National Museum of Taiwan Literature bookshop!
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#book #indiepublishing #fiction #intranslation #tâigí #gàidhlig #Tainan #Taiwan
☘️ ÈIRINN ☘️
Tha sinn air leth toilichte a bhith a' cluich ann am Gaoth Dobhair an ath mhìos - a' chiad turas againn thall thairis mar chòmhlan!
Delighted to announce our first international show will take place at Dorn San Aer in Gweedore this September!
Tiocaidean: dornsanaer.ie
Moshpits at 1pm on a Saturday for Gaelic metalcore
Toiseach An Deireadh @ Belladrum Festival 2025
Gaelic metalcore at Belladrum Festival this Saturday.
Fhuair sinn moshpit aig 1f
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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John Mackenzie and his father on the Bealach na Bà (“Pass of the Cattle”) in July 1955, waiting for the engine of their 1935 Jowett to cool down. Built in 1822, the road follows an old drover’s route over the #Applecross Peninsula
[photo: George Maclennan; courtesy of John Mackenzie]
TUATH 2025
Ri thighinn a dh'aithghearr
Coming soon
Meg Bateman
Paddy Bushe
Liam Alastair Crouse
Rhiannon Ledwell
Annie Kissack
Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
Pàdraig MacAoidh
Iain MacRàth
Deborah Moffatt
Raonaid Nic an Fhucadair
Ciorstaidh Ruadh NicLeòid
#Gàidhlig #Gaeilge #Gaelg #Gaeilig #Gaolainn
What he said. 🏴
27.06.2025 10:04 — 👍 41 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 0
A pre-order this time, A' Chailleach (The Hag/Crone or her that brings the winter) by
Kim Carnie. I love her music. She's a brilliant singer & I just love that cover. Buy the album! I hope she'll do a concert in NL; We love us some Gàidhlig/Gaeilge ceòl/ceol.
kimcarnie.bandcamp.com/album/a-chai...
For those asking, this interview with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social was on stage at SXSW. Here's the whole interview:
www.youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP...
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
British birds in their haunts … Edited, revised, and annotated by J.A. Owen … Illustrated with 64 coloured plates by William Foster, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Feannagan, starragan, ròcaisean, faoileagan.
Tha bloga ùr air an làrach-lìn againn:
faclair.ac.uk/blog/370/gd
We’re looking at words meaning ‘crows’, ‘rooks’ and ‘gulls’ in Gaelic.
50 Word Fiction | Ficsean 50 Facal
Feuch ri sgeul #Gàidhlig mu dheidhinn dol fodha na grèine a sgrìobhadh ann an 50 facal.
Can you write a 50 word #Gaelic story featuring a sunset? Ceann-latha/deadline: 29/07/25
bit.ly/50facal
Still of the F2 crash frozen at the moment one car is precisely upside down over another, rollbar-to-rollbar, so it looks like a mirror image, almost
Tell your dad this is the new top gear challenge
28.06.2025 12:45 — 👍 353 🔁 51 💬 16 📌 25
Bha trì gearran-donna air mo shlighe an-diugh. Mìorbhaileach.
#💚Gàidhlig
AIR AN OIR | On The Edge
DICIADAIN | Wednesday
Scottish Languages Bill. A bar graph shows the results of the vote: Yes - 112, No - 0, Abstain - 0.
The Scottish Languages Bill has passed this evening @parliament.scot. The results of the vote at Stage 3 were:
✅ Yes - 112
❎ No - 0
There were no abstentions.
The Bill gives the #Gaelic and #Scots languages official status in Scotland and includes changes to Gaelic and Scots education.
