Three IBT books now available on Kindle
With the ever growing interest and demand for e-books we can now announce that three of our books are available as e-publications through Amazon. This trial is a collaboration with North Highland Publishing in Thurso. The three publications are our very popular Coco is Crubagan, a Gaelic and English book of hebridean childhood memories written more…
THE ISLANDS BOOK TRUST ANNOUNCE BUMPER PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR 2012
‘A bumper programme of talks, walks, and visits to and about the history and culture of an increasing range of Scottish islands’ is how the Islands Book Trust describe their list of events for 2012, announced today. Details are on the website www.theislandsbooktrust.com and members of the Book Trust will receive more information about more…
“LÈIRSINN IS MISNEACHD” – ÒRAID CUIMHNEACHAIDH AONGHAIS MHICLEÒID 2011
’S iad lèirsinn is misneachd an dà nì a tha a dhìth os cionn gach nì eile ma tha a’ Gàidhlig gu bhith aig an ath ghinealach agus aig a’ ghinealach às dèidh sin. Seo an teachdaireachd a bh’ aig an Ollamh Boyd Robasdan is e a’ toirt seachad Òraid Cuimhneachaidh Aonghais Mhicleòid am-bliadhna. more…
“VISION AND CONFIDENCE” – 2011 ANGUS MACLEOD MEMORIAL LECTURE
Vision and confidence are the two things needed above all else if Gaelic is to be spoken by the next generation and the generation after that. This was Professor Boyd Robertson’s message as he delivered this year’s Angus Macleod Memorial Lecture. “The vision and confidence that Angus ‘Ease’ [Macleod] and Sir Iain Noble had,” he more…
Book Trust Receives Donation from Ireland
The Book Trust gratefully acknowledges receipt of the following handsome reproduction volumes from Eamonn de Burca, an antiquarian book-seller in Dublin: • Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters (seven large volumes, plus a folder containing a map of Ireland made in 1609). One of the great masterpieces of Irish history from more…
Island Conversion – the Transition of a Gaelic Poet from Sceptic to Believer
This compelling book, written by the acclaimed Gaelic poet Myles Campbell and his wife Margaret, tells the amazing story of how they were brought together and how these uncanny or providential events were instrumental in converting Myles to Christianity. The book also contains new poetry by Myles in Gaelic and English. Professor Donald Macleod, formerly more…
GRAVESTONES OF ST KILDANS RESTORED
To coincide with the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of St Kilda this year, two gravestones commemorating the lives of five St Kildans in Tulliallan Cemetery, Kincardine-on- Forth, have been polished and the lettering restored. The work was funded by the Islands Book Trust, using proceeds from a special postal cover issued to coincide with more…
RECENT EVENTS IN LEWIS
Our 2011 events got off to a flying start on 1st February when John Love gave the first of several talks he will be presenting this year on island lighthouses. Both the venue (An Lanntair, Stornoway) and the date – the 200th anniversary of the first light being lit on the Bell Rock in 1811 more…
Book Trust Bonanza of Events in 2010
The Islands Book Trust have announced details of a record 29 events organised for 2010 covering Lewis, Harris, Uist, Benbecula, Barra, Skye, and Raasay. Highlights include: a major international 4-day conference on the Historiography of St Kilda in Benbecula in August to mark the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of the islands, including a boat more…
Còcò is Crùbagan Shortlisted for Tesco Bank Summer Reads Competition
We are delighted to announce that one of our books, Còcò is Crùbagan (Cocoa and Crabs), by Benbecula author Flora MacDonald, has been shortlisted for the the Tesco Bank Summer Read Competition! The competition was launched at the Aye Write! Book Festival at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow on Sunday 7 March, and Flora was more…