This collection features new Gaelic poetry from eleven writers with Nova Scotian connections. In formats both modern and traditional, the authors explore joy and loss, connection and disconnection… and cookies! The poems demonstrate the tenacity of the Gaels and their language in the diaspora. Poems are presented in Scottish Gaelic with parallel English translations. 10% of profits from sales of the book will be donated to the Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia.

Tha an leabhar seo a’ cruinneachadh bàrdachd Ghàidhlig ùr bho aon sgrìobhadair dheug aig a bheil buinteanas ri Alba Nuadh. Ann an dòighean nuadh agus traidiseanta, fidrichidh iad àigh agus bròn, dìlse agus aonarachd… agus briosgaidean! Tha na dàin seo a’ taisbeanadh gu bheil na Gàidheil agus an cànan fhathast buanachadh air feadh an sliochda. Bidh am bàrdachd a’ nochdadh anns a’ Ghàidhlig, le eadar-theangachaidhean Beurla air na duilleagan mu choinneamh. Thèid deich sa ceud dhen phrothaid bhon leabhar gu Comhairle na Gàidhlig ann an Alba Nuaidh.

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Emily McEwan has been involved with Scottish Gaelic language and culture for 30 years. She earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and formerly taught linguistic and cultural anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, Loyola University Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, and Saint Mary’s University. A former editor of the Small Languages and Small Language Communities section of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Dr. McEwan-Fujita now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She blogs about Gaelic language and culture at https://gaelic.co.