Leabhar 's Craic - Glasgow's First Gaelic Literary Festival

Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA)
Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

Leabhar ‘s Craic will be a day-long literary festival for all the family, held in Ceòl ‘s Craic’s regular home, the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA). Kids can attend storytelling and art workshops whilst adults take part in creative writing and poetry sessions or participate in a panel discussion on Women in Gaelic literature.

At 6.30pm there will be a session with Finlay Macleod and his new Ur-Sgeul title Dìomhanas (Vanity/Futility), along with a buffet dinner and drink. All are welcome.

The popular Gaelic club night, Ceòl ‘s Craic, will kick off as usual at 8pm but this month with a strong literary flavour and featuring many of the writers from during the day. The highlight of the night will be the first ever live musical performance of Rody Gorman’s Dylan translations. Rody recently surprised and delighted the Gaelic word with his translations of popular Bob Dylan songs such as Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Carina Carina and All along the watchtower and many more. He will be performing some of his Dylan poetry and a local Glasgow Band will be singing and performing the songs in Gaelic. Tickets are available from CCA and cost £12.50 for a full day, including workshops, evening performances and buffet. Concessions are available as well as individual tickets for day and evening programme.

Check out the latest blog on myspace - http://www.myspace.com/Ceòlscraic - for full details, or telephone 0141 352 4900 to book tickets or to get more info.