Tidelines Book Festival Presents our Gaelic Bookcase

This year's shelf in our Gaelic bookcase will be a celebration of Gaelic books and culture with Whitehirst Park Primary pupils, plus Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay..

Expect storytelling, audience participation and music.

Another lyrical feast!'S ann a Leodhas a tha Padraig MacAoidh, agus chaidh da leabhar bardachd leis fhoillseachadh le Acair - Gu Leor (2015) agus Nadur De (2020) - agus pamflaid le Clutag Press, From another island (2010). 'S e ard-ollamh aig Oilthigh Chill Rimhinn a th'ann agus ann an 2024 chaidh ainmeachadh Makar na h-Alba.Peter Mackay is a poet, broadcaster, translator and lecturer.

He has two collections of poetry with Acair - Galore (2015) and Some Kind of (2020) - and a pamphlet, From another island (2010), with Clutag Press.

Originally from the Isle of Lewis, he lives in Edinburgh and is a Professor in the School of English at the University of St Andrews.

In 2024 he was appointed Scottish Makar.