Byres Road Book Festival at Hillhead Library – Graham Cooper. Gaelic event - Interpreted by Kenneth Combe

Graham Cooper was born in 1953. He grew up in Aberdeenshire. After retiring from his medical career, he began to learn Gaelic at the Aberdeen Gaelic Club. Between 2012 and 2016, he did courses at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.

At the Royal National Mòd in 2017 he won the Donald John MacIver Prize with a short story, and in 2022, his novel, An Ròs a Leigheas, won the ‘The Best Book for Adults’. Graham has three other Gaelic books in print: Dà Shamhradh ann an Raineach (Luath Press, 2019), An Sionnach. The Fox (Bruadar Press, 2024) and Am Prionns Press (2024) and Am Prionnsa (Luath Press, 2025), a historical novel about the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

Thogadh e ann an Siorrachd Obar Dheathain. Nuair a leig e dheth a dhreuchd mar lighiche, thòisich e air Gàidhlig ionnsachadh aig Club Gàighlig Obar Dheathain. Eadar 2012 and 2016, rinn e cùrsaichean aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Aig a’ Mhòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail ann an 2017 choisinn e Duais Dhòmhnaill Iain MhicÌomhair le sgeulachd ghoirid, agus ann an 2022 choisinn an nobhail aige, An Ròs a Leigheas, an duais ‘An Leabhar as Fheàrr airson Inbheach’. Tha trì leabhraichean Gàidhlig eile aig Graham ann an clò: Dà Shamhradh ann an Raineach (Luath Press, 2019), An Sionnach. The Fox (Bruadar Press, 2024) agus Am Prionnsa (Luath Press, 2025), nobhail eachdraidheil mu Ar-a-mac nan Seumasach ann an 1745.