Byres Road Book Festival at Hillhead Library – Shelagh Campbell- Gaelic Childrens Event

Gaelic event for children.

When Ailig’s teacher arranges a Halloween party in school, Ailig knows that he wants to dress up as a Dalek. There’s only one problem, though – his teacher says that the children must dress up as characters who speak Gaelic.

Shelagh Campbell is from Glasgow and writes fiction for children and adults in Scottish Gaelic. She was selected as the Scottish Book Trust’s Gaelic New Writer Awardee for 2022. She won Gaelic Literature Awards for Best Unpublished Manuscript for Children in 2020 and 2023 and for Best Fiction Book in 2024. Her first novel for adults, Far na Slighe, was published by Luath Press in 2024 and her first children's book, Ailig agus an Dalek Gàidhlig was published by Acair Ltd. in 2025.

'S ann àGlaschu a tha Shelagh Chaimbeul agus bidh i a’ sgrìobhadh leabhraichean ficsein do chloinn agus dodh’inbhich sa Ghàidhlig. Chaidh Duais Ghàidhlig mar phàirt de Duaisean nan Sgrìobhadairean Ùra Urras Leabhraichean na h-Alba a bhuileachadh oirre ann an 2022. Bhuannaich i Duaisean Litreachais airson làmh?sgrìobhainn neo-fhoillsichte as fheàrr do chloinn ann an 2020 is 2023, agus Duais Chomann Gàidhealach Lunnainn airson Leabhar Ficsein ann an 2024. Chaidh a’ chiad nobhail aice, Far na Slighe, fhoillseachadh le Luath Press ann an 2024 agus chaidh leabhar-cloinne, Ailig agus an Dalek Gàidhlig, fhoillseachadh le Acair ann an 2025.