Seanchaidh among best books of the year
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies has just named Michael Newton’s Seanchaidh na Coille / The Memory-Keeper of the Forest: Anthology of Scottish-Gaelic Literature of Canada (CBU Press) as one of the Best Scottish Books of 2015. Congratulations Michael!
The citation, along with a number of other books, comes in the latest edition (No. 18, Fall 2015) of The Bottle Imp, the on-line journal of ASLS. Chosen by Silke Stroh, Assistant Professor of English, Postcolonial & Media Studies, University of Muenster, the review calls Seanchaidh “a major contribution to the Gaelic canon.”
“This contextualisation and the bilingual format make the texts accessible and attractive to general readers, even those who are new to Gaelic Studies. At the same time, it is also a great resource for more specialised readers, with academic references on sources and further reading, as well as scholarly commentary. Though necessarily brief, Newton’s commentary provides many thought-provoking observations that also make this book an important intervention in contemporary criticism….”
You can read the full review here.
Michael’s book has also been selected by ASLS to be among Scotland’s best, represented at the MLA annual convention in Austin, Texas early in the new year.
Michael Newton is the award-winning author of a number of books, including the best-selling Naughty Little Book of Gaelic: All the Scottish Gaelic You Need to Curse, Swear, Drink, Smoke and Fool Around (CBU Press 2014).