Memory-Keeper “a must”: review
Gaelic teacher and scholar Catriona Parsons – now retired from St. FX and until recently a consultant with the Nova Scotia Office of Gaelic Affairs – writes a monthly column called The Gaelic Way of Living in the World for the Victoria Standard, based in Baddeck, NS.
This month, Catriona provided readers with an overview and comments about Michael Newton’s latest book: Seanchaidh na Coille, Memory Keeper of the Forest: Anthology of Scottish Gaelic Writing from Canada (CBUPress 2015).
She writes: “If you want to understand how the Gaels of Manitoba and Alberta, Montreal and Vancouver, and all across eastern Canada, formed a Gaelic kinship nation-wide, then Dr. Newton’s latest book is a must for you. We are in his debt for this well-researched volume and for his uncompromising championship of Gaelic and its culture.”
Victoria Standard, vol. 23 #223, Dec. 21, 2015.