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Bradan Press
@bradanpress.bsky.social
Nova Scotia publisher connecting readers worldwide with Scottish Gaelic language & culture from an inclusive perspective. Nonfiction, children's, poetry, graphic novels, Tattoo Handbook Series 🍁
This is what the timed entry advance ticket purchase looks like. Pick your date, your 2 hour time slot, and your preferred entrance (you still access the whole show!). Again there will be NO TICKET SALES AT THE DOOR! Only online for timed entry! 🧵4/
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Hey #HaliSky, coming to Christmas at the Forum this year? Take it from a vendor, there are KEY CHANGES to know about! Ticket sales are ONLINE ONLY, no door sales! Tickets are for TIMED ENTRY and 2-hr period to solve last-year's fire safety issues. And: come on THU or FRI if possible! 🥰🧵 1/
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Tha sinn a' reic na brataich againn dha na Stàitean Aonaichte agus an Rìoghachd Aonaichte a-rithist fad greiseag! Cuir an òrdugh agad a-steach ro DHIARDAOIN an 4mh dhen t-Sultain, an t-seachdain seo fhèin! Mòran taing! #gàidhlig
September 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Our Nova Scotia #Gaelic flag sales to the USA🇺🇸 and UK🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧 have reopened for a very short window! All orders must be in by THU 4 SEP 2025. US orders go out Fri Sep 5 by USPS. UK Sep 15 Royal Mail. Due to the unfortunate tariff nonsense, we don't forsee having another chance to ship to the USA in 2025.
September 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We're proud to announce that 𝗔𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 by June Ghreumach has been shortlisted for the 2025 Gaelic Literature Awards / Na Duaisean Litreachais, in Best Book for Children/Youth / Leabhar as Fheàrr do Chloinn/Òigridh! Looking forward to the awards ceremony 16 Sep at Cottiers in Glasgow!
August 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
June 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Tha Teadaidh an Cat ag ràdh, "Tapadh leibh uile airson tighinn do'n chur-air-bhog agam Disathuine sa chaidh! Bidh dealbhan a' nochdadh air an làrach-lìn a dh'aithghearr!" 🩶📚🍁 #gàidhlig
June 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Teddy the Cat says, "Thank you everyone for coming to my #Gaelic book launch last Saturday! There will be photos up on the website soon!" 🩶📚🍁
June 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Bradan Press is looking for a 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 who is proficient in illustrating both trains and people, particularly 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 and 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 in a technically accurate manner from photo references & historical descriptions.
June 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Due to tariffs we're suspending Nova Scotia Gaelic flag orders to the USA on Fri June 13. The CUTOFF DATE for Gaelic flag orders to the USA is 𝟱 𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. If you place your order today we'll be able to have someone hand-carry it to the USA & ship it there.
June 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We're delighted for our bilingual Gaelic-English cookbook to receive recognition from Scottish Government Canada in this lovely Instagram post! Mòran taing! 🍁📚💙 #Gaelic #GaelicNS
www.instagram.com/p/DKR8QPaumgc/
June 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
With thanks to Pauline MacDonald for the lovely photo of Mayflowers in the cookbook! 🩷🥰
May 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Bàrd's poem, "Òran do Neòinean-chùbhraidh" (Address to a Mayflower), in O Cheapaich nan Craobh edited by Trueman & Laurinda Matheson, is excerpted in our #Gaelic cookbook, ÁS AN ABHAINN MHÓIR: ENGLISH-GAELIC RECIPES FROM PICTOU COUNTY! 🧵 #nsgaelic #novascotia
May 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Mayflower (trailing arbutus, epigaea repens) is the provincial flower of Nova Scotia and it's in bloom right now! In Gaelic it's called "neòinean-chùbhraidh" according to Alexander MacDonald, Alasdair Ailein Mhór, Bàrd na Ceapaich... 🧵 #gaelic #nsgaelic
May 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We'll be vending this Sun Mar 16 at the Vive le Canada / Tuck Frump / Buy Local Market by @differentfolkshfx.bsky.social! Along with our books printed in Canada we'll be offering brand new Gaelic stickers from Gaelic.co! Join us 12-4pm at the Halifax Brewery Market 🍁
March 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Join us Sat Mar 1st for a free, live, online read-aloud of Bana-phrionnsa a' Phoca Phàipeir, the #Gaelic version of Robert Munsch's THE PAPER BAG PRINCESS, translated by Mòrag Anna NicNèill! Celebrating @sngaidhlig.bsky.social & Paper Bag Princess Day 2025! 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👑🐉 www.eventbrite.ca/e/la-bana-ph...
February 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Yes, Chit Chats just sent this out yesterday...🫠
February 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Bradan Press publisher @dremilymcewan.bsky.social will be reading aloud the Scottish #Gaelic translation of The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, Bana-phrionnsa a' Phoca Phàipeir by Mòrag Anna NicNèill! www.bradanpress.com/books/bana-p...
February 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This FREE online #Gaelic read-aloud will be held Sat. 1 March 2025, 3pm Atlantic (2pm EST, 7pm GMT). Register free at Eventbrite to get the Zoom link!
February 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It's time for our 5th annual live read-aloud, and our 6th celebration in costume, of LÀ BANA-PHRIONNSA A' PHOCA PHÀIPEIR - PAPER BAG PRINCESS DAY! Register free on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link. With the kind permission of Robert Munsch's publisher, Annick Press. #gàidhlig #gaelic
February 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Dèanta ann an Canada le Pròis ❤️🇨🇦
Fabriqué au Canada avec Fierté ❤️🇨🇦
Made in Canada with Pride ❤️🇨🇦

We appreciate ALL of our readers and customers, no matter where you are: in Canada, the USA, Scotland, Ireland, and beyond! 💙📚🌎🌍🌏📚💙
February 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM

Mòran taing do ar luchd-leughaidh air feadh an t-saoghail, ar luchd co-obrachaidh cruthachail, na buidhnean a thug maoineachadh dhuinn, agus a h-uile neach is buidheann eile a thug taic dhuinn o’n a chaidh sinn a stèidheachadh san Fhaoilleach 2016! 🥰 📚
January 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Bradan Press is 9 years old! 🎂🥳📚 Tha Clò a’ Bhradain 9 bliadhna a dh’aois! Thank you so much to our readers around the world, our creative collaborators, our funders, and everyone else who has supported us since our founding in Jan 2016!
January 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We’re temporarily disabling our US Dollar online shop, as we’re experiencing a tech issue. 🌟🌟🌟 WE'RE STILL OPEN! 🌟🌟🌟 If you need to place a last-minute holiday order from the USA, please email us through the Contact form on our website and we will be very happy to assist you! 🥰
December 23, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Canadian readers: All books in our Canadian online shop are now TAX FREE! The government has instituted a temporary GST break on books from December 14, 2024, to February 15, 2025! 🍁📚 HRM: take advantage of FREE LOCAL PICKUP in Dartmouth close to the Wyse Road Sobeys. 🧵 1/2
December 15, 2024 at 1:54 AM