Recently we met Melissa: a Mandarin learner currently living in Taiwan, who has roots in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. She was thrilled to meet us, having already heard of our book, Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic. It was so lovely to share stories about language, creativity and travel.
Friends! We are delighted to let you know that 繫。本屋 Akauw Books in Pingtung city are now stocking copies of Hilda Hoy's Mother Tongue and Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic.
Head over to their gorgeous, dreamy space and get lost in literature.
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Glacier—An Icebound View of the Firth of Forth: perfect for lovers of poetry and Scotland! 👇😍🏴
A Wind&Bones Books digital short: yours for just for £3.50.
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A meditation on death, loss and legacy, Martina Mustafova's The Bulgarian for ‘I Love You’ is an exquisitely nuanced essay that brings together the death of her father from Covid-19, and the birth of her first daughter.
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Is happiness something that can be learned? Is it about pursuing ultimate pleasure, or about cultivating inner peace? Do we really need to strive to be happier?
In a Taiwanese temple, a saliva goddess vanishes without trace. A Hogmanay party is disrupted by an unexpected guest. In Taipei, an elderly prophet foretells a subway attack. On the way home from a day in court, a woman finds a sheep tangled in the brambles...
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Wind&Bones is an independent publisher. We also run projects exploring writing, storytelling and philosophy for social change. Based between Scotland and Taiwan. Directed by Dr Hannah Stevens & Dr Will Buckingham.
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The event will be in Mandarin with some English translation.
Everyone is welcome – no experience necessary.
Sign up to let us know you are coming 👇✍
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Come along and join us in KAOHSIUNG for an interactive philosophy event on 4th April 2026!
Led by Wind&Bones co-director Dr Will Buckingham, author of Think Deeply and Flourish: A Practical Guide to Happiness.
Is happiness something that can be learned? Is it about pursuing ultimate pleasure, or about cultivating inner peace? Do we really need to strive to be happier?
A meditation on death, loss and legacy, Martina Mustafova's The Bulgarian for ‘I Love You’ is an exquisitely nuanced essay that brings together the death of her father from Covid-19, and the birth of her first daughter.
books.windandbones.com/product/bulg...
#booksky #bulgaria #balkans
And then it translates these stories between the two languages, via Mandarin (Traditional) and English. Each story is published in all four languages, to allow the largest possible audience.
Head to the Wind&Bones bookshop to get your copy.
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Taiwanese (Tâi-gí) and Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) are languages that have been historically marginalised and suppressed. Taigael presents two newly commissioned short stories in Gaelic, and two in Taiwanese, or Tâi-gí (in both 漢字 and POJ romanisation).
These four stories by Elissa Hunter-Dorans (Scotland), Kiú-kiong 玖芎 (Taiwan), Lisa MacDonald (Scotland) and Naomi Sím (Taiwan) cross between languages and cultures to speak of things unspoken, and to find new and surprising connections.
Four stories, four writers, four languages: Gaelic, Taiwanese, Mandarin & English.
Tâigael is a first-of-its-kind collaborative writing and translation project, bringing together writers from Scotland and Taiwan, to explore language, translation and culture.
In a Taiwanese temple, a saliva goddess vanishes without trace. A Hogmanay party is disrupted by an unexpected guest. In Taipei, an elderly prophet foretells a subway attack. On the way home from a day in court, a woman finds a sheep tangled in the brambles...
A meditation on death, loss and legacy, Martina Mustafova's The Bulgarian for ‘I Love You’ is an exquisitely nuanced essay that brings together the death of her father from Covid-19, and the birth of her first daughter.
books.windandbones.com/product/bulg...
#booksky #bulgaria #balkans
Glacier—An Icebound View of the Firth of Forth: perfect for lovers of poetry and Scotland! 👇😍🏴
A Wind&Bones Books digital short: yours for just for £3.50.
books.windandbones.com/product/glac...
#Scotland #poem #poetry #indiepress
Friends! We are delighted to let you know that 繫。本屋 Akauw Books in Pingtung city are now stocking copies of Hilda Hoy's Mother Tongue and Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic.
Head over to their gorgeous, dreamy space and get lost in literature.
www.facebook.com/akauwbooks/a...
#booksky
Glacier—An Icebound View of the Firth of Forth: perfect for lovers of poetry and Scotland! 👇😍🏴
A Wind&Bones Books digital short: yours for just for £3.50.
books.windandbones.com/product/glac...
#Scotland #poem #poetry #indiepress
Akauw Books, Pingtung City, Taiwan.
Mother Tongue by Hilda Hoy
Hilda Hoy
Taigael book cover
Friends! We are delighted to let you know that 繫。本屋 Akauw Books in Pingtung city are now stocking copies of Hilda Hoy's Mother Tongue and Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic.
Head over to their gorgeous, dreamy space and get lost in literature.
www.facebook.com/akauwbooks/a...
#booksky
Translation poster
We are thrilled that Wind&Bones Books co-director Dr Will Buckingham will be leading this workshop alongside writers Kiú Kiong and Naomi Sím up at 國立臺灣師範大學 National Taiwan Normal University next month.
@willbuckingham.com 👆😍
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Will Buckingham
Organised by the 國立臺灣文學館 National Museum of Taiwan Literature. This event will explore translation between minoritised languages through creative approaches.
Link to sign up below 👇
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Translation poster
We are thrilled that Wind&Bones Books co-director Dr Will Buckingham will be leading this workshop alongside writers Kiú Kiong and Naomi Sím up at 國立臺灣師範大學 National Taiwan Normal University next month.
Two women chatting in front of a screen.
Chatting to a friend from the National Museum of Taiwan Literature at the Taipei International Book Exhibition a few weeks back.
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