Criomag is a Gaelic word.
criomag nf (krʲimag) bit, small piece, crumb, morsel, scrap
Is mise Graham Cooper. ’S ann air an làrach-lìn seo a bhios na sgeulachdan goirid agam, na criomagan, rin leughadh - anns a’ Ghàidhlig agus anns a’ Bheurla. Chaidh an dà nobhail Ghàidhlig agam fhoillseachadh le Luath Press.
My name is Graham Cooper. My short stories, the ‘criomagan’, can be read on this website - in Gaelic and English. My two novels have been published by Luath Press.
Chaidh ‘Dà Shamhradh ann an Raineach’ a chur an clò ann an 2019 le Luath Press. ’S e nobhail eachdraidheil a th’ ann, stèidhichte air eachdraidh-beatha Dhùghaill Bhochanain, a bha na bhàrd, na mhaighstir-sgoile agus na eadar-theangaiche ann an Alba san ochdamh linn deug. Bha an nobhail air geàrr-liosta nan Duaisean Litreachais 2020.
‘Dà Shamhradh ann an Raineach’ (‘Two Summers in Rannoch’) was published in 2019 by Luath Press. It is a historical novel set in eighteenth century Scotland based on the life of Dugald Buchanan, poet, teacher and New Testament translator. The novel was shortlisted in the Gaelic Literature Awards 2020.
Chaidh an dara nobhail agam fhoillseachadh le Luath Press air anns an Ògmhios 2021 - sgeulachd air triùir fhear air an rathad gu Blàr Flodden ann an 1513: ‘An Ròs a Leigheas’.
Choisinn an leabhar an duais ‘an Leabhar Inbhich as Fheàrr’ aig a’ Mhòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail ann am Peairt anns an Dàmhair, 2022.
My second novel was published by Luath Press in June 2021 - the story of three men on the road to the Battle of Flodden in 1513: ‘An Ròs a Leigheas’ (The Rose that Heals).
The book won the prize ‘the Best Book for Adults’ at the Royal National Mòd in Perth in October, 2022.
