Ever wondered what it’s like to write in Gaelic? Paisley Book Festival welcomes Shelagh Campbell to the Town Hall for a chat about her new novel, Far na Slighe, in a bilingual event (Friday 26). In Glasgow, use your Gaelic words at An Lòchran on Mansfield Street for a Gaelic Games Night (Tuesday 16). World Book Week might be over, but little ones can still enjoy Gaelic Bookbug at Falkirk Library (Friday 26). In Glasgow these sessions run every day of the week in local libraries across the city: check out the Glasgow Life website for a session near you.

Weekly Fèis Bheag sessions offer a fun experience of trad music and Gaelic, every Saturday morning at West Primary School in Paisley (Saturday 20, Friday 26). Gaelic classes for Edinburgh GME parents are also part of Cròileagan Dhùn Èideann, so get in touch to register interest. At the Gaelic Books Council, Paddington comes to Patrick on Thursday 18: who knew he speaks Gaelic too? On Friday 19 at Scottish Poetry Library, Martin MacIntyre launches the trilingual poetry collection Ruith Eadar Dà Dhràgon, with translations into Welsh by Ifor So Glyn and Valencian by Noèlia Díaz Vicedo. Chat about your favourite Gaelic book at the informal gathering Cànan is Ceic at Thomas J Walls Coffee on Forrest Road (every Saturday) or head to the National Library Of Scotland for two story ceilidhs, with Kirsty MacDonald and friends (Thursday 18). 

Up north, Mànran are set to play Inverness’ Eden Court on Saturday 6. Then, the Gaelic Society Of Inverness hold their annual Culloden Memorial Service, featuring pipe music and song, at the Battleground (Saturday 13). If you’re heading west, check out the Inaugural John MacFarlane Memorial Lecture at Oban’s Rockfield Centre (Saturday 13) with Ross Christie building links between Gaelic and the Highland landscape at the inaugural event. The Argyll landscape is front and centre in the new music video, ‘Mac-Uaimhe’, from Àdamh Ó Broin and YtDingo. Thematically, the 90s dance-inspired track unites indigenous communities in Gaelic Scotland and Australia.

New releases include Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu’s podcast on Spotify: check out Triùir Ghlagairean. Skye man Innes Strachan (Niteworks) relaunches under the new moniker Lusa. Out now is his collaboration with Beth Malcolm, divining links between Gaelic and Scots traditions via contemporary electronica. Trad music fans on the island can catch tunes from the Fergus McCreadie Trio at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (Friday 26). For folkies in Edinburgh, there will be a ceilidh at the Charteris Centre, with caller Ken Gourlay and band (Saturday 27). No high heels though!

Fergus McCreadie main picture: Dave Stapleton.