Just some of the selection of colourful children's books available at Acair.
A cup of tea and a good book never goes wrong.
Aiteal - a series of fiction available at Acair.
The late Norman Campbell reading his translation of Nora to children in Stornoway Library.
Acair are based in Stornoway in the Hebrides. We publish a wide range of Gaelic, English and bilingual books and are the principal publisher of Gaelic texts for children in Scotland.
With many hundreds of titles to our credit, we have strong links with International publishers, joining them in children's co-editions. We work closely with children's Gaelic authors and translators to also produce original Gaelic texts for children and with the National Gaelic Curriculum Service to produce material suitable for use in Gaelic medium education.
We also have a growing list of English general interest titles ranging from Donald S Murray's recent poetry collection Weaving Songs to Professor Donald Macleod's best selling The Living Past.
Types of books published: Children's books of all kinds in Gaelic, social history in Gaelic and English, poetry, plays, music, photographic, biography, environmental issues, Gaelic language studies.
Submission details: Submissions welcome but unsolicited manuscripts received by Acair will not be returned unless accompanied by a pre-paid self-addressed envelope.
Publishing Scotland Company Development Project Acair was one of the publishers that participated in the Publishing Scotland Company Development Project. For more information on Acair's involvement you can watch the Acair Case Study video. For a general overview, visit the Project page.