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.
Our general interest Gaelic publications list includes renowned
Gaelic poets such as Sorley MacLean, Donald MacAulay, Derick
Thomson, Angus Peter Campbell and Christopher Whyte, often
accompanied by parallel English translations, as well as
photographic journals of island historical contexts both past and
present.
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.
Acair books have won literature prizes over the years as well as
accolades for design and presentation. In 2012, Acair was awarded
Gaelic Business of the Year.
Established: 1977
Publications (yearly average): 10 per year
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.
CONTACTS
People: Agnes Rennie (Manager); Margaret Anne
MacLeod (Design); Donalda Riddell (Finance);
Address: An Tosgan, 54 Seaforth Road,
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2SD
Tel: 01851 703 020
Fax: 01851 703 294
Email: info@acairbooks.com
Website: www.acairbooks.com
Facebook: Acair Staff (Profile Page) & Acair
Books (Like Page)
Twitter: @AcairBooks
Distributor: BookSource, 50 Cambuslang Road,
Cambuslang, Glasgow G32 8NB; Tel: 0845 370 0067; Fax: 0845 370
0068