Events

A talk by Ian Jackson. On-line by Zoom. The talk will be in English, but there will also be the opportunity for participants to read extracts from the play aloud in Cornish. The text of the play, in Standard Cornish spelling, can be found on the Literature page of this website. The best academic text and commentary is Bêwnans Ke: The Life of St Kea by Graham Thomas and Nicholas Williams. Contact Us if you would like to attend.

Our Summer School 'A Celtic Hobbit' will meet on-line by Zoom at 20:00 every Thursday in July and August 2025. We shall be reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in the Cornish translation by Nicholas Williams (An Hobys, published by Evertype), both to enjoy the story and to improve everyone's fluency in Cornish. There will also be the opportunity to make comparisons with the Irish translation by Nicholas Williams (An Hobad, published by Evertype), the Scottish Gaelic translation by Moray Watson (A' Hobat, published by Evertype), the Breton translation by Alan Dipode and Joshua Tyra (An Hobbit, published by Evertype), and the Welsh translation by Adam Pearce (Yr Hobyd, published by Melin Bapur). The convenor is Ian Jackson. There is no charge for the Summer School, but students should provide their own copies of the book. Contact Us if you would like to join the Summer School.