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An Dàn - caochladach, dìomhair is uaireanan gu math cruaidh. Cò nar measg nach do dh' fhuiling buaidh An Dàn air ar beatha? Bho fàsaichean Àstrailia gu na h-Innse Gall, bho taigheadas seann dhaoine gu casino anns a' bhaile mhòr tha an cruinneachadh seo a' sealltainn dhuinn làmh An Dàin ag obair ann am beathannan agus anns na dàimhean caochladh charactaran. Buidheann sgrìobhadairean ag ionnsachadh leasan ùr iongantach , cupall a' dèiligeadh ri laigse na h-aoise. Pàrantan a' strì ri thuigsinn inbheachd ùr an nighean ,fear a' dèanamh bargan nach eil ag obrachadh a-mach ann an dòigh san robh dùil aige. Ann an cuid de na sgeulachdan bidh caractaran a' tachradh ris An Dàn ann an cumadh strainnsear no neach-tadhail aig nach robh dùil aca. Tha sgeulachdan ann far a bheil An Dàin a' tighinn am follais ann an tachartasan sònraichte agus cuid eile far a bheil caractaran a' feuchainn ri cothachadh leis a' bhuaidh 's a tha An Dàin a' fàgail orra bho na làithean a dh'fhalbh. Gu tric bi iad gar fàgail le ceistean mun àm ri teachd, ' s iad uile a' cuir cuideam air dè cho mi-chìnnteach 's a tha beatha mac an duine, far nach eil fhios aig duin' againn dè tha air thoisich oirnn. Fate - fickle, mysterious and sometimes very cruel. From the outback of Australia to the Hebrides, from a city casino to the confines of sheltered housing, this collection of stories shows the hand of Fate at work in the lives and relationships of a wide variety of characters. There are the members of a writers' group who learn a new and surprising lesson, a couple coming to terms with the restrictions of age, parents forced to acknowledge the growing maturity of their child, a man who makes a bargain with unforeseen results. In some stories, the characters encounter Fate in the guise of a stranger or unexpected visitor, or while experiencing significant - sometimes life-changing - events. In others, the characters are facing up to the effects of a fateful experience in their past. All the stories will leave you with as many questions as answers and make you think anew about the effect of Fate on all our lives.

' S ann à Eilean Cholbhasa ' s a tha Mòrag Law bho thùs ach chaidh a togail anns an Eilean Sgitheanach agus ann an Dùn Omhainn. Tha i a' fuireach ann an Siorrachd Rinfrìu a-nis. Ged a tha Gàidhlig aice bho thùs, cha do thòisich i ri sgrìobhadh innte gus an d' fhuair i teastanasan Gàidhlig aig Àrd Ìre, mar inbheach. Choisinn i Duais nan Sgrìobhadairean Ùra (CnL/SBT) ann an 2017 far an d' fhuair i mentorachd bho Mhàrtainn Mac An t-Saor. Dheasaich agus dh' eadar-theangaich i cruinneachadh de sgrìobhaidhean a màthair airson an leabhar dà-chànanach Dìleab Cholbhasach/A Colonsay Legacy (Acair, 2013). Tha airteagalan,sgeulachdan agus neo-ficsean aithriseal aice air nochdadh anns na h-irisean Cothrom agus Steall, Northwords Now/Tuath agus anns na cruinneachaidhean Nourish/Beathachadh (SBT, 2017) agus New Writing Vol 9. Originally from the Isle of Colonsay, Mòrag Law was brought up on the Isle of Skye and in Dunoon and now lives in Renfrewshire. A native Gaelic speaker, she began writing in Gaelic after gaining Higher Grade qualifications as a mature student. In 2017 she won a Gaelic New Writers' Award (Gaelic Books Council/Scottish Books Trust ) where she was mentored by Martin MacIntyre. She has edited and translated a bi-lingual collection of her late mother's writings (Dìleab Cholbhasach/A Colonsay Legacy, Acair 2013) and has had articles, short stories and narrative non-fiction published in Cothrom and Steall magazines, Northwords Now/Tuath and the anthologies Nourish/Beathachadh (Scottish Book Trust 2017) and New Writing Vol 9 (Scottish Book Trust 2018). One of her short stories has recently been featured in the Gaelic podcast A' Chrannag. Mòrag has a particular interest in producing work that is accessible to Gaelic learners.