Léitheoireacht an tSamhraidh! - Summer Reading!

Léitheoireacht an tSamhraidh - Cois Life cois trá!

Agus séasúr an tSamhraidh tosaithe i gceart anois, tá sé tráthúil féachaint ar na sárleabhair atá ar fáil mar léitheoireacht éadrom.

Is féidir Buaic le Dermot Somers a thabhairt síos chun na trá leat agus coinneoidh leac oighir agus sneachta Everest breá fionnuar tú fad a bheidh an t-úrscéal seo á léamh agat. Tuilleadh sonraí anseo.

Má tá tú ag díriú ar an gcósta agus más spéis leat dúshlán na bleachtaireachta, ní shárófar Sceon na Mara le Liam Ó Muirthile mar ábhar léitheoireachta atá préamhaithe san fhíorshaol. Téir in achrann i líon na mistéire anseo...

Is é atá in Dún an Airgid le hÉilís Ní Dhuibhne scéal bleachtaireachta sna bruachbhailte nua-aoiseacha agus léiríonn modh inste an údair na buanna plotála agus castachtaí ar fad a rug sí léi óna taithí ag scríobh cláracha i sobaldrámaí don teilifís. Is féidir tús a chur le do chuairt ar Dhún an Airgid anseo.

Má tá tú buartha faoi 'ualach an léinn' (nó 'liúntas bagáiste Ryanair' mar is fearr aithne air) cuimhnigh gur féidir na leaganacha ríomhleabhair a cheannach ach an oiread ar do kindle, iPad nó do rogha gléas eile.

Summer Reading - bring Cois Life on holiday with you!

With the holiday season under way right now is a good time to look at the super books Cois Life has made available for holiday reading.

If the beach gets too hot, Dermot Somer's novel Buaic will cool you down with all the ice and snow on Everest. More details here.

If you're headed for the coast and like the challenge of a whodunnit, Sceon na Mara by Liam Ó Muirthile can't be beaten for reality-based fiction. Follow this link and you just might get entangled in the nets of mystery .....

Dún an Airgid by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is a detective story set in the new suburbs and the way it's told uses all the plot twists which the author learned from her time writing episodes of TV soap operas. To begin your visit to Dún an Airgid follow this link.

And remember, if you're worried about 'the heavy burden of learning' (aka your Ryanair baggage allowance), you can always opt to buy the e-book version of these books on your kindle, iPad or other mobile device.

An Chéad Úrscéal Gaeilge i bhFoirm Ríomhleabhair? - The First Irish Novel Published as an eBook?

Tá an chead cheithre ríomhleabhar díreach foilsithe ag Cois Life agus beidh siad á ndáileadh trí ghréasáin éagsúla díoltóirí ar-líne timpeall na cruinne trí na príomhfhormáidí éagsúla. Is iad na leabhair ná:

Sceon na Mara, scéal bleachtaireachta agus an t-úrscéal is déanaí ó Liam Ó Muirthile, Dún an Airgid le hÉilís Ní Dhuibhne, ar clasaic í cheana, nach mór, agus í ag cur síos ar nirvana na hÉireann sa nua-aois, Dialann Sár-Rúnda Amy Ní Chonchúir le Siobhán Parkinson faoi dhéagóirí agus a gcuid rún agus Ar Muir is Ar Sliabh le Dermot Somers faoi shraith nua teilifíse eachtraíochta faoin aer le Brian agus Lise.

Mar thús leis an tionscamh seo tá fáil ar na leabhair cheana i bfoirm atá cóirothe don kindle. Ceannaigh ó Amazon iad agus beidh tú á léamh laistigh de nóiméad!


Cois Life have just published their first four eBooks which will be distributed through various on-line sellers worldwide in the main formats.

The books are Sceon na Mara, Liam Ó Muirthile's new crime novel, Dún an Airgid, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne's modern classic about a Utopian modern Ireland Dialann Sár-Rúnda Amy Ní Chonchúir, Siobhán Parkinson's brilliant diary for teenagers and Ar Muir is Ar Sliabh, Dermot Somers story about athletic, adventurous twenty-somethings on a TV shoot.

For starters, these four books are available for kindle, so if you buy them on Amazon NOW you could literally be reading them within a minute!

Dermot Somers - Rince ar na Ballaí (2002)

Rince ar na Ballaí, foilsithe ag Cois Life, 2002.
Téacs © Dermot Somers, grianghraif san fhíseán seo © Robbie Fenlon, John Murray agus Dermot Somers, ceol san fhíseán © Cois Life.
Cuntas atá sa leabhar ar a shaol sléibhteora, i stíl shnoite ardcheardúil. Eachtraí a bhain de, daoine a bhí ina theannta, seanchas an tsléibhe, agus a chuid tuiscintí féin ar a cheird agus ar an daonnacht, atá ann agus an t-iomlán fite aige i dtráchtaireacht leanúnach nach bhfuil gann ar an ngreann bearrtha. Creidimid gur sárleabhar é seo ó dhuine de scéalaithe agus de ghuthanna sainiúla na haimsire seo. Tá na carachtair agus na daoine curtha ina steillebheatha aige ar an leathanach ar shlí a bheireann bua ar an scáileán féin.
Rince ar na Ballaí, published by Cois Life, 2002.
Words © Dermot Somers, photography in this video © Robbie Fenlon, John Murray and Dermot Somers, video music © Cois Life.
Rince ar na Ballaí, is an account of Somers' mountaineering expeditions from the Alps to the Himalayas, and of his journeying with a camel train in the Sahara, which follows an ancient traditional route to sell salt. Dermot Somers is already a published author in English but Rince ar na Ballaí is his first book in Irish. Rince ar na Ballaí is a thoughtful, searching memoir, written with rigour and wry humour, in a crafted and textured style. It mirrors his physical terrains. It is as much a discovery of new landscapes as of language pushed beyond familiar boundaries. Self-effacing, Somers has an eagle’s eye for detail, making the strange familiar and recognisable. He is a natural storyteller and raconteur, and describes the highly technical craft of mountaineering and climbing with great ease in Irish. He brings his characters and companions to life. We breathe their air.