On 10th November at Murdoch House, Redruth Agan Tavas member Ian Jackson gave a talk in Cornish on the mining history of the countryside around Carnkie. Ian, who is a scholar of languages rather than mining history, had obviously carried out a great deal of research on the subject. This made his talk very interesting and […]
Author: Ray Chubb
Gerlyver Kescows gans Ian Jackson
Publisher: Agan Tavas A new dictionary intended to aid conversation at Yeth an Weryn and other gatherings of Cornish speakers. Cornish – English, English – Cornish, containing about 5000 words which have been selected on their likelihood of being used at social events. Size A5, 300 pages. A sample of the content may be seen […]
Cornish for All gans Robert Morton Nance
Publisher: Agan Tavas This is the fourth edition of the course book which introduced Unified Cornish in 1929. Published with the permission of The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, this facsimile edition comes complete with a CD of Morton Nance himself reading some of the historical texts found in the back of the book. This […]
Speak Cornish Week – Bus Trip
24th June 17 As part of Speak Cornish Week members of Agan Tavas organised a bus trip around West Cornwall stopping at St Just for lunch and games in Cornish. Many people boarded the bus at different locations and spoken Cornish was much in evidence.
Agan Tavas members at Trevithick Day 2017
Agan Tavas members were much in evidence helping with the Camborne Cornish Language Fellowship stall at Trevithick Day this year.
A new look for An Gowsva
The Agan Tavas house magazine ‘An Gowsva’ has a new look. Thanks to the professional efforts of member Nigel Roberts An Gowsva has been given a whole new look which can proudly stand alongside many other high circulation publications of a similar type. Remember that you will receive three to four copies per year of […]
Another Talk at Murdoch House
As part of a series Agan Tavas held a further lecture at Murdoch House, Redruth. It was the 1st April and a time of mockery. So, John Rowe of the University of Plymouth gave a talk on Cornish political cartoons between 1970 and 2015. His talk was very interesting showing simple but amusing cartoons of […]
STUDIES IN TRADITIONAL CORNISH gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype This book brings together in one convenient volume eight articles by Professor Williams on Traditional Cornish. 978-1-78201-038-8 […]
THOUGHTS ON CORNISH TODAY gans Ray Chubb
Publisher: Agan Tavas The decline of standards amongst some users of revived Cornish had been a cause for concern for some time. Ray Chubb has therefore examined recent writings in the Standard Written Form (main graphs) and Common Cornish. He has identified a number of usages that are less than authentic which he highlights in […]
RIP VAN WINKLE gans Washington Irving trelyes gans Eddie Climo
Publisher Gwask an Orlewen The amazing story from America now translated into Cornish. This book has all the original colour illustrations, a delight to own. UC £8.95 Cornish/English version without the colour illustrations £6.45
Annual General Meeting 2017
Prior to our Annual General Meeting held on 18th February at Murdoch House, Redruth there was a presentation of the literary award Pewas Perghyryn. This year it was awarded posthumously to Eddie Climo for his translation of Rip Van Winkle. The picture shows Eddie’s brother Laurie receiving the prize. The newly elected officers of Agan […]
THE CORNISH CONSONANTAL SYSTEM gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype In this book Nicholas Williams examines what scribal usage from the historical corpus is telling us about the use of the consonants in revived Cornish spelling. 978-1-78201-185-9 […]
DRACÙLA hag ÔSTYAS DRACÙLA gans Bram Stoker trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher Evertype The famous horror story now in Cornish. This latest translation from Nicholas Williams is a monumental work which required some new vocabulary for Cornish. New words are listed in the back of the book. KS 978-1-78201-190-3 […]
TERMS AND IDIOMS FOR MINERS gans William Pryce
Publisher: Gwask an Orlewen A facsimile of Pryce’s original 1778 edition. Many of the terms listed in this book will, of course, be derived from Cornish. The late Eddie Climo has produced on facing pages a clearer version of the texts with Unified and Late Cornish equivalents for the terms listed. £4.95
HONNA Story Viaj Coynt gans H. Ryder Haggard trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher Evertype The famous story often seen on screen. It is a pleasure to read the full story in Cornish. KS 978-1-78201-132-3 […]
DHE EMLOW an GALAKSI gans Rod Lyon
Publisher: Kesva an Tavas Kernewek. The first original novel in Cornish for a while and winner of the 2016 Pewas Perghyryn award. An interesting science fiction story along the lines of Star Trek adventures. Nevertheless there is some new science fiction thinking in Rod’s writing which makes the book well worth reading. SWF(m) ISBN: 978-1-908965-13-4 […]
CÂSS COYNT an DOCTOUR JEKYLL ha MÊSTER HYDE gans Robert Louis Stevenson trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher Evertype The original story skilfully translated. There is much more to the story than that seen on screen. KS 978-1-78201-103-3 […]
DER an GWEDER ASPYA ha MYNS a GAFAS ALYS ENA gans Lewis Carroll trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Pubisher: Evertype The sequel of Course. KS 978-1-78201-096-8 […]
TREDDEN IN SCATH gans Jerome K. Jerome trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype Three men in a boat now in Cornish. KS 978-1-78201-093-7 […]
GERYOW GWIR gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype Nicholas Williams has examined the vocabulary of revived Cornish and found a number of usages which are inauthentic when compared to the historical texts upon which the revival is based. In this book he provides examples which are an aid to improving the quality of Cornish spoken today. KS 978-1-78201-030-0 […]
FLEHES AN HENS HORN gans Edith Nesbit trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype A Cornish edition of this well known story. Perhaps because it is so well known, much can be gained by reading it in faultless Cornish. KS 978-1-78201-003-6 […]