PUBLISHER: Evertype A children’s story by Alan Kent attractively illustrated by Gabrielle Cailes and translated into Cornish by Neil Kennedy. The story itself about the beast of Bodmin Moor and its wanderings all over Cornwall would enchant any young child who knows Cornish. The book also has the English. Late Cornish but easy to understand […]
AN HOBYS, PÒ AN FORDH DY HA TRE ARTA by J.R.R. Tolkien, trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
PUBLISHER: Evertype “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it ti sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” It […]
YN TYR TERMYN TREMENYS gans E. Louise Smythe
PUBLISHER: Gwask an Orlewen An early reading book with some beautiful illustrations. As well as the story of the Ugly Ducking this book contains translations of some old Norse stories. Both this book and ‘Renard an Lowarn’ contain stories that have been re-told by school children themselves in their own words. Full glossary. UC £7.95
ENYS TRESOUR gans Robert Louis Stevenson trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
PUBLISHER: Evertype A hard-back fully illustrated version of the famous story. Thoughtfully translated with pirates using Late Cornish! Simply a beautiful book to own. KS 978-1-904808-59-6 £17.95 h.b. £12.95 p.b.
JOWAL LETHESOW gans Craig Weatherhill trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
PUBLISHER: Evertype A Cornish translation of Craig’s novel set in Penwith ‘The Lyonesse Stone’. KS 978-1-904808-30-5 £10.95
ALYS IN POW AN ANETHOW trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
PUBLISHER: Evertype The Cornish version of this famous children’s book by Lewis Carroll. Nicholas Williams has also translated this book into Irish with great acclaim and the standard of the Cornish in this version is equally commendable. KS 978 1 904808 19 0 £9.95 Out of stock.
ADRO DHE’N BYS IN PESWAR UGANS DEDH trelyes gans Kaspar Hocking
PUBLISHER: Evertype An abridged version in Cornish of the Jules Verne story with many of the original illustrations. KS 978 1 904808 24 3 £7.95
TU ARAL AN NORVYS HA WHEDHLOW EREL gans M. Palmer ha H. Ashworth
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow A book of 7 short stories. These are very short stories so it should not take a beginner long to work through each one. UCR 978 0 954851 8 6 £2.95
AN PYLARLUTH – UN DROLLA PETROK gans Nigel Roberts
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow A colourful cartoon book inspired by Whethlow an Tylu Sprygan. Petrok’s adventures make a delightful story which is not too difficult for a beginner to work through. UC 0 9535975 9 8 £1.99
WHETHLOW AN MOR gans Myghal Palmer
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow Following Myghal Palmer’s death we were reminded that these short stories remained unpublished. 5 short stories all connected with the sea and all with unexpected endings. UC 0-9548451-1-0 £4.95
WHEDHEL GYTTERN gans Heather Ashworth
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow A short story about a guitar! The life story of a guitar incorporating the history of pop music over the last half century. In UCR and a fairly easy read UC 978-0-9548451-4-8 £2.50
MAP NEP DAMA – AN WHETHEL INGRID recordyes gans Heather Ashworth
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow As far as we are aware, this is the first biography ever to be written in Cornish. It is the story of a German lady who met a Cornish soldier while he was serving in Germany just after World War II. They got married and she came to live in Cornwall. […]
ENYS ANCOW gans Myghal Palmer
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow Myghal wrote this short story some time ago and we are pleased to re-publish it as the second book in our series Classic Cornish Stories. It is an interesting tale of gluttony and revenge set in a Cornish fishing village. UC 0 9535975 1 2 £1.95
BEWNANS ALYSARYN gans Peggy Pollard (Arlodhes Ywerdhon)
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow Bewnans Alysaryn was first printed in 1941, it is written as a play with the verses written in the form of a miracle play. It actually turns Bewnans Meriasek on its head and as such is a very amusing piece of writing but with a serious message. (First in series Classic […]
WHETHLOW AN SEYTH DEN FUR A ROM gans A.S.D. Smith,M.A. (Caradar)
PUBLISHER: Dyllansow Truran Translated from the Welsh this story originated in India about 500 BC but has changed during its journey West. The tale tells of the triumph of true evidence over false. UC 1850220166 £1.90
GODROS gans Myghal Palmer
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow Michael’s last novel ventures into the realms of Science Fantasy using characters from Celtic mythology. His longest novel so settle down for a good long read in Cornish! UC 0-9548451-0-2 £4.90
REBELLYANS gans Myghal Palmer 2nd dyllans
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow This novel is set in a world that has suffered from global warming and nuclear accidents in Eastern Europe. Much of Europe is run by dictatorships and this book tells the story of a group of Cornish young men and their struggle for freedom in a changed world. A new edition […]
JORY gans Myghal Palmer
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow This is the late Myghal Palmer’s first novel and we are very pleased to be able to republish it in paperback form. The story starts in wartime Saltash and then takes an unexpected turn. A gripping story with good characterisations. UC 978 0 9548451 6 2 Paperback £7.99
DYVROANS gans Myghal Palmer
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow This novel tells the story of a Cornish miner in the 19th century who was forced by circumstances to move to Australia and the events that befell him. The writing is well researched and is based on Myghal’s own family history. UC £3.90
WHETHLOW WOSA TEWLDER gans Myghal Palmer
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow A book of 6 short horror stories, each one has an unexpected ending. Definitely not for the squeamish. UC 978-0-9548451-9-3 […]
KEMYSK KERNEWEK ARNOWETH gans Alexander Menhinick ha Mark Dorrell
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow A new collection of plays short stories and poetry. Some sad some very funny. UC 0 9535975 2 0 £2.45
AN GUREN WOSEK A GELTYA gans Melville Bennetto (Abransek)
PUBLISHER: Dyllansow Truran The first novel ever to be published in Cornish! A story of the struggle of the Celtic peoples for identity and independence. 185022000X £1.90
NEBES WHETHLOW BER gans A.S.D. Smith, M.A. (Caradar)
PUBLISHER: Dyllansow Truran A book of 11 short stories in one volume by Caradar. Although written a while ago Caradar’s style is timeless. The stories are both entertaining and easy to read. UC £1.60
WHETHLOW TUS HUVEL gans Dorothy Richards (Lelder)
These stories have a charm all of their own. Dorothy’s style of writing in this book comes closest of all to the way that Cornish would have actually been spoken in the 16th century. UC £1.95
FLEHES AN HENSHORN trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Cornish edition of this well known story. Perhaps, because it is so well known, much can be learned by reading it in faultless Cornish. KS 978-1-78201-0036 £14.95
KY TEYLU BASKERVILLE trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
A Cornish language edition of this well known detective story. A story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in faultless English now to be had in faultless Cornish. If you have not read it before it’s a darn good story. If you have, a chance to read some excellent Cornish. KS 978-1-78201-013-5 £11.95
PEDER PAN gans Daniel O’ Connor ha J.M. Barrie, trelyes gans Eddie Climo.
PUBLISHER Gwask an Orlewen We now have an edition of ‘Peter Pan’ in Unified Cornish. This edition is a translation of the novel written in 1907 by Daniel O’Connor from J.M. Barrie’s 1904 stage play. It has a parallel English text and copious illustrations. PRICE £6.95
Jooan Chei an Horr / Jowan Chy an Horth edited by E.F. Climo
The story ‘Jooan Chei an Horr’ or ‘The Three Points of Wisdom’ is well know by many Cornish speakers. Eddie Climo, in this book, explains the roots of the story. It is obvious from the book that the story is very ancient with many examples of stories from all over the world with the same […]
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There was a good attendance for the Agan Tavas Day Out in the St Keverne area. The visit to the church was very interesting. The place has a lot of history, part of it explained in the hand out leaflet in Cornish but more was explained by the church warden. Lunch in the White Hart […]
Cuntellyans Kemyn Bledhennek
At the Annual General Meeting of Agan Tavas was the presentation of the ‘Pewas Perghyryn’ award. There are details of the award on this web site. The winner this year was Rod Lyon for his book ‘To the Edges of the Galaxy’. This a science fiction story of the Star Trek genre except that there is new […]