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Gorsedh Publications and Sales |
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Gorsedh Kernow is pleased to be able to make available a number of publications. These books can be purchased from the Gorsedh Treasurer: Cornish Bards of the North Cornwall Area / |
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To commemorate the 2012 Gorsedd taking place in Camelford, Gorsedh Kernow has put together a publication which details the lives and works of forty-six deceased bards who lived and worked, at least for part of their lives, in the North Cornwall area. There are also details of twenty-six living Bards, and the work they are doing for Cornwall now. This is the third in a planned series of publications covering the area in which the annual Gorsedh Kernow is held.
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Gorsedh Kernow: Bards of the Helston Area / Berdh a'n Ranndir Hellys
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To commemorate the 2011 Gorsedd taking place in Helston, Gorsedh Kernow has put together a publication which details the lives of forty deceased bards who lived and worked in the Helston and Lizard area, and also thirty living Bards. This is the second in a planned series of publications covering the area in which the annual Gorsedh Kernow is held.
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'Cornish Bards of the St Ives Area/Berdh Gernewek an Ranndir Porthia'
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Launched at St Ives on the eve of the 2010 Gorsedd, this A4 book is a collection of short biographies of fifty-two past St Ives bards, together with their contribution to Gorsedh Kernow, the life of St Ives and Cornish culture and history. As well as bards such as Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Leach and Peter Lanyon, who achieved fame on the wider British stage and internationally, it looks at grass roots citizens such as Beryl James, Cyril Noall and John Tucker Barber. Well illustrated with over forty black and white photographs, it was researched and compiled jointly by St Ives Archive Study Centre and Gorsedh Kernow Archives and Publications Committee. 
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'Gorseth Kernow/The Cornish Gorsedd:
what it is and what it does' by Rod Lyon
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This year marks the 80th anniversary of Gorsedh Kernow and sees the publication of a booklet which looks at the organisation from the inside. As well as charting its origins in early Britain and Wales, Rod Lyon (Tewennow) looks at its ceremonies and regalia and explores the impact of key figures such as Henry Jenner and Robert Morton Nance. He explains, too, how Gorsedh Kernow has changed over the years and how it sees its role in 21st-century Cornwall and across the Cornish diaspora. Lavishly illustrated in full colour with many previously unseen photographs, "Gorseth Kernow/The Cornish Gorsedd" also contains explanatory notes about Gorsedd regalia and handy lists of Grand Bards, Deputy Grand Bards and Gorsedd sites.  |
'Setting Cornwall on its Feet' - Robert Morton Nance 1873-1959
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This collection of essays and original texts celebrates the life and work of Robert Morton Nance, artist, folklorist, writer, maritime historian, Celtic enthusiast, founder of the Old Cornwall Societies and Grand Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd. It is edited by bards Peter Thomas and Derek Williams and published in 2007 by Francis Boutle in association with Gorseth Kernow. ISBN: 978 7 Cost is £10 (special offer). (For the UK, please add £1.50 postage; for overseas, please add £2.50) Sterling cheques to be made payable to 'Gorsedh Kernow' |
DVD "Pennsans Diskudhys"
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A 10 min play by 8 children from St Hilary Primary school. Script in Cornish by John Parker. Performed at the Gorsedh Concert 2007. There are 5 chapters on the DVD :-
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Price £3 (of which £1-25 is given to St Hilary school), plus £1 p&p in UK.
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Cornish Calendar 2013
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Henry & Katharine Jenner:
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 Henry & Katharine Lee Jenner in 1881 |
This important book marks the centenary of Henry Jenner's publication of The Handbook of the Cornish Language which initiated the modern study of Cornish. In the same year, 1904, through Jenner's efforts, Cornwall was admitted as one of the six Celtic Nations at the Pan-Celtic Festival in Caernarfon, Wales. This new book, a collection of essays by many present day Cornish writers on Henry and Katharine, his wife, with examples of their writings and numerous photographs, is also a milestone. It is the first detailed study of these these important figures in the Cornish revival in the twentieth century, putting their beliefs and achievements into the wider context of Victorian and Edwardian society. |
Edited by Derek Williams, (Map Jethan), it is published by Francis Boutle Ltd, with sponsorship from Gorsedh Kernow at £10.00 (special offer) which includes postage. Please make cheques payable to Gorsedh Kernow.
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Two booklets about former Deputy Grand Bards have been produced by the Gorsedh Archival Research and Publications Committee, chaired by Ann Trevenen Jenkin (Bryallen): |
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Tolzethan: by Hugh Miners and Treve Crago (28 pages, with several illustrations, some in colour) Joseph Hambley Rowe was born in Hayle, Cornwall, in July 1870. When only a few weeks old he moved to Russia for 9 years. After education at Hayle School and Aberdeen University his adult life was spent as a doctor in Yorkshire. His collection of books was purchased for Redruth Library and will be part of a future National Library of Cornwall. A leaflet with further information is available - see below. |
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Map Kenwyn: by Gary Tregidga and Treve Crago (32 pages) Cecil Beer was an active member of Tyr ha Tavas in the 1930s. He was initiated as a Bard at Padderbury Top in 1934. In the 1970s he moved to Australia, where he was closely involved in meetings of Cornish Bards in Australia. |
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