THE winners of the Scots Language Awards 2023 were unveiled at a ceremony on Saturday night.
The event, held at Johnstone Town Hall in partnership with Renfrewshire Council, saw 13 individuals, projects and businesses out of more than 60 nominees honoured.
Scots Bairns’ Book o the Year, sponsored by the Scottish Government, was Guid Mornin! An Guid Nicht!, which was translated by Matthew Mackie and published by Tippermuir Books. Banff Academy teacher Jamie Fairbairn was named Scots Speaker o the Year. Monymusk Primary School in Aberdeenshire was awarded Scots School o the Year, sponsored by Itchy Coo / Black & White Publishing.
Aberdeen student show Ayetanic was named Scots Project o the Year, while Thomas Clark from Bellshill won Scots Book o the Year for Animal Fairm, his translation of George Orwell’s 1945 novel. It was published by Luath Press, with the category spon- sored by the Scottish Book Trust. Shane Strachan, the current Scots Scriever at the National Library of Scotland, was named Scots Champion o the Year. The Janet Paisley Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to singer, songwriter and broadcaster Frieda Morrison, who has spent her life promoting Doric.
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