Gorsedh Publications and Sales

Gorsedh Kernow is pleased to be able to make available a number of publications. Scroll down the page to read about each.

Bards can pay their subscriptions by PayPal by following an agreed procedure.

To arrange other payments by PayPal please contact the Treasurer for details and costs.

Gorsedh Kernow: Bards of the Helston Area / Berdh a'n Ranndir Hellys

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.

Payment of Ł7.50 (UK), Ł8.50 (Europe) or Ł10 (elsewhere) to Gorsedh Kernow must be made direct to the Treasurer, David Lindo. Payment of Ł7.50 (UK), Ł8.50 (Europe) or Ł10 (elsewhere) to Gorsedh Kernow must be made direct to the Treasurer, David Lindo.

David Lindo, Gorsedh Treasurer
Enys, 13b, Trevone Crescent, St Austell, PL25 5ED Kernow/Cornwall, UK.

If preferred, PayPal users can send an appropriate remittance, in sterling, quoting their postal address - contact David Lindo, Gorsedh Treasurer, at david.lindo@lineone.net for details.

'Cornish Bards of the St Ives Area/Berdh Gernewek an Ranndir Porthia'

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.

Payment of Ł7.50 (UK), Ł8.50 (Europe) or Ł10 (elsewhere) to Gorsedh Kernow must be made direct to the Treasurer, David Lindo. If preferred, PayPal users can send an appropriate remittance, in sterling, quoting their postal address - contact David Lindo, Gorsedh Treasurer, at david.lindo@lineone.net for details.

'Gorseth Kernow/The Cornish Gorsedd:
what it is and what it does' by Rod Lyon

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.

Payment of Ł5-70 (UK) or Ł6.45 (overseas) payable to Gorsedh Kernow must be made, with the order slip direct to the Treasurer, David Lindo. If preferred, PayPal users can send an appropriate remittance, in sterling, quoting their postal address, to david.lindo@lineone.net the Treasurer's Pay Pal address.

Those who think they will be able to collect the book from the Treasurer at a subsequent event must indicate on the order form and can pay Ł4-95 sterling only. Books will be posted as soon as stocks are available from the printer.

To view the order form please click here and print.

'Setting Cornwall on its Feet' - Robert Morton Nance 1873-1959

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 1 903427 34 7
To purchase a copy from the Treasurer David Lindo:
phone 01726-66854,
email treasurer@gorsethkernow.org.uk
or write to
13b Trevone Crescent, St. Austell, PL 25 5ED, Cornwall

Cost is Ł12.50. (For the UK, please add Ł1.50 postage; for overseas, please add Ł2.50) Sterling cheques to be made payable to 'Gorsedh Kernow'

DVD "Pennsans Diskudhys"

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 :-

the play from 3 camera angles
same but with Cornish words as subtitles
Gerva spoken words and phrases with words in English and Cornish on screen. Words spoken twice with pause for viewer to repeat
Gerva but with words on screen just in Cornish
Discussion about costumes, rehearsals, etc

Color printed disk and sleeve, plus 8 page booklet of words (Cor & Eng) plus a page about video techniques

Price Ł3 (of which Ł1-25 is given to St Hilary school), plus Ł1 p&p in UK.

Click here for more details/enquiries.

Cornish Calendar 2012

A bilingual calendar with coloured pictures and details of Gorsedh and other Cornish events is available to Bards at Ł7.15. (plus p&p UK 84p, Europe Ł1.60, World Ł2.65)

Christmas Cards

A pack of 5 assorted Cornish scene cards is available, with "Printed for Gorsedh Kernow" and "Gorhemmynadow a'n gwella". Price including postage: UK Ł2.00, Eur Ł2.50, World Ł3.00.

Both from Barbara Shaw.

Henry & Katharine Jenner:
A Celebration of Cornwall's Culture, Language and Identity.

Published - August 2004

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. Available from : David Lindo, Gorsedh Treasurer, Enys, 13b Trevone Crescent, St. Austell, Cornwall, UK, PL25 5ED. Please make cheques payable to Gorsedh Kernow. (Overseas. Please email David Lindo for extra postage costs treasurer@gorsethkernow.org.uk).

For further details, press releases, review copies etc. email archives@gorsethkernow.org.uk

THE CORNISH PASSION POEM
in facsimile

Prepared and edited over 6 years by Harry Woodhouse MA (Gwaryer an Sarf), this is a first in Cornish publishing. Opposite each black-and-white facsimile page the ancient text is printed verbatim, with a modern English translation underneath. This takes about a hundred pages and is followed with similar treatment of the charter fragment, dated 1340, discovered by Henry Jenner, and the first page of the Tregear Homilies, dated about 1557.

The book has been beautifully printed and bound by Booth of Penryn in a limited edition of just 200 copies.Available, price £16.99 (plus UK p&p £1.50), from grandbard@gorsethkernow.org.uk


Two booklets about former Deputy Grand Bards have been produced by the Gorsedh Archival Research and Publications Committee, chaired by Ann Trevenen Jenkin (Bryallen):
Tolzethan: The Life and Times of Joseph Hambley Rowe 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 from David Lindo - see below.		Map Kenwyn: The Life and Times of Cecil Beer 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.
Special Offer - end of line These booklets can be purchased from the Gorsedh Treasurer, David Lindo (Carer Lowarthow), price Ł3 each including UK postage. The two booklets can be purchased together for Ł5. For details of overseas airmail, email treasurer@gorsethkernow.org.uk.