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Will Buckingham | 白忠修 @willbuckingham.com · 17h

This is a lovely, generous-spirited, article by 羅強哥 about our @windandbones.com philosophy salon in Taiwan (Mandarin, but you can run it through a translation tool).

並非一場嚴肅難解的論辯，而更像是一次在樹蔭下的輕鬆對談
Not a serious, hard-to-understand debate, but more a relaxed conversation in the shade of a tree.

在跨國對話中，哲學走回自我本真

www.wansha.com.tw

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 1d

A wonderful essay and insight into our monthly philosophy salon at @涴莎藝術展演中心 Wan Sha Performing Arts Center here by Luo Qiangge.

www.wansha.com.tw/ClassicAndHu...

#Taiwan #Tainan #philosophy #freephilosophy #philosophyforeveryone

Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 1d

'Unexpectedly, this salon, hosted by Professor Bai Zhongxiu/Dr Will Buckingham (a British speaker with a PhD in philosophy and a Master's in anthropology), bringing together friends from Taiwan and other countries, was less a solemn debate and more a relaxed conversation under the shade of a tree.'

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 1d

A few photographs from our recent ghost stories event! Our co-director Will Buckingham co-ran this event in Tainan with writer Naomi Sím at the beautiful 南渡策室x無有為獨立書店.

This cosy group told ghost stories in Taiwanese/Tâi-gí. And there were even flickering lights as writers shared their writing...👻

Ghost stories written on Taiwanese paper money.

A few of the participant writers with Will

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 2d

Here we are talking to Sunny - the director of Taimei Library and Creative Community Hub in Taiwan - about writing, storytelling, research, publishing and so much more!

Huge thanks to Sunny for inviting us to join her on her Podcast.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEjz...

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 3d

Wind&Bones Books is a publishing house based between Scotland and Taiwan. We publish books we care about, including fiction, translation, philosophy and curious hybrid works.

We are a tiny team, made up of Dr. Hannah Stevens, and Dr. Will Buckingham.

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 4d

Tâigael’s Third Feature on TaiwanPlus News!

We are thrilled to share the third feature on TaiwanPlus about our book Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic.

This one features the brilliant Tâigael author Naomi Sím.

www.windandbones.com/posts/taiwan...

✨🤓✨🤓

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 6d

Wind&Bones Interview with TaiwanPlus News Episode 2 of 3!

'...a groundbreaking literary project’

Here is the second instalment of our interview about our recently published book Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic.

👇😎

www.windandbones.com/posts/taiwan...

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 6d

Wind&Bones Interview with TaiwanPlus News (1 of 3)!

In June, we had the pleasure of speaking to reporter Rik Glauert and producer Alec MacDonald from Taiwan Plus News about our recently published book Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic.

www.windandbones.com/posts/taiwan...

A still from TaiwanPlus interview recording.

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 7d

Creative Writing Unleashed at NCKU

A look back at our course in collaboration with National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan at the beginning of September!

Read about what we got up to with this small and mighty collective here: www.windandbones.com/posts/creati...

#Taiwan #writers

Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 9d

Wonderful!

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 9d

New link here - taiwaninsight.org/taigael-stor... ✍️

Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese and Gaelic

Tâigael: Orchids, Maternal Care, and a New Rosetta Stone Written by Dr Hannah Stevens & Dr Will Buckingham. Grandmother Islands: Oral Memory, Mother Tongues, and Literary Kinship between T…

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 9d

Here is the new link:

taiwaninsight.org/taigael-stor...

Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 10d

We are so delighted that Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese and Gaelic is featured in a special issue of Taiwan Insight!

Thank you so much to editor Chee-Han Wu!

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taiwaninsight.org/current-spec...

#Taiwan #Scotland #UK #writers #translation #grandmother #language #orchids

Taigael special issue on Taiwan Insight!

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 11d

We take our name from the Medieval Chinese writer, Liu Xie, and his book the Wenxin diaolong (文心雕龍), or The Heart of Literature, the Carving of Dragons.

So cultivate the strength of the wind, and make the bone robust.

蔚彼風力，嚴此骨鯁。

About | Wind&Bones

Writing and storytelling for social change Wind&Bones is a small, indie press. We also curate writing, storytelling and philosophy for social change projects. We are a Scottish organisation, based…

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 13d

Garry MacKenzie’s poem-essay flows implacably forward... in its relentless movement, it sweeps along in its path the sedimented layers of history and literature—stories, texts, and fragments that bear witness to the ecological and human histories of Scotland.

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 13d

In June, we had the pleasure of speaking to reporter Rik Glauert and producer Alec MacDonald from Taiwan Plus News about our recently published book Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic.

www.taiwanplus.com/news/news-sh...

Writer Naomi with publishers/writers/editors Hannah and Will

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 15d

"An examination of philosophy and stories that will leave you waving, not drowning…" — Left Lion magazine

Finding Our Sea-Legs: Ethics, Experience and the Ocean of Stories by Wind&Bones co-director Will Buckingham.

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#book #indiepress #ethics #philosophy

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 15d

Remaking the World is for anyone who wants to use writing to bring about positive social change. We’ve taught this course all over the world and have made a version of this course available free of charge.

books.windandbones.com/product/rema...

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 16d

Get your copy of Tâigael here:

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We ship worldwide!

#Scotland #Taiwan #fiction #translation #gaelic #Gàidhlig #Taiwanese #Tâigí #grandmother #mothertongue

Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 16d

This one is written by the fabulous Naomi Sím 👇✨

taiwaninsight.org/2025/09/22/r...

Rosettating Between Minoritised Languages: How Taiwanese Readers Respond to Intermediated Translation

Written by Naomi Sím. The article introduces “rosettation,” a method of translating between minoritised languages like Tâigí and Gaelic via dominant ones. The Tâigael project explores linguistic so…

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 16d

Rosettating Between Minoritised Languages: How Taiwanese Readers Respond to Intermediated Translation

The fourth and final feature on Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese&Gaelic in Taiwan Insight - the online magazine of the Taiwan Research Hub at the University of Nottingham is NOW LIVE!

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Will Buckingham | 白忠修 @willbuckingham.com · 18d

Why translate from Taiwanese to Gaelic and back again? Here, @drhannahstevens.bsky.social and I try to give an answer on #Taiwan Insight.

Do read the other essays in this special issue as well (from Elissa Hunter-Dorans and Lisa MacDonald, with the final one soon to land from Naomi Sím).

Tâigael: Orchids, Maternal Care, and a New Rosetta Stone

Written by Hannah Stevens and Will Buckingham. The article introduces Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic, a translation project linking two minoritised languages through English and Manda…

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 18d

Imagine when the Firth of Forth—the estuary at the heart of Scotland—is all glacier, the country around it frozen solid...

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#Scotland #writer #writers #poetry #indiepress

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Taiwan Policy Centre @taiwanpolicycentre.bsky.social · 21d

Taiwan Insight, the in-house magazine of the Taiwan Research Hub (@UoN_TRH) regularly outs out very interesting articles from new angles and perspectives. recommend subscribing to read pieces like this:
taiwaninsight.org/2025/09/17/g...

Grandmother Islands: Oral Memory, Mother Tongues, and Literary Kinship between Taiwan and Scotland

Written by Elissa Hunter-Dorans. This article reflects on how maternal and grandmaternal figures embody the preservation of Taiwanese and Gaelic. Through Tâigael, the author explores oral tradition…

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