The book by Martin MacIntyre shares a collection of 52 poems, with each published in Gaelic, Catalan, Welsh and English.

The volume, called A' Ruith Eadar Dà Dhràgon (Running Between Two Dragons/Corrent Entre Dos Dracs/Rhedeg Rhwng Dwy Ddraig), is being launched at an event at the University’s 50 George Square on Friday 19 April at 1900.
The poems were all written in Gaelic by Martin MacIntyre in 2019 and 2020 from his travels in Spain and Wales.
The motif of two dragons is central to the book – with the symbol linking to the emblem on the Welsh flag and Catalonia's famous beast, which was slain by Sant Jordi, as St. George is known in Catalan.
Translated collection
The collection of poetry has been translated into Welsh by former National Poet of Wales, Ifor ap Glyn.
Noèlia Diaz-Vicedo, a leading poet and translator based at the University of the Balearic Islands in Palma, Spain, worked on the Catalan translation.
Martin has translated all of the poems into English for the book, published by Francis Boutle Publishing.
Contributing poets
At the event, the three contributing poets will read a selection of poems from the collection in all four languages.
The launch will also feature a specially composed tune written in response to the poems by Fraser Fifield, Traditional Artist in Residence at the University.
Martin MacIntyre, whose Gaelic fiction and poetry is published under the name Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir, joined the University as its first Gaelic Writer in Residence in 2022.
The award-winning writer has had eight works of fiction and a previous collection of poems published. He is also a practising GP.
In this new collection, Martin touches on subjects as varied as anticipating being at a rugby match in Cardiff with his 18-year-old son, bilingual banter in a Mallorcan bakery, and watching a father capture the perfect shot of his daughter for Instagram.
Written against the backdrop of the pandemic, the poet also touches on a Five Nations rugby match affected by Covid and a cheerful Mallorcan hotelier in a mask meeting and greeting guests.