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Koun Breizh asks Loig Chesnais-Girard, President of the Brittany region, and Megalis, to affirm the principle of full respect for our toponymy in the Breton language.
R. J. Kerno wins the Breton short story prize from the City of Carhaix for Distro ar marc’h, published in issue 476 (May 2026) of the magazine Al Liamm. The prize will be awarded to the winner during the Carhaix book festival.
The City of Carhaix Novel Prize is awarded to Anne-Solange Muis for "Écume d’hiver," her second novel (Phébus, 2026). The prize will be presented to her by the jury on Saturday, October 24 at 2:15 PM, at the Glenmor Space, during the Carhaix Book Festival.
In the early 1970s, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, a figure of leftist reformist radicalism and European federalism, advocated in Le Pouvoir régional for a genuine capacity for political decision-making by regions. The modernity of his thought could help bring back to the forefront of the debate the issue of regional autonomy and the institutional future of Brittany.
The Yoran Embanner publishing house, based in Cléden-Poher (Finistère), is releasing a modernized and unexpurgated version of Book XII of Bertrand d'Argentré's History of Brittany. This work, dedicated to the years 1458 to 1532, notably restores the passages that were censored at the end of the 16th century regarding the union of Brittany with the Kingdom of France.
36th edition of the "Jazz à l'Ouest" festival
The hemorrhage continues. Koun Breizh wishes to express its indignation to Mr. Mayor of Plouzane following the de-Bretonization of the Coat-Edern school. What is the point of being at level 2 of the Ya d'ar breizhoneg charter to end up here? We demand the restoration of the original name or the addition of the new name to Coat-Edern.
Enluminures Mandalas a new book by Jean-Pierre Subié In this book, published by Alouarn éditions, Jean-Pierre Subié presents nearly sixty illuminations or mandalas. Pictorial forms that he has already approached differently in his previous book "Celtic Lands of Today." Contemporary and original illuminations created in the continuity of those found in medieval books, including those of Kells and Durrow. The titles of the illuminations are in Breton and French.
Two original diplomatic acts from 1490, preserved at the British National Archives, have recently been the subject of new digital acquisitions by Bretaigne DAO. They allow for a direct study of Anne of Brittany's negotiations with Henry VII of England, as well as the financial and territorial commitments related to the English intervention.
In his new essay, *The Return of Peripheral Nations*, published by Alouarn Editions, the Breton magistrate and writer Yvon Ollivier presents a indictment against French centralism. Convinced that the nation-state is undergoing a profound crisis, he sees in historical peoples, including Brittany, the possible foundations of a new political order. An ambitious book, sometimes radical, with a preface by the geographer Jean Ollivro.
This work is part of a collection dedicated to the History of each department. After this first stage in Armorica, the heritage adventure will continue in southern Brittany with the publication of a book dedicated to the history of Morbihan in the spring of 2027.
The 32nd issue of the magazine "Spered Gouez / l'esprit sauvage" published by the Breton cultural center Egin will be released for the Carhaix book festival (October 24 & 25). Dedicated to the memory of Charlie Grall, it has the theme "One is multiple."
Founded on October 13, 2003, the web media Agence Bretagne Presse (ABP) celebrated its 23rd anniversary yesterday. This was an opportunity to revisit one of the earliest versions of its website, preserved by the Internet Archive.
How did Breton society mourn the Great War, its soldiers who died in the mud of the trenches? The 20th century began on August 1, 1914, when the alarm bell rang. The earthquake shook Brittany. It provided battalions of soldiers. Among the other topics in this issue, we highlight four articles. The first analyzes and comments on Irish manuscripts from the 11th to the 19th centuries; the second explores trade relations in the late Middle Ages between Brittany and Andalusia; the third takes us into the wanderings of Anne of Brittany in her...
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