Pre-Launch offers: Special offers for the paperback version of 'The Gathering'

I am pleased to announce that ‘The Gathering’, the sequel to ‘Clan’, is due to be launched officially on 30 June 2013 and will be deliverable in paperback thereafter. It will also be available soon in all ebook formats from both Amazon (Kindle) and Smashwords as well as other major online stores, so keep watching if you are a 'digital reader'.

'The Gathering' will have a resale price in paperback of £8.99 – ebook versions at $5.99 or other currency equivalents.

There are some special offers in conjunction with Red Cap Books for anyone who wishes to pre-order their copy now, to ensure they are first in line for delivery from 30 June onwards.

There are four special deals available immediately:

1. ‘The Gathering’: Pre-order the paperback now and pay just £6.99 plus postage.

2. ‘Clan’: Order ‘Clan’ on its own, and you can buy it at a special price of £3.99 plus postage.

3. ‘Clan’ & ‘The Gathering’ Bundle: For anyone who would like to order ‘Clan’ and ‘The Gathering’ at the same time, they will get both books for a total of £9.98 ('Clan' delivered immediately - 'The Gathering' from 30th June 2013) plus postage.

4. 'First Edition 'Clan'. Red Cap Books also have a limited stock of first edition copies of ‘Clan’ signed by the author and dated the original publication date of the 1st December 2008, priced at £12.00 per copy plus postage.

All of these special offers are available by clicking here. Then click on the appropriate link for your bundle choice and delivery region. Postage & Packing will be added accordingly.

Click on the Newsletters menu item above to go to the Newsletters page and read the Autumn 2013 issue of the society's newsletter.

This issue includes information about the Clan Gathering in Scotland in September this year. There will be a good contingent of Australians attending.

The 2013 Elliot Clan Gathering will be held on 30 August to 1 September at Redheugh and Newcastleton.

The program and ticket application form are now available. Click here to download the PDF file.

The program includes:

• 30 August - Clan Room and House open, with lunch and gathering at Redheugh, followed by a Ceilidh at the Newcastleton Village Hall.

• 31 August - History of Newscastleton walk in the morning, with the Holm Show in the afternoon. 

• 1 September - Coach trip to Flodden Field.

Atten­dees:

• There have been about 250 peo­ple at past gatherings.
• Chil­dren of any age are welcome.
• Pho­tographs are per­mit­ted at Her­mitage Cas­tle and also in the Clan room.

If you have any questions about the Gathering, please use the Contact Us page on this website to send them to us. You will also find information on the UK Elliot Clan Society website.

(Click here for more information about the Battle of Flodden). The tour will take place 8 days before the 500th anniversary of the battle, which was fought on 9 September 1513. In 1756, Jean Elliot framed the tune and words for Flowers of the Forest as a lament for the deaths of James IV, many of his nobles, and over 10,000 men - the "Flowers of the Forest" in the title - at the Battle of Flodden in northern England in 1513.

Back in July 2009, we had the Elliot Gathering at Redheugh, the Chief's estate just out of Newcastleton. This was followed a few days later by The Gathering 2009, a gathering of all the Clans, around 120 of them, in Edinburgh for the first time for well over a century. You can read about these events in the extracts from the electronic copy of our summer newsletter 2009 on this website. Subsequent newsletters are also archived on this site, and if you are a new member, or just interested, you will find some interesting information about the Clan and its history in them. 

The next Gathering of the Elliot Clan at Redheugh will be in 2013, and I recommend to you in the strongest terms that you consider saving your holidays up so you can attend that event. I and others who attended the 2009 gathering are still talking about it and committed to going again, and again. From the interest shown thus far, it looks like we will have a fairly big contingent for the 2013 Gathering and may be able to benefit from bulk bookings.

Read more: From the President's Desk

The official Elliot Clan Society website is a virtual gathering place for all Elliots, Elliotts, Eliotts, Eliots and anyone else who is interested in the Clan's history. The society has several international branches and members can be found all over the world.

This is the website of the Australian branch of the Elliot Clan Society.