I am a researcher, translator, and writer, working between Czech, Scottish Gaelic, and English.

’S e neach-rannsachaidh, eadar-theangadair, agus sgrìobhadair a th’ annam, agus tha mi air a bhith ag obair eadar Seacais, Gàidhlig na h-Alba, is Beurla.

Latest | Naidheachdan

• An Staran: Rosg Gàidhlig le Ruaraidh MacThòmais air liosta fhada Duais Leabhair na Gàidhealtachd 2025 | shortlisted for the Highland Book Award 2025
• Event recording: New Writers Showcase, 12 February 2026, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
• Webinar recording: “Finlay J Macdonald at 100 | Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill aig 100,” with Mhairi Brennan and Rob Dunbar
• New article: “Folklore Material in Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic Magazines,” Review of Scottish Culture 30:1 (2025), available in open access
• An Staran: Rosg Gàidhlig le Ruaraidh MacThòmais wins the Donald Meek Award (Gaelic Books Council), 2025
• New poem: ‘Taigh-cluich Chanongate na Làrach,’ ‘O’er a’ my labours sey your skill’: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson, ed. Rhona Brown & Amy Wilcockson (Taproot, 2025)

Contact | Fios: poncarova (at) gmail.com

Social media | Meadhanan sòisealta: LinkedIn & BlueSky