Thu, 27 Jun
|The Edinburgh Bookshop
Auntie Robbo launch party (FREE)
Join Scotland Street Press for the launch of Auntie Robbo - a children's book first published in 1940, now available for a new generation thanks to Jean Findlay, founder of the press and granddaughter of the author. Refreshments will be provided.
Time & Location
27 Jun 2019, 18:30
The Edinburgh Bookshop, 219 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh EH10 4DH, UK
About The Event
Originally refused publication in London because it was deemed critical of the English, Auntie Robbo was first published in the U.S. in 1940. With an introduction by Ann Scott Moncrieff ’s daughter, this is the authorised republication by Scotland Street Press.
ANN SCOTT MONCRIEFF was born in Orkney in 1910 and died in Nairn in 1943. During her short life she was a journalist, writer and a poet who was immortalized by Edwin Muir in his poem To Ann.