Book Launch: The Roma - A Travelling History

The Roma Cultural Centre are delighted to host the launch of Madeline Potter's new book - The Roma - A Travelling History!

About Book Launch: The Roma - A Travelling History

	23rd May 2025
	6pm - 8pm
	The Roma Cultural Centre 43 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow South Side G41 2PZ
	This is a free event
	Visit the event website here
	Follow romanolav on Twitter
	Facebook information can be found here
	Follow roma.voice on Instagram

Listed Under Books Events

Join us for an evening of celebration with Madeline with an author talk, book excerpt readings and refreshments!

A unique blend of memoir, travelogue and history of an othered and misunderstood people – and a celebration of resistance and resilience.

About the Author:
Madeline Potter was born in Romania in 1989 and grew up Romani in nineties post-Communist Romania. She now lives in Scotland and is a scholar of nineteenth-century literature at the University of Edinburgh.

About the Book:
The Roma is a profoundly personal portrait of a people and their on-going journey, shedding new light on their history in countries through which they’ve travelled and in which they’ve settled, and what it means to be Romani in Europe today. It is a history that is not widely understood, and that invisibility has created a space where fear and hostility continue to thrive. The Roma, as well as being full of fascinating stories and extraordinary individuals, is a powerful corrective to the stereotyping and prejudices that Romani communities still face today.

We meet Ceija Stojka, the Roma artist who chronicled her experiences of the Holocaust in Austria; Johann Trollmann, the Sinto boxer who should have become Germany’s light-heavyweight champion only to have his win scratched from the record by the Nazis; and Mary Squires, the nineteenth-century Romani who was accused of kidnapping a young woman and sentenced to death only to be exonerated thanks to some detective work by an unconvinced judge.

Where possible we will update our listings to notify of cancelled, postponed and rescheduled events, however we STRONGLY ADVISE that you check with the venue/organiser in the first instance for updates.

All information (whether in text or photographs) is supplied in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement of representation or fact.

GOT AN EVENT TO SHARE? It's free to post your events on What's On Glasgow, click here to find out more!

Want to be the first to hear about what's happening in Glasgow? Just hit 'Like' on our Facebook page, join the What's On Scotland Facebook Group and 'Follow' on our Twitter account and you're all set!

Similar events you might like...

Glasgow Mitchell Library Classics Book Group

Selected dates between 5th December 2024 - 4th December 2025

The Mitchell Library and Theatre, Glasgow West End

Glasgow Mitchell Library Classics Book Group runs on the first Thursday of each month with the library kindly providing books for all members, so there is no cost involved!

Books at the Botanics

Selected dates between 1st February 2025 - 14th December 2025

Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow West End

Glasgow's Book Fair, Books at the Botanics, is held every month in the Hopkirk building at Glasgow's Botanic Gardens!

Bookface Sip & Swap for Refuweegee at Rickshaw & Co.

18th May 2025

Rickshaw & Co., Glasgow West End

Join Bookface Sip & Swap at Rickshaw & Co. for a fun afternoon sipping drinks, swapping books, and supporting Refuweegee!

Diors Bookclub at The Marlborough

22nd May 2025

The Marlborough, Glasgow South Side

Not your typical book club... this is for the imperfect book girlies who want to have a laugh, discover some fab reads, and enjoy a laid-back night in a boujee space with fellow book lovers!

Book Launch: The Roma - A Travelling History

23rd May 2025

The Roma Cultural Centre, Glasgow South Side

The Roma Cultural Centre are delighted to host the launch of Madeline Potter's new book - The Roma - A Travelling History!

Derick Thomson’s Prose - Rosg Ruaraidh MhicThòmais

29th May 2025

The Gaelic Books Council, Glasgow West End

Derick Thomson is celebrated as a poet, but in the new book "An Staran" Petra J. Poncarová demonstrates his exceptional prose writing, including essays, short stories and reviews.

The Witches of Scotland in conversation with author C.J. Cooke

31st May 2025

Provan Hall, Glasgow East End

Join The Witches of Scotland Podcast hosts Dr Zoe Venditozzi and Dr Claire Mitchell for a discussion and talk based on their new book How to Kill a Witch at Provan Hall!