Jess Robinson in conversation: Life Is Rosi
Join Jess Robinson at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street as she discusses her latest book, a fresh and fun family history following the lives of her and her German Jewish Grandmother, Rosi.
About Jess Robinson in conversation: Life Is Rosi
| 5th February 2026 | |
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Waterstones Sauchiehall Street 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow City Centre G2 3EW |
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A fresh and funny family history following the lives of comedian Jess Robinson and her German Jewish grandmother, Rosi.
When Grandma Rosi was 23, she was expelled from Nazi Germany and interned as a refugee in Zbąszyń, Poland. She used her diary to document every detail of her experiences, from being deported by the Gestapo to stolen conversations with her first love.
When Jess was 23, she was living in London, struggling with a fledgling acting career, a failed love life and rock-bottom self-esteem. She used her diary to rant about her mum and track her daily calories. Well, it was the noughties…
Rapidly approaching her 40th birthday – and (honestly) wanting an EU passport to beat the airport queues – comedian and impressionist Jess Robinson decided to dig into the archives of her German Jewish ancestry. With each freshly translated page of her grandmother’s wartime diaries, Jess set out to discover who Grandma Rosi really was – and maybe learn a thing or two about herself. After all, it’s easy for an impressionist to forget who they really are when they spend every day pretending to be other people…
Reopening her own diaries (which had been securely locked away for nearly two decades), Jess follows the two young women as they navigate life at 23, finding a shared sense of identity despite their differing circumstances.
Exploring everything from lessons in resilience to identity, trauma and womanhood, Life Is Rosi is a warm, witty and wise book that gets to the heart of who we are, wherever we are.
Jess Robinson is an award-winning impressionist, comedian, actor, singer and voice-over artist.
Since dazzling audiences on Britain’s Got Talent in 2017, she has become a regular on shows like Dead Ringers, Spitting Image and Horrible Histories, and continues to perform her celebrated live shows across the UK. She recently performed her show ‘Your Song’ for 24 nights at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Her hit podcast ‘Stars in Your Ears’ won Best Entertainment Podcast at the 2021 British Comedy Awards.
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