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Edinburgh author, Christine Orr (1899-1963), published her first novel, 'The Glorious Thing', at the age of just 19 and 2019 marks the centenary of the publication. She went on to write poems, plays and a further 17 novels, as well as working for BBC Radio.  Orr also founded three theatre groups in Edinburgh and her company, The Christine Orr Players, became known as one of the ‘uninvited eight’ who performed ‘on the fringes’ of the first International Festival and initiated the Festival Fringe.

For the first time, some of Christine Orr’s childhood writing and personal possessions from the Museum of Childhood’s collection will be on display, highlighting the precocious talent of this once well-known writer.

Talks and Tales Double Page Spread

Talks and Tales: The Childhood Writing of Christine Orr

Outside the Writers' Museum Edinburgh

The Writers' Museum

Free entry | Recommended donation £5 | Last entry 4.30pm

Festive Opening hours: 24th and 31st December: Last admission 3pm 22nd, 23rd, 25th and 26th December/1st and 2nd January: Closed 27th December and... More info
Museum of Childhood interior from the ground floor

Museum of Childhood

Free entry | Recommended donation £5 | Last entry 4.30pm

Festive Opening hours: 24th and 31st December: Last admission 3pm 23rd, 25th - 27th December / 1st and 2nd January: Closed 3rd January: Open 11am-5pm... More info