'Tis the day when we celebrate all things Scottish. The 25th of January is the birthday of Robert Burns, famous Scottish poet and Auckland Libraries are celebrating with Burns Night events in some of our city libraries. Here's the news from our website.
Auckland Libraries invites you to celebrate Burns Night, the anniversary of the birthday of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns, born on 25 January 1759 in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland.
View a display of Scottish national costume, as well as a selection of resources on Scotland and Robert Burns, at the Waitakere Central Library and the New Lynn War Memorial Library
Find out more about Robert Burns and Scottish history
Who was Robert Burns?
History of Scottish settlers in New Zealand
Early Scottish settlers in West Auckland
St Andrews Society of New Lynn
Scottish place names in West Auckland
Websites on Scottish genealogy
Discover more about Robert Burns and Scottish history and genealogy with our booklist of suggested titles
Sign up now for our NextReads Historical Fiction monthly eNewsletter - January's eNewsletter features a selection of recent and recommended titles set in Scotland.
If the links don't work from this Blog post then head on over to this News Item from our Auckland Libraries website and link through from that page. You might want to bookmark the home page for future reference.
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