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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Luath Press

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781912147397

RRP: £9.99

PAGES: 256

PUBLICATION DATE:
May 30, 2018

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Language of My Choosing: a creative Scots-Italian memoir

Anne Pia

How do you choose your nationality?This is a question that Anne Pia often asked herself whilst growing up in Edinburgh. Born to Scottish-Italian parents, she was sent to Catholic School in contrast with her Scots-Italian cousins and spent her days helping out in the family cafe in Edinburgh. Tackling themes such as growing up, romantic love and motherhood, Pia’s memoir traces her journey as she discovers her place in the world.

Reviews of Language of My Choosing: a creative Scots-Italian memoir

Language of My Choosing throws fresh light on the Italian community in Scotland and gives its women their individual voice in a new way. This story resonates with the challenges of migration and immigration which we continue to face today. – DONALD SMITHBold and honest, raw at times but ultimately celebratory, beautifully written and razor sharp; a wonderful blend of autobiography and social history. – ANN MARIE DI MAMBRO

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Anne Pia

Based in Edinburgh, Anne has a long experience of writing for different audiences. A language graduate, former teacher with a recent Doctorate in Education (2008) she has been published many times in professional and academic journals, Times Educational Supplement and Scottish Educational Review; and as a government official, HM Inspector, has been responsible for expert national reports for a range of stakeholders on education in the adult learning world.As a recently creative writer, since retiring from education, her poetry has been published in Northwords Now, Poetry Scotland, New Voices Press, Lunar Poetry, The Fat Damsel and several times in London’s South Bank Poetry Magazine; also online in Far Off Places, poetandgeek and Ink Sweat & Tears. Her poem Viticuso 1913 and 2005 has been translated into Italian.