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The RLS Club was formed in 1920 by those who had known Stevenson and who wanted to care for his memory.
The Club's main objective is ‘to foster interest in Stevenson's life and works’. Over the years this has been met by the organisation of exhibitions, lectures and readings, the presentation of prizes for literary competitions, and the maintenance of the first Edinburgh museum dedicated to RLS at his birthplace at 8 Howard Place. The fine collection of memorabilia originally displayed there has been transferred to the City of Edinburgh's Writers' Museum in the Lawnmarket.
The Club, which has members all over the world, has close links with the RLS Club of Monterey, California, and is twinned with L’Association sur le Chemin de RLS in the Cévennes, France.
The Club badge is based on the palm tree device used on the famous ‘Tusitala’ edition of RLS’s works in 35 volumes published by Heinemann in 1923-4
The RLS Club is a registered charity in Scotland: SC016582
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