SANCHO PRESS was founded in 1997 by Sian Mackay and the artist Geoff MacEwan, initially to publish a memoir of Mallorca where they were living at the time. Some years previously, Sian had founded Moubray House Press in Edinburgh’s Royal Mile to publish books and pamphlets of Scottish interest written by outstanding authors and journalists. Several of Moubray House’s titles were endorsed by institutions such as Historic Scotland and the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh.