Jackie Kay Podcasts


Last Updated: Feb 8th, 2022

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The 8 Best Jackie Kay Podcasts

  • 1) Jackie Kay

    Kirsty Young's castaway is the poet and writer Jackie Kay. Born in Edinburgh in 1961 to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father, she was adopted as a baby by a white Scottish couple, Helen and John Ka...Show More

    Jackie Kay

    Jackie Kay

    36:45 | Oct 23rd, 2016

    AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.
  • 2) Jackie Kay

    Jackie Kay is one of the best known and most popular Scottish literary figures. A poet and novelist, she served as Makar - the name for Scotland’s poet laureate - for five years from 2016. Since her d...Show More

  • 3) Jackie Kay

    Jackie Kay is the national poet of Scotland and has taken her Makar duties seriously. She has written a weekly poem during lockdown, brought art into people’s homes with the broadcast Makar to Makar a...Show More

    Jackie Kay

    Jackie Kay

    1:24:39 | Aug 8th, 2020

  • 4) Jackie Kay

    If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangement. F...Show More

    Jackie Kay

    Jackie Kay

    1:03:02 | May 6th, 2020

  • 5) Jackie Kay

    Kirsty Young's castaway is the poet and writer Jackie Kay. Born in Edinburgh in 1961 to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father, she was adopted as a baby by a white Scottish couple, Helen and John Ka...Show More

    Jackie Kay

    Jackie Kay

    36:45 | Oct 23rd, 2016

    AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.
  • 6) Jackie Kay

    This week Sarah talks to the poet and novelist, Jackie Kay.

    Jackie Kay

    Jackie Kay

    1:03:05 | Apr 1st, 2016

  • 7) Jackie Kay

    Recalling a childhood in Glasgow which inspired her to write, the poet takes Wendy Robbins to meet her mum and dad. From August 2007.

  • 8) Jackie Kay

    It's a great honour and treat for the festival to welcome Scotland's poet laureate, or makar. Jackie's work is tender, funny and haunting by turns, informed by the fascinating dual Scottish/ Nigerian ...Show More

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