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

    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

  • 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

    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.
  • 5) Jackie Kay

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

    Jackie Kay

    Jackie Kay

    1:03:05 | Apr 1st, 2016

  • 6) 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

  • 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: Trumpet

    This month World Book Club talks to Scottish poet Laureate Jackie Kay about her award winning novel, Trumpet. When legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody dies an extraordinary secret is revealed, one...Show More

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