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Fancy snuggling down for a story? Tune in as poet and author Jackie Kay discusses her work and her new book, Coorie Doon. The full #BBCAuthorsLive session with the wonderful Jackie Kay is now on iPlayer Watch here 👉🏽 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

“Little Shona’s parents sing her to sleep with traditional Scottish folk songs in this wild, imaginative picture book, filled with enduring tenderness and softly rambling dreams.” 🎶 A gorgeous review of Coorie Doon by Jackie Kay and jillcalder in Guardian Books 💞

Time for the next #CanongateWall vote, where you choose your favourite quotation! The next person to be featured is Jackie Kay. We've selected these lines from the poem 'Darling' , and 'In My Country'. Which one would you like to see carved into stone and added to our wall?

✍ Choose your preferred Jackie Kay quotation by voting from the options below: 1️⃣ Where do you come from? 'Here,' I said, 'Here. These parts.' 2️⃣ The dead don't go till you do, loved ones. The dead are still here, holding our hands.'

To find out more about these poems, and to hear them read in full, watch the full video on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=OKp6yU…

Make sure you have your say for the next #Canongatewall Scottish Parliament. Choose your preferred Jackie Kay quotation by voting from the options in the thread below 👇

If you watch one thing today make it this remarkable speech by an independent French senator. It captures the moment Claude Malhuret

StAnza 25 (Online): Bards & Blether with Hannah Lavery & Jackie Kay – The Byre Theatre looking forward to this ! Also will be signing books ⁦WaterstonesStAndrews⁩ at 2pm on the 14th March and ⁦Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews⁩ at 3 should any one want to pop by! byretheatre.com/shows/stanza-2…

Poems by Niall Campbell, Sarala Estruch, Matthew Hollis, Jackie Kay, DH Lawrence, Sarojini Naidu, Jenny Pagdin, Christina Rossetti, Maggie Smith and Algernon Charles Swinburne. Cover illustration by Sara Boccaccini Meadows.

Wonderful evening listening to and learning from some of Scotlands greatest poets University of Strathclyde. Jackie Kay Michael Pedersen Liz Lochhead and Hannah Lavery.

I'm interested to know this: are you someone (or you know someone) who thought that Israel's response to Oct 7 was at first entirely legitimate and correct, but now (as of March 16 2025) you think something like 'it's gone too far' or 'it's got to stop now'?

Beast is a book! I had a big surprise today, postie brought me an advance copy of my ninth collection, published by Bloodaxe, in large format. Mouse was very curious about the new beast in the house. #beast Bloodaxe Books #bookreveal

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Check out this stellar lineup, including Jackie Kay, Pascale Petit FRSL🐅🌳🦜🌳🐆, Malika Booker and many more!

The votes are in! 🗳 Thank you to everyone who took part in our #CanongateWall competition – these are the winning words by #LizLochhead, Jackie Kay and Kathleen Jamie... We're off to get these lovely quotes carved into stone. Updates to follow! ow.ly/fXIv50VkC6f

My portrait of the great Michael Rosen....

Spot on.

Imagine if Alan Parker had been abducted after he made 'Mississippi Burning' or Norman Jewison after making 'In the Heat of the Night'.

“Benjamin wasn’t a man for borders; he was one for breaking down barriers.” — the heartfelt contribution from Jackie Kay Brunel University of London #Benjaminzephaniahnday Benjamin's voice roared for justice, love, and liberation.