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Whether the weather be dreich or fair, my luve,
if guid times greet us, or we hae tae face the worst,
ahint and afore whit will happen tae us…—Jackie Kay, “A Lang Promise”
published in BANTAM (Picador, 2017)https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/jackie-kay/bantam/9781509887927
#Scottish #literature #ValentinesDay #Valentine #poem #poetry #LGBTQ #LGBTQplusHM #lovepoem #lovepoetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #womenwriters #JackieKay
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Whether the weather be dreich or fair, my luve,
if guid times greet us, or we hae tae face the worst,
ahint and afore whit will happen tae us:
blind in the present, eyes open to the furore…—Jackie Kay, “A Lang Promise”
published in BANTAM (Picador, 2017)A poem for Pride Month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/jackie-kay/bantam/9781509887927
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #love #lovepoem #Pride #PrideMonth #JackieKay
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“It is the foreigner within that is interesting”: Imaginations of Scottish Multicultural Identity in Jackie Kay’s Memoir RED DUST ROAD
29 April, free onlineDr Angelica Michelis will focus on Jackie Kay’s memoir RED DUST ROAD and the ways in which it engages with questions of multiracial/multicultural narratives of Scottishness.
Link: https://t.co/dqFyZAFYf3
#Scottish #literature #memoir #JackieKay #identity #multiracial #multicultural #gender #sexuality #ethnicity
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Fishing for Poetry: A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
Aly Bain, Andrew Greig & Billy Connolly seek the Loch of the Green Corrie – with MacCaig’s poetry read by Douglas Dunn, Alasdair Gray, Seamus Heaney, Jackie Kay, Tom Leonard, Liz Lochhead & Aonghas MacNeacail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilGV9OCHei0
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #NormanMacCaig #fishing #AlyBain #AndrewGreig #BillyConnolly #DouglasDunn #AlasdairGray #SeamusHeaney #JackieKay #TomLeonard #LizLochhead #AonghasMacNeacail
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Jackie Kay in Conversation with Josie Long
19 Nov, Bishopbriggs Library – freeJackie Kay will read from her latest poetry collection MAY DAY, & discuss political activism & finding one's own political voice with writer & comedian Josie Long
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jackie-kay-in-conversation-with-josie-long-tickets-1073020746939
#Scottish #literature #poetry #politics #politicalpoetry #activism #JackieKay
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The Pleasures of Reading
with Jackie Kay20 Nov, Portobello Bookshop, #Edinburgh & online – free
Join Jackie Kay for this Book Week Scotland event, as she explores the impact that being a reader has had on her life by sharing some of her favourite books.
After the event Jackie Kay will be signing her latest poetry collection, MAY DAY.
#Scottish #literature #reading #BookWeekScotland #JackieKay
https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/the-pleasures-of-reading-with-jackie-kay