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Jackie Kay ends her term as Makar
Jackie Kay's tenure as Scotland's national poet has come to an end after five years as planned.
Scotland's third Makar – she succeeded Edwin Morgan...
Have you seen these statues in Edinburgh Park ?
Before their time.Statues have featured a lot in the news recently especially in relation to the Black Lives Matter protests. One of the anomalies...
Pentlands Book Festival – Get the last (FREE!) tickets for Jackie Kay
Here’s an opportunity that doesn’t come along very often.
Scotland’s Makar, Jackie Kay, will be speaking at Currie Community High School on Tuesday, 6th November,...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Ali Smith*****
Chaired by the nation’s makar, the enthusiastic Jackie Kay, Ali Smith took to the stage on Saturday to discuss her new and exciting work,...
Jackie Kay appointed as Scotland’s Makar
Jackie Kay has been appointed as Scotland's Makar in succession to Liz Lochhead.
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the appointment earlier today.
Scotland's Makar's role...
Book Week Scotland 2014 – a celebration of books and reading
'A love of reading......at its most powerful, transforms lives' (Sophie Moxon, Acting Director, Scottish Book Trust)
For all the gloom and doom we hear about...
Jackie Kay wins Scottish Book of the Year
Creative Scotland is delighted to announce that award winning poet and author, Jackie Kay, has been awarded the 2011 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book...
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