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Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
The Scottish Makar reads one of her poems at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
  1. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
    01:46
    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  2. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
  9. "Thespians who have children"
    00:40
    "Thespians who have children"
  10. Glasgow Girls: It's No a Wean's Choice
    04:26
    Glasgow Girls: It's No a Wean's Choice
  11. Cariad Lloyd's Fringe picks
    02:19
    Cariad Lloyd's Fringe picks
  12. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  13. Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
    02:33
    Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
  14. Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
    02:55
    Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
  15. Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
    02:49
    Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
  16. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  17. EIF Conversations: Pierre Boulez: A Celebration
    55:08
    EIF Conversations: Pierre Boulez: A Celebration
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