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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. Scott Tyrrell: Bad Dad!
    03:10
    Scott Tyrrell: Bad Dad!
  10. Trying Weight Watchers
    00:59
    Trying Weight Watchers
  11. B Dolan
    03:57
    B Dolan
  12. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  13. A magic trick too far
    00:39
    A magic trick too far
  14. Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
    02:33
    Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
  15. "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
    00:25
    "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
  16. The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
    00:28
    The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
  17. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
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