![]() “Scotland has a very supportive creative community,” she says. She’s been a huge influence on me and has always been there – one of the first poetry readings I ever did was in Scunthorpe with Liz. Latterly, Mum and I would visit him in his nursing home where we always had great discussions about poetry. “Edwin Morgan was a fabulous human being and poet. Scotland’s first Makar Edwin Morgan was of huge influence to Jackie “As the third Makar, I’m following in the footsteps of two wonderful poets who I first met in the early days of my writing – Edwin Morgan and Liz Lochhead,” says Jackie. “Scotland has a very supportive creative community” Among her long list of highly-acclaimed work, she has won awards for a collection of poetry, The Adoption Papers her first novel, Trumpet and bestselling memoir, Red Dust Road. However, Jackie Kay MBE has no shortage of achievements against her name. ![]() If I’d done nothing else with my life other than bring Matthew into the world, that would have been just fine.” He’s only 28 and he’s such a brilliant person. “I’m equally proud of my son, Matthew, who makes amazing documentary films. I’m so lucky to have John and Helen Kay as my mum and dad. “But I’m as proud of them as they are of me. ![]() “They’re very proud of me,” Jackie continues. “After the ceremony, my dad, who is 91, told me it was one of the best days of his life and my mum said, ‘Who would ever have thought that the wee baby we brought home in a basket would one day be up there as Makar?’ ![]()
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