Jackie Kay MBE , Fellow of the RSL since 2002, is a poet, playwright and author of novels and memoir and short stories. Jackie has been Scots Makar, national poet laureate of Scotland, since 2016 and is Chancellor of Salford University.
News & Updates
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Windrush 75 in Verse
22/06/2023
On 22 June, we mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush by joining forces with The London Library to br …
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Daisy Hildyard Wins the 2023 Encore Award for ‘Emergency’
16/06/2023
The 2023 Encore Award winner was revealed as Daisy Hildyard for Emergency (Fitzcarraldo Editions) on …
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The Pulse of a Perfect Heart: Three New Commissions
14/06/2023
There! Out it boomed. First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. The leaden circles disso …
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Paterson Joseph Wins the 2023 RSL Christopher Bland Prize
08/06/2023
The 2023 RSL Christopher Bland Prize winner is Paterson Joseph for The Secret Diaries of Charles Ign …