![Jackie Kay's Talisman](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Kay-470x140.jpg)
Jackie Kay tells us about Chickenhead, her writing talisman. This video is part of the 2020 Inside Writing showcase.
![Jackie Kay reading at the launch of the 2018 Newcastle Poetry Festival](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-08-21-at-13.55.16-470x140.png)
Jackie Kay reading at Newcastle Mining Institute for the launch of the 2018 Newcastle Poetry Festival. This event took place on 15th March…
![A Discussion between Val McDermid and Jackie Kay](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Val-McDermid-2017-12-05-at-11.24.20.jpg)
Val McDermid in conversation with Jackie Kay at Culture Lab. This event took place on 22nd May 2017.
![What's a Makar? A Discussion between Jackie Kay, W.N. Herbert and Asif Khan](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/What-is-a-Makar-1-for-archiv.png)
What’s a Makar: a discussion between Jackie Kay, W.N. Herbert and Asif Khan at Culture Lab. This event took place on 18th October 2016.
![Sarah Waters & Jackie Kay](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Waters_Kay_10.jpg)
Sarah Waters in conversation with Jackie Kay as part of the Booker Prize Foundation One Book Challenge at Curtis Auditorium. These images were taken on…
![A discussion between Sarah Waters and Jackie Kay](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Waters_Kay_10.jpg)
Sarah Waters in conversation with Jackie Kay as part of the Booker Prize Foundation One Book Challenge at Curtis Auditorium. This video was recorded on…
![A reading and discussion by Val McDermid & Jackie Kay](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/val-and-jackie.png)
Val McDermid and Jackie Kay reading and discussing the short story at the Percy Building. This event took place on 4th June 2015. External Links…
![The Poetry Cure: A celebration of the work of the poet Julia Darling](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/poetry-cure.jpg)
Cynthia Fuller, Christy Ducker, Sean O’Brien, Linda France, W.N. Herbert, Kathy Bainbridge Moran, Ellen Phethean, Tara Bergin, and Jackie Kay reading at The Poetry Cure,…
![A Poem Film by Tina Gharavi inspired by Julia Darling](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tow-lighthouses.png)
A Poem Film by Tina Gharavi inspired by Julia Darling‘s poem ‘Two Lighthouses’, read by Jackie Kay. This Poem Film was made in 2007. External Links…
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