Liverpool Poetry Cafe: An Evening with Jackie Kay

Contact: 01517025324

An evening of poetry and prose from Jackie Kay.

Jackie Kay was born and brought up in Scotland. The Adoption Papers (Bloodaxe, 1991) won the Forward Prize, a Saltire prize and a Scottish Arts Council Prize. Darling was a Poetry Book Society choice. Fiere, her most recent collection of poems was shortlisted for the Costa award. Her novel Trumpet won the Guardian Fiction Award and was shortlisted for the IMPAC award. Red Dust Road (Picador) won the Scottish Book of the Year Award, was shortlisted for the JR Ackerley prize and the London Book Award. Jackie was awarded an MBE in 2006, and made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002.

Her book of stories Wish I Was Here won the Decibel British Book Award. She also writes for children and her book Red Cherry Red (Bloomsbury) won the Clype award. She has written extensively for stage and television. Her play Manchester Lines was produced this year by Manchester Library Theatre. Her new book of short stories Reality, Reality was recently published by Picador. Jackie is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University.

Note from Alex: what the bio above can't convey is Jackie's unique voice - not only is she a great writer but she reads in an extraordinary way that I can only describe as 'smiling with her voice'. Check her out on YouTube and you'll see what I mean. An experience to be savoured

With music from Dominic Williams

Tickets £3/£2

The Bluecoat
School Lane
Liverpool
L1 3BX

0151 702 5324


e-mail: liverpoolpoetrycafe1@gmail.com
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Price: £3.00 / £2.00

Time: 7:30pm