Tag: Libby Brooks

  • Jackie Kay announces makar’s tour of all the Scottish islands The Guardian 2016-10-07 Libby Brooks, Scotland Correspondent The poet has revealed plans for ‘an odyssey’ that will take in overlooked parts of Scotland and form the basis of a long poem about the country As the UK lurches towards xenophobia, it is a writer’s responsibility…

  • Don’t tell me who I am The Guardian 2002-01-12 Libby Brooks, Deputy Comment Editor Jackie Kay has become used to all kinds of assumptions being made about her identity—literary, national, sexual and familial. The more annoying, because the joy of being a writer is that you can create any persona you like. On the other…