National Library of Scotland

Exploring the Jackie Kay archive

  • Dates and times
    28 May 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
  • Type
    Talk
  • Location
    George IV Bridge
  • Price
    Free Book now
Photo of Jackie Kay over a background of material from her archive.

Explore the personal archive of Jackie Kay, Scotland's former Makar and beloved writer. Curator Dan Sheehy will share his favourite discoveries from cataloguing her lifetime of work.

From mysterious songs on old cassettes to piecing together drafts of unpublished works, learn about the joys and revelations of working alongside Jackie Kay herself to uncover and understand an archive spanning a lifetime.

About the speaker

Dan Sheehy is Assistant Curator for Modern Literary Archives and Manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland.

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