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Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
The poet tells Nicola Sturgeon about her family.
  1. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  2. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  9. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
    01:46
    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  10. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
    05:05
    Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
  11. Watching Taken with your mum
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    Watching Taken with your mum
  12. Rock 'n' Roll at the Edinburgh Fringe
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    Rock 'n' Roll at the Edinburgh Fringe
  13. Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
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    Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
  14. Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
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    Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting 2
  15. "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
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    "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
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    Tommy Sandhu gets hyped
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    Rappers: Ransom FA
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