Jackie Kay has written all her life. Several of her adult poetry collections have won or been shortlisted for awards across the board. Her first novel Trumpet won the Author's Club First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. Her first novel for children, Strawgirl, was a huge critical success.
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Another Night Before Christmas, Armour, Ballistics, Banjo, Better Than God, Fiere, Furniture, Grain, Hide Now, Hill of Doors, Interior Night, Love Poems, Misadventure, Nefertiti in the Flak Tower, November, One Thousand Nights and Counting, Pluto, Sidereal, The Bees, The Christmas Truce, The Cloud Corporation, The Dark Film, The Divine Comedy, The Floating Man, The Havocs, The Mirabelles, The Overhaul, The Picador Book of 40, The Picador Book of Love Poems, The Seacunny, The Wrecking Light, WenceslasPoets
Annie Freud, Billy Collins, Carol Ann Duffy, Charlotte Greig, Clive James, Glyn Maxwell, Jackie Kay, John Glenday, John Kinsella, John Stammers, Katharine Towers, Kathleen Jamie, Lorraine Mariner, Paul Farley, Peter Forbes, Peter Porter, Rachael Boast, Richard Meier, Robin Robertson, Samantha Wynne- Rhydderch, Sean O'Brien, Timothy Donnelly, Various
Fiere
Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay brings her poetry to Picador with a brilliant new collection that crosses borders.
Jackie Kay’s new collection is a lyric counterpart to her memoir, Red Dust Road, the extraordinary story of the search for her Nigerian and Highland birth-parents; but it is also a moving book in its own right, and a deep enquiry into all forms of human friendship. Fiere – Scots for ‘companion, friend, equal’ – is a vivid description of the many paths our lives take, and of how those journeys are made meaningful by our companions on the road: lovers, friends, parents, children, mentors – as well as all the remarkable and chance acquaintances we would not otherwise have made. Written with Kay’s trademark wit and flair, and infused with both Scots and Igbo speech, it is also a fascinating account of the formation of a self-identity – and the discovery of a tongue that best honours it. Musical and moving, funny and profound, Fiere is Jackie Kay’s most accomplished, assured and ambitious collection of poems to date.
Picador turns 40 this year, and we'd love you to come and celebrate with us. 12 of our authors, including Jon Ronson (The Psychopath Test) and Jackie Kay Reality, Reality), will be reading from their work. Read on for details of how you can get discounted tickets to the event.
Jackie Kay tell us about the meaning of 'Fiere' and the inspiration behind her beautiful poem.