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A natter with the Makar

18 August 2016

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was in an unfamiliar role when she took to the stage at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this year.

She was taking part in an in conversation style event with Scotland’s Makar, Jackie Kay – but the FM was asking the questions rather than answering them in the event screened live on the BBC website.

Watch @JackieKayPoet in conversation with FM @NicolaSturgeon live now on https://t.co/TEzoblrsx8 pic.twitter.com/wQM7dK07z6

— First Minister (@ScotGovFM) August 18, 2016

The FM and Jackie reminisced about the phone call made by the FM to inform Jackie that she was being made Scotland’s national poet, while discussing the love of books shown by the FM during her childhood and to the present day.

This article from The Scotsman gives a summary of the event, which included light moments between the FM and the Makar.

Nicola Sturgeon keeps things light as she interviews Jackie Kay https://t.co/Gb4MJju9Na pic.twitter.com/WibXVHH2Ka

— The Scotsman (@TheScotsman) August 19, 2016

Thanks to @edbookfest for hosting FM @NicolaSturgeon in conversation with Scotland's Makar @JackieKayPoet pic.twitter.com/9etqUKh9qB

— First Minister (@ScotGovFM) August 18, 2016

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