The literary archive of award-winning writer Jackie Kay has been acquired by the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.

The archive comprises 34 boxes of material that offer an insight into the life and writing of Kay, who was the Makar (National Poet for Scotland) from 2016 to 2021.

The material includes personal letters, manuscripts of poems, novels, short stories, plays, diaries and press articles.

Schoolbooks and university writing, early essays, family papers, notebooks, photographs, audio cassettes, prizes, awards and honours are also included.

National librarian Amina Shah welcomed Kay to the facility on Thursday morning, acknowledging the poet and novelist as one of Scotland’s most acclaimed cultural figures.

You can read more in an article by Craig Williams published in The Herald web site at: https://shorturl.at/GKvT.