Kathleen Jamie is a poet and non-fiction writer who has just completed her time as The Makar or National Poet for Scotland.
She is currently in Dunedin where she is completing a writing residency with the University of Otago, and has just published a collection, My Keelie Hawk, which contains poems written in Scots with English translations.
Kathleen joins Emile to discuss poetry and the arts including challenges facing the sector here and abroad.
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Scottish poet Kathleen Jamie ended her tenure as Makar (national poet laureate) and took up a Writers Fellowship with the University of Otago's Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies. Photo: Supplied