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Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road

Book of the Week: Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road: Episode 3

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Episode 3

Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road, Episode 3

Jackie meets her birth father, a memorable encounter with curiously personal questions.

In Nigeria, poet Jackie Kay meets her birth father, a memorable encounter with curiously personal questions. Read by the author.

Acclaimed poet Jackie Kay traces her biological parents in a journey from Scotland to Lagos.

Nigeria: Jackie finally meets her birth father, an encounter full of memorable moments and some curiously personal questions.

Read by the author.

Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.

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Red Dust Road

Poet Jackie Kay traces her biological parents

Poet Jackie Kay traces her biological parents, in a journey that takes her from Scotland to Nigeria

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