The Mischievous, Playful Art of Language with Scotland’s New Makar, Peter Mackay
- Author
- Stephen Sacco
- Published
- Tue 11 Feb 2025
- Episode Link
- None
Pàdraig MacAoidh / Peter Mackay is a Scottish poet, academic, and the newly appointed Scottish Makar (national poet), known for his work in Gaelic and English.
Where can I find Pàdraig MacAoidh / Peter Mackay?
- Scottish Poetry Library
- Bluesky (brand new account)
Where can I buy Peter's books? (not all of them)
- Gu Leòr / Galore (poems)
- Nàdar De / Some King Of (poems)
- The Light Blue Book: 500 Years of Gaelic Love
and Transgressive Poetry (translations, w/Iain MacPherson)
Peter's two books & two others -
- Second-hand Time by Svetlana Aexievich
- The Road to the City by Natalia Ginzburg
- Hundreds of Beavers (film)
- Kayaking on the River Deva, Asturias, Spain
