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Billy Kay

Born

Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland

Genre

The Scots Language, Scottish History and Culture

Influences

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Billy Kay is a writer, broadcaster and language activist. Born in Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland in 1951, he was educated at Galston High School and Kilmarnock Academy and studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh.

He has produced and presented many radio and television documentaries on Scottish cultural history for the BBC. He is co-author, with Cailean MacLean, of Knee Deep in Claret. He is a passionate advocate for the Scots language and author of the classic work Scots: The Mither Tongue (1980), which became the basis for a television series broadcast in 1986.

His book on the global influence of the Scottish diaspora, The Scottish World was published in 2006. In 2023, he published his memoir in Scots, Born in Kyle, which ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 160 ratings · 16 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Scots: The Mither Tongue 4.22 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scottish World: A Journey into the Scottish Diaspora 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born in Kyle: A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knee Deep in Claret: A Celebration of Wine and Scotland by Billy Kay, Cailean Maclean it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Odyssey: Voices from Scotland's Recent Past by Billy Kay (Editor), Angus Martin (Contributor), Murdoch Rodgers (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odyssey: Voices from Scotland's Recent Past by Billy Kay (Editor), Owen Dudley Edwards (Preface), Angus Martin (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scots Tongue really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dundee Book: An Anthology of Living in the City 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Taysiders: Forgotten Figures from Dundee, Angus and Perthshire 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	‎Odyssey: Voices from Scotland's Recent Past: The Second Collection 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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