Hannah Lavery is a poet and playwright. Her pamphlet, Finding Seaglass, was published by Stewed Rhubarb. The Drift, her highly acclaimed autobiographical lyric play, toured Scotland as part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Season 2019, and in 2020 she was selected by Owen Sheers as one of his Ten Writers Asking Questions That Will Shape Our Future for the International Literature Showcase, a project from the National Writing Centre and the British Council.
Her second lyric play, Lament for Sheku Bayoh, premiered at Edinburgh International Festival in 2021. She was appointed Edinburgh Makar in November 2021 for a three-year term.
Hannah is also an associate artist with the National Theatre of Scotland and one of the winners of the Peggy Ramsay/Film4 Award 2022. Her debut poetry collection Blood Salt Spring was published by Polygon in March 2022. A selection of poems from her collection have been made into an audiovisual album with the filmmaker Beth Chalmers and musician Beldina Odenyo, in association with National Theatre of Scotland and Push the Boat Out Festival.
