Hannah Lavery is an award-winning poet and playwright. Her pamphlet, Finding Seaglass was published by Stewed Rhubarb and her poem, Scotland You’re No Mine was selected as one Scotland’s Best Poems for 2019. The Drift, her highly acclaimed autobiographical lyric play toured Scotland as part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Season 2019. She was appointed Edinburgh Makar in November 2021 for a three year term. Her debut poetry collection, Blood Salt Spring was published in March 2022 (Polygon).

'Lavery expertly directs our attention to what we should see but choose not to'