Hannah Lavery

We're so thrilled to reveal the judging panel for the 2025 #ForwardPrizes!

Celebrated author Sarah Hall will be this year’s Chair of Judges, joined by poets @lisadmkelly.bsky.social, @hannahlavery.bsky.social, Sean O’Brien and Rommi Smith.

Read more about each judge here: https://buff.ly/4aNnH7y

Please share 🙏🏽 Thrilled to have the amazing @hannahlavery.bsky.social back to facilitate our Writers of Colour Poetry group - now hybrid. Join us in person in Edinburgh and simultaneously online, monthly from next week, Thursday 6th February!! Pay what you can /free + bursaries 💖✒️

Fruitmarket is delighted to be chosen as the host of the 2025 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship – a year-long writing residency which supports Scottish-based, mid-career writers to develop new work.

Applications are now open, more information here: www.fruitmarket.co.uk/the-dr-gavin...

I'm in Pitlochry. It's gorgeous, as are these writers. @hannahlavery.bsky.social @catacts.bsky.social @shastahali.bsky.social

🎁🎶 On the seventh day of Giftmas NTS sent to me... seven poet’s musings... and a playtext of Maggie & Me 🎶🎁

Want the chance to win a copy of @hannahlavery.bsky.social’s Finding Sea Glass or a Maggie & Me playtext? All you need to do is like this post and make sure you are following us 🎄

The end of year clean. Stopped to eat a kit kat.

Can you believe I have done the same thing. The exact same thing.

Dad. Ten years. I never stop talking to you. So much still to be said. Candle lit.

Futures and Freedom Audio Series - Futures and Freedom: Writing Hope in a Dystopia is a series of three interviews with writers of colour in or with connections to Scotland in partnership with the Scottish BPOC Writers Network And Book...

You can now listen to all episodes from our Futures and Freedom Audio series online ft @chrislaumanson.bsky.social, Arianne Maki and Zoe Lorimer: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/futures-and-...

Soundhouse: Hannah Lavery's Unwritten Women Scotland's new writing theatre, the Traverse champions creative talent by placing powerful and contemporary theatre at the heart of cultural life.

I am loving working with the wonderfully talented Kate Young and Kat Gollock on Unwritten Women. Coming to the Traverse next Sunday.
www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

This is back on BBC Sounds...

We are delighted that Hannah Lavery has been nominated for Best Narrator at this year's AudioUK’s 2024 Audio Production Awards for Finding Seaglass 🏆

This emotional story of love, loss, grief, and hope is also available to listen to again on BBC Sounds

We're hiring BSL Interpreters! - We’re looking for BSL interpreters to join the Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) team!

Please share! 📢We're hiring!📢⁠. We're still looking for two BSL interpreters to join our team! ⁠Get the full details about the role and how to apply: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/were-hiring-...

Fresh off of our big night at last week’s #APAs24, we’d love to remind you that FINDING SEAGLASS and HAMLET NOIR are available again on BBC Sounds. If you haven’t listened to these award-winning productions yet, please do pop on your headphones and let us know what you think 🎧🤍

This was such an wonderful project/performance to be part of, hope we get to do it again.