Unwritten Woman with Hannah Lavery

Although most of the Book Fringe poetry this year is happening at Typewronger, we have a smattering of it here too. What a joy it is to host the splendid Edinburgh Makar Hannah Lavery!

In her new collection, Unwritten Woman, Hannah Lavery calls for us to see the woman in the stories we read and tell ourselves. From her search for the story, in her home city, Edinburgh, through her chilling re-telling of Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll & Hyde, elevating the women in that classic tale from being written between the lines, to the woman of colour, shouting from the sidelines of our cultural landscape.

Join us for a conversation with Hannah about women stepping into their own stories!

This event will be 30 mins followed by audience questions and signing. Please feel free to attend any or all of these depending on your capacity!

Our speaker:

Hannah Lavery is a poet and playwright from Edinburgh, named by Owen Sheers as one of the Ten Writers Asking Questions That Will Shape Our Future. Her debut poetry collection Blood Salt Spring (Polygon) was nominated for a Saltire Prize in 2022, her second collection Unwritten Woman will be published by Polygon in August.

Hannah is the current Makar (poet laureate) for the City of Edinburgh, co-host of intersectional feminist arts podcast QuineCast and a former Associate Artist at National Theatre Scotland (NTS) her plays for NTS The Drift and Lament for Sheku Bayoh have toured extensively. The Protest, a play for children, will tour the UK this year. She has written for a wide range of Theatre companies, broadcasters and publications including BBC Radio 4 and the Guardian.

Our host:

Marian Blythe has worked and volunteered in various roles in the arts over the past two decades – as a festival director, producer, writer, editor, performer, broadcaster, publicist, designer and teacher. Marian is co-founder and director of Blunt Knife Co. arts project, and co-produced the 2023 LeithLate multi-arts festival. Marian is passionate about art and creativity that pushes traditional boundaries and highlights lived experiences of marginalised communities.