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Winter Writers Residency with Hannah Lavery

Hannah Lavery (photography, Kat Gollock)

We are pleased to announce a new residency for writers taking place Monday 17 –  Sunday 23 February 2025. Over the course of one week, 6 participants will benefit from an immersive and creative space to connect and develop new writing with guidance and support from poet, playwright and former resident Hannah Lavery.

This residency is open to writers of any genre, and will include a writers talk and practical writing workshop facilitated by Hannah Lavery plus the opportunity for one-to-one mentoring.

Developed as part of our annual Subsidised Winter Residencies programme, this new residency reflects our aims to provide more unique opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, mentorship, and cross-disciplinary exchange.

Further information on this programme and details of how to apply is available here. Rolling deadline until filled or by Monday 3 February 2025.

About Hannah Lavery

Hannah Lavery is a poet and playwright from Edinburgh. Her debut poetry collection Blood Salt Spring (Polygon) was nominated for a Saltire Prize in 2022, her second collection Unwritten Woman was published by Polygon in August 2024. Hannah is the former Makar (poet laureate) for the City of Edinburgh, co-host of feminist arts podcast QuineCast and was an Associate Artist at National Theatre of Scotland (NTS). Her plays for NTS: The Drift and Lament for Sheku Bayoh and The Protest have toured extensively.