Blood Salt Spring

hers is a voice which speaks to and for the conflicted conscience of Scotland around issues of identity, race, justice and belonging with a power and authenticity like perhaps no other' ~Malcolm Jack, The Scotsman

moves from poignant lyricism to Informationist-style interrogation of language' ~Stuart Kelly

Much of it written through lockdown, it has an interesting take on a world of isolation' ~Scots Magazine

Blood Salt Spring offers a personal response to wider cultural conversations from national identity to personal autonomy, divisive politics to mothering during lockdown. Its terrain is vast. Its perspective unequivocal' ~Rachel Loughran, The National

With much of the collection written in lockdown, it’s poetry that feels both of the moment while reaching out and attempting to find meaning, to move forward, and find hope' ~Books From Scotland

A terrific debut poetry collection' ~BBC Radio Scotland, Afternoon Show

Important issues including nation, race and belonging are at the heart of Blood Salt Spring.' ~East Lothian Courier

Hannah Lavery stole our hearts and set our minds alight with her breath-taking pamphlets and the astonishing Lament for Sheku Bayoh – for years we've been hungry for more & now finally: Blood Salt Spring is HERE! ~The Lighthouse Bookshop

‘An absolutely amazing collection… it blew me away. It feels monumental and fleeting at the same time' ~Denise Mina

Hannah has been crucial in carving out spaces and stages for writers of colour in Scotland, and her own debut collection (Blood, Salt, Spring) is a triumph' ~Michael Pedersen, Electric Literature

Hannah Lavery's debut collection shows her deft ability to marry the personal with the political' ~Andres N. Ordorica, The Skinny