Blood Salt Spring

Reviews / Votes

'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 * 'a triptych possessing multiplicities... Lavery succeeds in creating that hope which has carried her, and others, forwards' * Dundee University Review of the Arts *