Open Book Launch Event

Open Book groups write together in community settings across the length and breadth of Scotland from Ullapool to Eyemouth and from Shetland to several groups here in Galloway.

Hannah Lavery will be joining Open Book members to share their writing in celebration of the launch of a book featuring work written in Open Book sessions. During this Year of Scotland’s Stories members have been using Hannah Lavery’s poem Scotland You’re No Mine as a springboard to tell their own stories. Chaired by Open Book co-founders Marjorie Lotfi and Claire Urquhart, come on a tour of Scotland to hear stories from people living and writing here.

About Open Book: Open Book runs weekly shared reading sessions and regular creative writing sessions for a diverse range of community and public participants across Scotland. Find out more here: https://openbookreading.com.

About the Author

Poet and playwright Hannah Lavery was named one of the BBC Scottish Voices of 2020. Her autobiographical play The Drift, produced by the National Theatre of Scotland, toured Scotland in 2019, while her play The Lament for Sheku Bayoh was commissioned by the Royal Lyceum Theatre for the Edinburgh International Festival.