Lament for Sheku Bayoh, Paperback

'No problem here pal. None at all.ʼ

In the early hours of the morning, thirty-one-year-old Sheku Bayoh set out to walk home from his friend's place after watching a boxing match. Just hours later, he had lost his life in police custody. Lament for Sheku Bayoh is a poetic expression of grief for the human behind the headlines and a non-apologetic reflection on racism in Scotland today.

'Timely and necessary' The Stage, 5 Stars

About author(s):Hannah Lavery is an award-winning poet, playwright, performer and experienced workshop facilitator.

Her poetry has been published by Gutter Magazine, The Scotsman Newspaper, Neu! Reekie! and others. Her first pamphlet of short fiction, Rocket Girls, was published by Postbox Press (Oct 2018) and her poetry pamphlet, Finding Seaglass: Poems from The Driftwas recently published by Stewed Rhubarb Press (May 2019).

She has also been a featured poet at many spoken word and poetry nights including Neu! Reekie! Sonnet Youth, Rally and Broad, Flint and Pitch and Loud Poets, and festivals including, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Stanza, Solas, Kelburn Garden Party, and Electric Fields.