Pitch It!

We want to bring one of these bestselling authors to your community, to participate in events that fit this year's theme of Friendship. If you can think it, Pitch It! You're in control.

We want innovative, unusual and creative slants on book events that will inspire people. Events should be engaging and welcoming to audiences and communities in inclusive and interesting ways.

We'll provide up to £500 to help with event costs and we will cover the author's fee and any travel expenses, as well as providing tailored support to help make your event the best it can be.

Choose from our three brilliant writers

Please note: the writers are available on the listed dates only.

Hannah Lavery, available Tuesday 18 November

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 Scotland (NTS) her plays for NTS The Drift and Lament for Sheku Bayoh and The Protest have toured extensively. Hannah lives, breathes and dreams on the beaches and cliffs of Scotland’s East Coast, with her dreaming often taking her back to the streets and closes of Edinburgh.

Kirsty Logan, available Saturday 22 November

Kirsty Logan’s latest books are the story collection No & Other Love Stories and the memoir The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir. She is also the author of three novels, three story collections, two chapbooks, a 10-hour audio play for Audible, several collaborative projects with musicians and visual artists, and around 300 short stories. Her books have won the Lambda, Polari, Saboteur, Scott and Gavin Wallace awards. Her work has been optioned for TV, developed for film, adapted for stage, recorded for radio and podcasts, exhibited in galleries and distributed from a vintage Wurlitzer cigarette machine. She is currently collaborating on several projects across film, TV, collaborative chapbooks, and performance.

Anbara Salam, available Sunday 23 November

Anbara Salam is the Scottish-Palestinian author of Things Bright and Beautiful (Fig Tree/Penguin, 2018), Belladonna (Fig Tree/Penguin, Berkeley/Penguin, 2020), and Hazardous Spirits (Baskerville/ John Murray, Tin House, 2023), which was shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at Scotland's National Book Awards presented by the Saltire Society. Her forthcoming novel, The Salvage, will be published in the UK by Baskerville/John Murray in November 2025. Anbara primarily writes historical fiction, with Scotland often serving as a location for her work.

How to pitch

You can pitch for any of our featured writers by completing our short SurveyMonkey form before Friday 22 August at 12 noon. Before you begin, please consider the following questions:

• What is your event going to be?
• When and where will it take place?
• Who will attend your event?
• How much will your event cost?
• How can we help you run your event?

You are welcome to pitch for more than one writer if you wish, but please use separate applications. We'll let you know if your pitch has been successful by Friday 29 August at the latest.

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Important information

Please note, Book Week Scotland runs 17–23 November 2025. Your event must take place during the specified dates for each author. Only one event per author will be selected, but all will be considered.

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