Mona

From human rights to poetry with Mona Arshi

10:00am - 11:00am / Saturday 12th October 2019 / Venue: Legatte Theatre Victoria Gallery & Museum
Type: Lecture / Category: Public / Series: Liverpool Literary Festival 2019
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Join human rights lawyer turned award-winning poet, Mona Arshi in conversation with University of Liverpool English Professor and highly regarded poet in her own right, Deryn Rees-Jones. Mona will discuss her newfound literary life and read from her latest collection, Dear Big Gods before opening out for audience questions.

A highly successful human rights lawyer with Liberty, Mona turned to poetry mid- career and signed with Liverpool University Press imprint, Pavilion Poetry. Her first collection, Small Hands secured the industry-leading Forward Prize for Best First Collection.BOOK NOW