RHOSE – Representations of Home Open Seminar with Lesley Saunders

Lesley  Saunders has  written  seven  poetry  collections,  most  recently A  Part  of  the Main (Mulfran Press 2018), co-authored with Philip Gross. The book is a response to the   political   and   social   upheavals   surrounding   the   UK’s   decision   to   leave   the European Union. Lesley Saunders also translates poetry and her English translations – including the poem that won the 2016 Stephen Spender award – of renowned Portuguese poet Maria Teresa Horta will be published in spring 2019 by Two Rivers Press. Lesley Saunders is a visiting professor in education policy at Newman University, Birmingham, and an honorary research fellow at Oxford University Department of Education. She will be talking and reading from her poetry on issues of home and belonging.