This very special event is a reading by Philip Gross and Lesley Saunders from their collaborative book, A Part of the Main (Mulfran Press.) Written during the political upheavals of 2016-2017, A Part of the Main is an urgent, passionate conversation carried out through poetry, which gives space to pressing questions about individual and national identity.

Philip and Lesley’s performance will bring to life the many voices in these poems. Introduced by Cardiff creative writer Meredith Miller, this performance will open out into a conversation about collaboration and crisis, in which all are welcome to participate.

The venue for this event, Cardiff University’s Special Collections and Archives room, offers an opportunity to discover some special texts engaging with collaboration and crisis in the library’s collection.