Made In London: Mona Arshi

Nikki Bedi is joined by poet Mona Arshi they talk about her career and journey as a Londoner. Her debut poetry collection, Small Hands, won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2015.

Mona has been appointed as Honorary Professor at the University of Liverpool and Fellow in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and is also co-editor of an anthology of nature poetry, Nature Matters, which will be published in 2025.

Prior to her career in poetry, she worked as a human rights lawyer, often representing refugees and women fleeing domestic violence.