‘The Inaugural Annual Rhys Davies Lecture at the South Wales Miners Library’.

‘Michael Rosen: An Evening of Fun, Poems and Stories for All’

Michael Rosen is one of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets for children and adults. His first degree in English Literature and Language was from Wadham College, Oxford and he went on to study for an MA at the University of Reading and a PhD at the former University of North London, now London Metropolitan.

He is currently Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London where he co-devised and teaches critical approaches to reading on an MA in Children’s Literature, having done the same at Birkbeck, University of London. He has taught on MA courses in universities since 1994.

Michael was the Children’s Laureate from 2007-2009 and has published over 200 books for children and adults, including the recent bestseller ‘Many Different Kinds of Love’ and ‘On The Move.’