White House Poetry, Feb 17th 2010

What: Poetry reading with special guest Catherine Phil MacCarthy

When: Wednesday, February 17th 2010, 9.30pm

Where: The White House pub, O'Connell Street, Limerick

This week at the White House as part of the weekly reading series, special guest poet Catherine Phil MacCarthy will be launching her latest collection of poems, Suntrap (Blackstaff Press). As ever the night will be complete with an open-mic session to which all comers are welcome to contribute. Admission is free and finger food is provided compliments of the White House.

Of Suntrap, poet Tom McCarthy's review in The Irish Times stated:

"It is as a love poet that Catherine Phil MacCarthy triumphs... Suntrap continues this vein in its chronicling of the robust power of attachments, from the primal power of ”Dance” to the sexual intrigue of “Another Woman.” Here is a poet, then, who becomes stronger with each new collection, a poet who understands that furnace of love while longing for late winter ice to hold firm along the Shannon."

MacCarthy's other collections are How High the Moon (Poetry Ireland, Sense of Place Award, 1991), This Hour of the Tide (1994), the blue globe (1998), and a first novel, One Room an Everywhere (2003). She was awarded a bursary in poetry from the Arts Council in 1994, 1999 and 2007/8 and was Writer in Residence for Dublin City (1994) and University College Dublin (2002). She works freelance as a Creative Writing tutor and is a former editor of Poetry Ireland Review.

Copies of Suntrap will be available to buy on the night, which the poet will sign with personalised messages. It should be a great night - don't miss it!!