White House Poetry, 2nd June 2010

What: Poetry reading with special guest poet Afric McGlinchey

When: Wednesday, 2nd June 2010, from 9pm

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

This week's guest to the weekly reading series at the famous White House pub venue is Afric McGlinchey. Her reading will be given in conjunction with the as per usual open-mic reading session and, as per usual, all comers are welcome to, and will be encouraged to contribute something they've been working on. Admission as ever is free and finger food will be provided compliments of the proprietor, Glenn McLoughlin.

Afric McGlinchey spent her childhood and early adult years between Ireland and Africa, living for a few years in Limerick. She retuned to Ireland for good in 1999. A freelance journalist, editor and workshop facilitator, Afric’s poetry has appeared in a number of journals in Ireland and abroad, including Southword, Poetry Ireland Review, the SHOp, Revival, Tear in the Fence, Scottish Poetry Review and Acumen. She lives now in Kinsale, Co. Cork.

White House Poetry, 26th May 2010

What: Poetry reading with special guest poet Teri Murray

When: Wednesday evening, 26th May 2010, from 9pm

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

Our guest this Wednesday (May 26) for the weekly reading series is our own local treasure, first lady of the White House Teri Murray, who will read a election of work from her fantastic new publication, Where the Dagda Dances: New & Selected Poems, from Revival Press, made up of the most potent work from her previous three collections, and nineteen new poems. Copies of the book will be available also for purchase on the night, and the poet will be happy to autograph these with personalised messages for buyers.

An open-mic session will be held in conjunction with the guest's reading, and everyone present will be invited and encouraged to share a piece of work with the group - don't be shy, bring something along to perform for the encouraging, poetry-loving crowd. Admission as ever is free and complimentary finger food will be provided the proprietor Glenn McLoughlin.

Teri Murray was born in England and grew up in Dublin but has been living in Limerick now for many years. As well as being a poet, she is a novelist, dramatist and editor, and currently edits Limerick's own journal Revival.

The White House Poetry event, running now for almost seven years, has thrived because of the support of people like Murray, who you will see tere each and every Wednesday and among the first to arrive, week in week out reading her own work and giving her support to others. Her example is a course on how to enjoy and engage with poetry itself and poetry in Limerick.

Teri's previous collections are Coddle and Tripe, a collaboration with her late partner and Limerick man Liam Mulligan, Poems from the Exclusion Zone, and The Authority of Winter, all three from Stonebridge Publications.

Hope to see you all there for what will certainly be a night to remember!!

White House Poetry, 19th May 2010

What: Poetry reading with special guest poet Carlos Reyes

When: Wednesday, 19th May 2010, from 9pm

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

Next Wednesday (May 19th, from 9pm), the famous White House pub welcomes Carlos Reyes back to its reading series to give a reading of new work and old favourites. His reading will be coupled with an open-mic rading sesion to which all comers are invited and will be encouraged to contribute, so you are asked to bring along something you've been working on. Admission as ever is free and complimentary finger food is provided by the proprietor, Glenn McLoughlin.

Carlos Reyes is a noted poet, writer and translator. Additionally, he is a book editor and publisher, and often writes freelance reviews of poetry books. When he’s not traveling or staying in his cottage in Ireland, he lives in Portland, Oregon.

Carlos has published numerous collections and chapbooks, his latest book of poetry being The Book of Shadows; New and Selected Poems (2009). Other recent books include At the Edge of the Western Wave (2004) and A Suitcase Full of Crows (1995) (a Bluestem Prize winner and finalist for 1996 Oregon Book Awards). His books of translations is entitled Poemas de la Isla/Island Poems by Josefina de la Torre (Eastern Washington University Press, 2000). Reyes’ translation of the Obra poética completa (Complete Poetic Works) of the preeminent Ecuadorean poet Jorge Carrera Andrade, was published in 2004 in a bilingual edition in Ecuador.

He is the publisher/editor of Trask House Books, Inc. In 2007 he was awarded a Heinrich Boll Fellowship to write on Achill Island, Ireland and in 2008 was awarded the Ethel Fortnter Award from St Andrews College. He has also been teaching poetry writing in Oregon, Washington and Nevada schools since 1982. He has also been the poet-in-Residence in the Joshua Tree National Park, and aside from his regular visits to Ireland, is a frequent visitor to Spain and Ecuador.

Of his work Carolyn Kizer has said: "Mr. Reyes is one of our local and national treasures. His poetry is as clear and strong as his social conscience. One is always struck by his sensual and sensory qualities: the touch, taste, feel, color of things, and his ability to capture a mood, a world, in a handful of lines."

Hope we'll see you there. Bring along somebody who's never been before!!

White House Poetry, May 12th

What: Poetry reading with special guest poet Matthew Geden

When: Wednesday evening, 12th may 2010, from 9pm

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

At the famed White House pub next Wednesday (May 12, from 9pm), Matthew Geden will be reading from debut collection of poems, Swimming to Albania. The evening's entertainment will be rounded off with the usual open-mic reading session, to which all comers are welcome and will be encouraged to contribute. Admission as ever is free and finger food will be provided compliments of the proprietors. We hope to see you there for an evening of socialising and poetry, and to see a fine event and a fine poet well supported.

Born in Coventry, England, Matthew Geden moved to Kinsale in 1990, where he now runs a bookstore. he is a co-founder of the SoundEye International Poetry Festival and has had poetry published widely in journals in Ireland and abroad. The first full collection of his work, mentioned above, was published by Bradshaw Books in 2009. Other notable publications include Autumn: Twenty Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, and versions of Montale and Catullus, amongst others.