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.
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