White House Poetry, 9th June 2010

What: Poetry reading with special guest Siobhán Campbell

When: Wednesday, 9th June 2010, from 9pm

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

This Wednesday (June 9th, from 9pm) at the hugely popular Limerick reading series is acclaimed poet Siobhán Campbell to read a eslection of work from her recently published third full collection, Cross-Talk (Seren Press) and other work. Her reading will be in conjunction with the usual open-mic session to which all comers are very welcome and will be encouraged to contribute. As ever there is no admission fee and finger food will be provided compliments of the proprietors.

Siobhán Campbell was born in Dublin. She spent a number of years in New York and San Francisco and worked as Director of Wolfhound Press before joining Faculty at Kingston University in London.

Widely published in the USA and UK, credits include Crab Orchard Review, Poetry, The Southern Review, Agenda, Magma and Wasafiri. Her work is anthologised in Women’s Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English (Seren), The Field Day Anthology of Irish Literature (NYU Press) and Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poets (Bloodaxe, 2010). Publications also include reviews and criticism in Agenda, The Independent, Poetry Ireland Review and The Stinging Fly.

She has won awards in the National, Troubadour and Wigtown International competitions, and was first runner-up for the Gregory O'Donaghue Award 2010. She has also recently (2009) been shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award. Her collections previous to Cross-Talk are The Permanent Wave and The Cold that Burns, (Blackstaff Press), as well as the chapbooks That Water Speaks in Tongues (Templar Poetry) and Darwin Among the Machines (Rack Press).