The ‘First Wednesday Series’, in association with Poetry Ireland, continues its journey next month on Wed 6th Aug 2025 7.30pm at the famous old world pub, The White House Bar. Join hosts D’or and Lauren as we welcome Revival Press poet Fiona Smith as our special guest reader.

Fiona Smith’s chapbook Travellers of the North was published by Arc Publications in 2022. She has had poetry published in Southword, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stony Thursday Book, Hennessy New Irish Writing, the Templar Poetry Anthology Skein and the Over the Edge anthology. She won the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year 2012 and was runner up in the Oliver Goldsmith competition 2017.

She has been selected by Poetry Ireland for master classes at the Kilkenny Arts Festival including with Eavan Boland in 2018 and was awarded a mentorship with Paula Bohince by the Munster Literature Centre in 2020.

She has read at the Derwent Arts Festival, Cork Spring Poetry Festival, Skibbereen Arts Festival, Words by the Water and Kinsale Arts Festival. She has also performed in Galway, at Charlie Byrne’s bookshop and the Crane pub. She has contributed to Sunday Miscellany and her poetry has been displayed in Fitzgerald Park, Cork. Her first full collection A Lemming Year was published by Revival Press in 2025.

The open-mic continues to attract the very best local poets to read their work, so if you want to take part email Dominic at limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com and book your spot!