Join us Wed 3rd Dec 2015 for the ‘First Wednesday Series’ (in association with Poetry Ireland) at the White House Bar, 52 O’Connell St., Limerick. Special guest readers are Ben Keatinge and Ralph Mendes… plus the amazing Open-Mic, you can book a spot by emailing Dominic at limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com

ABOUT OUR GUEST READERS.

Ben Keatinge won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 2022 and was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions in 2024. His Balkan sequence, Waiting for Goran at the Broz Café, was co-winner of the Ireland Chair of Poetry pamphlet series competition and is published by HOWL New Irish Writing.

Rafael Mendes is a Brazilian-Irish migrant whose work has recently appeared or is upcoming in Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee, Wasafari, gorse, and Poetry Salzburg Review. He was part of Poetry Ireland Introductions 2023, and his pamphlet, The Migrant Dictionary (Howl New Irish Writing), was a co-winner of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Pamphlet Series 2025.