Bebe Ashley & Open Mic

Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Bebe Ashley followed by Open Mic!

The 5 Words for our Dec 3rd First Winter Party 5 Word Challenge Contest will have been chosen on Nov 19th, but the LSP hosts will remind you in this session. We'd love if you'd write a 5 Word Challenge Poem and read it during our end of year session on Dec 3rd!

7:45pm - Sign up for Open Mic on Zoom chat

8:00pm - Bebe Ashley reading

8:15pm - Open Mic begins

9:10pm - Announcements and Farewells

Bebe Ashley lives in County Down. Her debut poetry collection Gold Light Shining (Banshee Press, 2020) was selected as one of 21 Irish titles to be celebrated on Culture Night 2022 through the Read Mór programme. Bebe’s second poetry collection Harbour Doubts (Banshee Press, 2025) was Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry, and selected for Irish Book Day, a book gifting project in Washington D.C. Work from Harbour Doubts previously won the Ivan Juritz Prize for Creative Experiment (Text).

We are grateful for the support of The Arts Council and Limerick City & County Council.

Zoom closed-captions will be made available for this event.

Participation is limited to the first 100 guests to join.