Celia de Fréine & Open Mic

Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Celia de Fréine followed by Open Mic!

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

8:00pm - Celia de Fréine reading

8:15pm - Open Mic begins

9:10pm - Announcements and Farewells

Celia de Fréine writes in many genres in both Irish and English. Awards for her poetry include the Patrick Kavanagh Award, Gradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnacht and the British Comparative Literature Association Translation Award. Her plays have won numerous Oireachtas awards and her film and television scripts have won awards in Ireland and America. She has been nominated four times in different categories in An Post Irish Book Awards. Her most recent collection of poetry is Focal den Fhírinne : A Grain of Truth (Arlen House, 2024). In 2025 Arlen House reissued her collection Aibítir Aoise : Alphabet of an Age as well as Even Still her first collection of short stories in English.

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.