Ger Duffy & Open Mic

Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Ger Duffy followed by Open Mic!

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

8:00pm - Ger Duffy reading

8:15pm - Open Mic begins

9:10pm - Announcements and Farewells

Ger Duffy’s poems have appeared in PNR (UK), Poetry Ireland Review, Under the Radar (UK), Southword, the Ekphrastic Review (US), The Sailor Review, The Stony Thursday Book, The Bangor Literary Journal, The Milk House, Skylight 47, The Waxed Lemon and Drawn to the Light Press.

Her poems have been anthologized in Local Wonders (Dedalus Press), #Public Sector Poetry (UK), Arlen House Press (In Washing Windows III & IV), The Weight of Motherhood (Moonstone Press) (US), The Verve Eco poetry Anthology (UK) and The Sidhe Press (Ger).

She received the Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Award 2024. Her poems were placed 2nd in the Goldsmiths Poetry Competition 2021, Travels with Joyce Competition 2022 and  Write by the Sea Competition 2023.  Her poems were highly commended in the Red Line Competition 2021 & 2022, The Francis Ledwidge Award 2022, The Allingham Award 2023, The Verve Eco Poetry Competition 2024 and The Bard of Connacht Award 2023.

She was a featured reader at the Prebooked Poetry Introductions at the Cork Poetry Festival in 2022.  She has received Poetry Mentoring Awards from The Munster Literature Centre in 2021 and the National Mentoring Awards in 2022.  Her poem “Sundays” was voted Readers’ Choice Poem of the Year by the Milk House.  She was a bursary recipient at the John Hewitt Summer School in 2023.  She was a featured reader at the launch of “On Being” by Padraig O Tuama at the Southbank, London in 2023.  She is a Pushcart nominee.

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.