Lime Square Poets Featuring: Fred Johnston

Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Fred Johnston followed by Open Mic!

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

8:00pm - Fred Johnston reading

8:15pm - Open Mic begins

9:10pm - Announcements and Farewells

Fred  Johnston has published nine collections of poetry, two collections of  short stories (one of which was published in French), , three novels,  countless poetry reviews and a play-with-music, on the life of Sir John  Franklin entitled ‘No Earthly Pole.’ Fred was born in Belfast, Northern  Ireland, and educated there and in Toronto, Canada. He wrote and  broadcast programmes on the new poets of the West of Ireland for RTE  radio and produced a commercial cassette, ‘Poets in the West'.

Fred  founded Galway’s Western Writers’ Centre and was also one of the  founders of the Irish Writers’ Co-operative (Co-Op Books). In 1986 he  founded Galway’s Củirt literature festival, (initially a poetry-only  festival).  He has received a Prix de l’Ambassade for translation of a  French poet and was invited to be writer-in-residence at the Princess  Grace Irish Library at Monaco. He has received an award from The Patrick  and Katherine Kavanagh Trust, and bursaries from The Arts Council of  Northern Ireland, the Irish Arts Council (Rep. of Ireland), and Galway  City Council.  Most recently, his poetry has appeared in The Guardian,  The Spectator, The Financial Times, The New Statesman, Poetry Ireland  Review, Cyphers, The Irish Times and has been broadcast on RTE radio. He  also contributed work to The Great Book of Ireland. His most recent  collection of poetry, ‘Rogue States,’ was published from Salmon Poetry  in 2019.

Participation is limited to the first 100 guests to join.