Martina Dalton & Open Mic

Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Martina Dalton followed by Open Mic!

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

8:00pm - Martina Dalton reading

8:15pm - Open Mic begins

9:10pm - Announcements and Farewells

Martina Dalton is a poet living in Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland. Her publication credits include The Irish Times and The Irish Independent’s New Irish Writing, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, Crannóg, Skylight 47, Channel, The Honest Ulsterman, The Waxed Lemon, The Cormorant, Abridged, The Storms, Rattle, The Stony Thursday Book, Local Wonders, and Romance Options (both Dedalus Press), and Washing Windows Too (Arlen House). In 2019 she was selected for the Words Ireland National Mentoring Programme. In 2021 She was shortlisted for the Julian Lennon Prize for Poetry, won third prize in the Red Line Festival Poetry Competition, second prize in the Waterford Poetry Prize, and was awarded a bursary by The Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council, to attend The Tyrone Guthrie Centre. In 2022 her poem ‘Wedding Dress’ won the Listowel Writers’ Week Poem of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards.

Participation is limited to the first 100 guests to join.