Nick Laird & Open Mic

Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Nick Laird followed by Open Mic!

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

8:00pm - Nick Laird reading

8:15pm - Open Mic begins

9:10pm - Announcements and Farewells

Nick Laird was born in Dungannon in County Tyrone in 1975. A poet, novelist, screenwriter, critic and former lawyer, his awards include the Betty Trask Prize, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, a Forward prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship. For many years he taught at universities in America including Columbia, Princeton and NYU, and is now the Seamus Heaney Professor of Poetry at Queens’ University, Belfast.

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.