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Munster Heat All Ireland Poetry Slam Tues 19th Oct 2010

Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents An ‘On the Nail’ Special Tues 19th Oct. 2010 8.30pm Munster Heat All Ireland Poetry Slam Performance poets and spoken word artists from Limerick, Cork, Kerry, Clare and Tipperary will battle it out at the Munster heat of the All Ireland Poetry Slam to be held at 8.30pm Tues Oct 19th- The Locke Bar, Limerick. For those of you who haven’t experienced one, a slam is a performance poetry competition in which poets perform for not more than three minutes. The winner will be chosen by an appointed three person panel. The prize on offer to the winner is the honour of representing Munster in the 4th All Ireland Poetry Slam to be held 3.00pm Oct 30th at the International Bar in Dublin. If you want to participate, all you have to do is arrive on the night to the Locke Bar and give your name to the M.C. Alternatively you can email your name to the limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com requesting inclusion. We will be delighted to hear from you and your letter will be

'On The Nail' Reading @ The Locke Bar Thurs. 4th Nov 2010

'On The Nail' Reading @ The Locke Bar, Limerick Thurs. 4th Nov 2010 8.00pm The next monthly 'On The Nail' literary reading takes place Thursday 4th Nov 2010 at 8.00pm in The Locke Bar, George's Quay, Limerick . Organised by The Limerick Writers' Centre this popular monthly reading and open-mic continues to attract audiences with a mix of poetry, prose and music. This Month (November) our Guest Readers are Grace Wells and Susanne O’Leary Grace Wells' first book, 'Gyrfalcon', a novel for children, won the Eilis Dillon Best Newcomer Bisto Award and was an International White Ravens' Choice. A second children's novel Ice-Dreams was published by the O'Brien Press in 2008, while 'One World, Our World' a development education book for Irish Aid, has recently been launched by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Her poetry and short stories have appeared widely and been broadcast on RTE. She was selected for Poetry Ireland's Introduc

Slide Show: 'OnTheNail' Reading Thurs 7th Oct 2010