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March 'On The Nail' Literary Evening



The Limerick Writers' Centre Presents
March 'On The Nail' Reading
Tuesday 6th March 2012 @ 8.00pm
Upstairs@Foley's, Sarsfield St, Limerick Bar
(Limericks Newest Live Venue for Music and the Arts)

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 our guests are David Toms and James Cummins.

David Toms
, is a 23 year old student in UCC. and has been
writing poetry for about five years. His first full collection called "SomaSema" is
being published by Knives, Forks and Spoons Press (shortlisted for the
British Library's Michael Marks' Publishers Award 2011) later this year.
His work has appeared in a wide variety of magazines and journals in print and
online, and this collection follows the publication of two chapbooks:
For the Misanthropic Muse (Default, 2009) and Tom O'Bedlam Sings His
Song (Knives, Forks and Spoons 2010). he has read his work at events in
Dublin, Cork and Waterford.

James Cummins is currently undertaking a PhD in the School of English,
UCC. He currently co-runs Run Amok Press with Sarah Hayden, Niamh
O'Mahony and Rachel Warriner. He is also a key organiser of the annual
Soundeye festival in Cork city. His poetry has appeared in a wide
variety of magazines and several chapbooks and pamphlets of his work
have been published.

Everyone is invited to take part in the open-mic after the main event, poets, storytellers, musicians and writers . Even if you don't write you are welcome to bring something along to read. The night begins at 8.00pm and admission is free. So join us on the night and make this event something special.
NOTE: Our special authors book table will again be in operation, so if you want your book, CD's etc publicised make sure you are represented on the table. Contact Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409 to make arrangements.

The Limerick Writers' Centre acknowledges the support of Foras na Gaeilge.
Further information contact: Dominic Taylor 087 2996409 email limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com web http://onthenailreadings.blogspot.com To view videos of previous reading go to: http://www.youtube.com/onthenailreadings

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