Tim Cunningham and Richard W Halperin are this month’s guest poets at The Limerick Writers' Centre August 2016 'On The Nail’ Literary Gathering at The Buttery, 10 Bedford Row, Limerick.

Over The Edge in association with Westside Arts Festival presents the 2014 Over The Edge Summer Open-mic at Westside Library, Seamus Quirke Road, Galway, on Wednesday, 9 July 6-8pm.

The Limerick Writers' Centre presents, in association with the Hunt Museum, eight poets (two per week) who will give a reading in the Captain's Room four Thursdays in July from 1.00pm to 2.00pm, readings will be preceded by a piece of music performed by local musicians.