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The Burning Bush 2 first reading

The Burning Bush 2 magazine will have its inaugural public reading on Thursday 27 September at the Irish Writers' Centre in Dublin, with Kevin Graham, Patrick Chapman and myself as featured poets. My thanks to BB2 editor Alan Jude Moore for the invitation. Start time is 7.30pm, with an open-mic session for the first 6 people to register on the night preceding the main readings. Admission is free.

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