The monthly open mic social at our Kilrush shop is a free event, open to all.
For lovers of poetry, flash fiction and any kind of creative writing. Come to read from your own work or to share a favourite piece by another writer, or come to listen and support.
Tea, coffee, and treats provided.
This is a free event, but there will be a ‘Tip Jar’ if you would like to donate towards expenses.
Sandra (Sandy) Yannone was named Poet Laureate of her hometown of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, in December 2024. This nautical town at the mouth of the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound has influenced her poetry deeply.
She is the author of The Glass Studio (2024) and Boats for Women (2019), both published by Salmon Poetry in Co. Clare. In April 2026, Salmon will publish the anthology Unsinkable: Poems Inspired by the Titanic which she co-edited and which includes numerous Irish poets.
Sandy's poems and book reviews have appeared in both print and digital anthologies and literary journals, including Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, Prairie Schooner, Women’s Review of Books, and The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. Her work has received the Academy of American Poets Prize and Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Intro Award, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Award. She earned her BA in writing and literature from Wheaton College (MA); an MFA from Emerson College; and a PhD in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
She is co-founder and host of Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, an international, intersectional, intergenerational poetry group and reading series. In addition, Sandy hosts Last Tuesdays with Sandy, a special monthly online reading event for Olympia Poetry Network subscribers, and co-hosts the West-East Bicoastal Poets of the Pandemic & Beyond online reading series. Previous hosting and co-hosting appearances include The Collectibles Lesbian Trading Card Reading Series with Headmistress Press, and as the featured poet and collaborator on the Little Oracles: Divinations podcast miniseries.
After living in the Pacific Northwest for over two decades directing a college writing center, she now enjoys cultivating her love of poetry and all things vintage and nautical from the comfort of her New England hometown.
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