Bilingual Takin’ the Mic at Pearse Street Library, Dublin

Bí linn d’oíche mhór filíochta agus próis. In éineacht le ban an tí Ciara Ní É, beidh Charlotte Buckley ann mar aoi speisialta chomh maith le ‘mic-oscailte’ le haghaidh scríbhneoirí, filí agus ceoltóirí. Fáilte roimh chách!

Join us for an evening of poetry and prose in Irish and English. With the wonderful writer and activist, Ciara Ní É as our host, we’ll have readings from special guest poet Charlotte Buckley, as well as an ‘open mic’ for writers, poets and musicians. Everyone welcome!

Tá fáilte roimh dhaoine a thugann a gcuid alcól féin leo más maith leo an oíche a cheiliúradh le gloine nó dhó!

We welcome audience members to bring their own alcohol 🍷

Photos (above): Headshot of Ciara Ní É, headshot of Charlotte Buckley

Interested in performing on the night?

An bhfuil spéis agat a bheith páirteach san oíche? Ba chóir do thaibheoirí a spéis a chlárú roimh ré tríd an suirbhé google. Tabhair faoi deara go bhfuil sé mar aidhm againn am ardáin gach duine a chur in iúil dóibh seachtain roimh an imeacht.

Performers should register their interest in advance via the google survey. Please note, we aim to inform performers of their slot via email a week before the event.

There is no ideal Takin’ the Mic performer

Níl aon taibheoir idéalach i Takin’ the Mic. Cuireann muid romhainn ardán a thabhairt do réimse taibheoirí, idir taithí agus seánra. Cabhróidh na ceisteanna sa tsuirbhé google linn an imeacht a eagrú agus a bheith cinnte de go bhfuil éagsúlacht i measc na dtaibheoirí. Tugann oícheanta Takin’ the Mic deis iontach duit aird a tharraingt ar do chuid scríbhneoireachta. B’fhéidir gur mhaith leat píosa atá scríofa le tamall a roinnt le lucht éisteachta nua.

At our Takin’ the Mics, we aim to showcase a diverse range of performers, from genre to experience. The questions in the google survey will help us to curate the event’s line up and make sure we are choosing a varied selection of performers. Our Takin’ the Mics are a great opportunity to showcase your new writing. You may wish to share new material or dust off a past piece to share with a new audience.

Cur i láthair i nGaeilge? Tá na Takin’ the Mics dhátheangacha ann do gach duine le sult a bhaint as an Ghaeilge, is cuma iad a bheith iomlán líofa nó díreach an cúpla focal acu. Tá fáilte roimh gach leibhéal cumais. Tugann muid spreagadh do dhaoine léamh i nGaeilge den chéad uair agus do dhaoine a ba mhaith leo píosaí a léamh i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla.

Performing in Irish? The aim of our Bilingual Takin’ the Mics is for everyone to enjoy Irish, from fluent speakers to those with just the cúpla focal. All levels welcome! We encourage writers who are performing in Irish for the first time, and those who wish to read parts in Irish and parts in English.

Each performer will be given three minutes. Tugtar trí nóiméad do gach taibheoir. 

M.C: Ciara Ní É

Headshot: Ciara Ní É

Scríbhneoir agus craoltóir í Ciara Ní É a bhfuil a cuid filíochta léite aici i bPáras, i Nua-Eabhrac, i Londain, sa Bhruiséil, sa tSualainn, agus sa bhaile in Éirinn. Bhí sí ar an liosta ‘100 Women Changing Ireland in 2022’ de chuid an Irish Examiner. Bhí sí mar Ealaíontóir Cónaithe le Scoil na Gaeilge, an Léinn Cheiltigh & an Bhéaloidis UCD 2023, leis an Dublin Fringe Festival in 2022, agus le DCU in 2020. Foilsíodh saothar dá cuid sna díolaim Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior, Washing Windows Too, Queering the Green, in irisí éagsúla, is tá neart físdánta aici ar YouTube. Chomhbhunaitheoir an chomharghrúpa AerachAiteachGaelach í agus is ambasadóir í le hÁras Scríbhneoirí na hÉireann. Faoi láthair tá sí ag obair ar a chéad ghearrscannán mar scríbhneoir agus stiúrthóir.

Writer and broadcaster Ciara Ní É has performed in Paris, New York, London, Brussels, and Sweden. She was chosen as one of the Irish Examiner’s ‘100 Women Changing Ireland in 2022’. She was Artist in Residence UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies & Folklore 2023, the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2022, and DCU in 2020. Her work has been published in the recent anthologies Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior, Queering the Green and Washing Windows Too, in various journals, and video poems can be found on her YouTube. She is a co-founder of the LGBTQ+ arts collective AerachAiteachGaelach and is an Irish Writers Centre ambassador. She has just finished directing her first short film.

Special guest: Charlotte Buckley

Headshot: Charlotte Buckley

Charlotte Buckley’s poetry has appeared in Banshee, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, and elsewhere. She was a finalist in Munster Literature Centre’s International Chapbook Competition and the Aryamati Poetry Prize for Peace and Social Change. In 2022, she was selected for the Irish Writers Centre’s Mentoring Programme and received an Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award. Her work can be found in anthologies such as Romance Options (Dedalus Press, 2023) and Slow Things (The Emma Press, 2015).

Tacaíonn Foras na Gaeilge leis an imeacht seo. This event is supported by Foras na Gaeilge.

Tacaíonn Dublin City Council, leis an imeacht seo. This event is supported by Dublin City Council.

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