Dermot McGarthy born was Dublin 1963.After graduating from U.C.D. IN 1987, he emigrated to London, where after a brief sojourn in banking, he indulged his greatest passion -travel.

Dermot taught english in Southern and Eastern Europe before moving to Seoul, Sth Korea, where he taught politics and economics at University.

Returning to Ireland in 1996, he joined D.I.T. where he lectures in Communications.

Dermot began writing short stories in his teens, and has had some of these published.He began to seriously pursue the craft of poetry over the last five years.

He published his first collection "Standing Room Only" in 2004 and is currently completing his second collection of poems to be entitled "Goldfish Logic" which he hopes to publish later this year."

As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.00 pm.

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