Recent Readings/Projects/Awards.
September 2016
Aspects Festival, Aces Literary Salon, Sep 2016
North Down heat of the All Ireland Poetry Slam, Aspects Literary Festival, Sep ‘16
‘Think Small’ Poetry Workshop, Aspects Literary Festival, Sep ‘16
August 2016
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney, Bellaghy Bawn (guest reader), Aug ‘16
The Pen Points East, Eastside Arts Festival (reader/co-host), Aug ‘16
June 2016
Belfast Book Festival ACES Literary Salon, Jun ‘16
Belfast Book Festival Poetry Slam, Jun ‘16
May 2016
NIMHAFF Launch, Stormont, May ‘16
Facilitated TEDx Screening and Poetry Workshop, in partnership with NIMHAFF, May ‘16
The Poet is Present, in partnership with NIMHAFF, May ‘16
Co-Judged Aware, Defeat Depression, poetry Competition ‘Unleash Our Voices’ (guest judge) May ‘16
Co-facilitated Launch of Dementia Awareness Week, Deputy Lord Mayor’s Reception, Belfast City Hall, May ’16
April 2016
'Songs, Sonnets and Soliloquies', Shakespeare Night, Waterstones Belfast, Apr ‘16
Co-host Poetry Day Ireland Showcase Reading, Apr ’16
The Sunflower Sessions, Dublin, Apr ‘16
March 2016
FourXFour International Women’s Day Compendium 2016, Foreword, March ‘16 International Women’s Day, Women Aloud NI, No Alibi’s, March ‘16
Where Do You Go My Lovely? Women’s Work Festival, March ‘16
Good Word Tent, Good Life Festival, Mar ‘16
February 3rd 2016, reader
Poems Upstairs - Poetry Ireland Spring Series
Books Upstairs, D'OlierStreet, Dublin
January 27th 2016, Poetry NI presents: Holocaust Memorial Day Pamphlet
Poetry NI marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2016
Online edition: Curator
November 28th 2015, Mental Health Talk (20mins in)
Tedx Belfast
Town Square, Belfast
November 27th 2015, Judge
Purely Poetry presents The Final of the All Ireland Poetry Slam
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
November 21st 2015, facilitator
'Small Miracles' Poetry Workshop C.S. Lewis Festival
Linen Hall Library, Belfast, 11am-12.45pm
November 1st 2015 Award
Recipient of Artist Career Enhancement Award from Arts Council N.I. 2015/16
October 22nd 2015,
Lagan Press and Poetry NI: Yeats 150 audio project
Online Audio Reading
October 2nd 2015, co-host
Purely Poetry Open Mic Night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
September 29 2015,
Aspects Festival - Poetry Slam
Project 24, Bangor
September 18th, 2015
various sites, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast
‘Poetry Postcards’, Culture Night Belfast.
September 10th 2015,
City Hall, Belfast
event for World Suicide Prevention Day
September 5th 2015, organiser and reader
Lyric Theatre Belfast
Bards at the Bar, part of Bounce Arts Festival
September 4th 2015, Judge
Purely Poetry presents The Belfast Heat of the All Ireland Poetry Slam
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
August 27th 2015, organiser/reader
Poetry NI Presents: Summer Reading
Thursday, Crescent Arts Centre, 7.30pm
Augst 23rd 2015, reading
Sofa Sessions #9: Wellbeing Special [fundraiser for NIAMH Wellbeing]
Duncairn Cultural Arts Centre 7.30-11.30pm
August 12th 2015, reader/organiser
FSNI National Poetry Competition - Belfast Reading
James Brown & Sons, 300 Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 1HF
August 9th 2015, co-host/reader
Poetry NI at Stendhal Festival of Art
12-3pm Garden Shed Stage
July 30th 2015, co-host
John Hewitt Summer School Late night Sessions
Purely Poetry open mic night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
July 4th 2015, co-host
Purely Poetry open mic night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
June 13 2015, Judge at Purely Poetry presents:
The Belfast Book Festival 2015 Slam
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
June 2nd 2015, editor
Issue one of Panning for Poems is released in print and online
Panning for Poems Issue 1
April 3rd 2015, co-host
Purely Poetry open mic night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
Sunday March 25th 2015, one poem published
'Dance of the Dreamweaver'
Launch of CAP Making Memories Anthology
'Alternate State': poetry commission
charity exhibition and chapbook for StART Talking
Thursday 12th March, 6pm, Duncairn Centre for Arts & Culture
March 6th 2015, co-host
Purely Poetry open mic night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
February 22nd 2015, editor
Panning For Poems: Launches Submission Call
http://www.poetryni.com/panning-for-poems.html
February 6th 2015, co-host
Purely Poetry open mic night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
Thursday 18th December 2014, co-host/reader
Poetry NI presents: A Christmas Reading
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Crescent Arts Centre, 7.30pm
December 1st 2014, co-host
Purely Poetry open mic night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
November 7th 2014, co-host
Purely Poetry open mic night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
October 3rd 2014, Judge
The Belfast heat of the All Ireland Poetry Slam
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
September 26th 2014 Aspects Irish Literature Festival
Rabbit Rooms, Bangor
The Aspects Poetry Slam
September 25th 2014,
What Poetry Has To Offer: Understanding, Empathy, Change
Bookfinders Cafe, Belfast, 7pm
September 16th 2014
Bangor reading: FSNI National Poetry Competition
John Gray & Co., 80 Central Avenue, Bangor, 7pm
September 10th 2014 Belfast reading: FSNI National Poetry Competition
James Brown & Sons Funeral Directors,
535 Lisburn Road, Belfast, 7.30pm
September 8th 2014, reader
The Monday Echo
International Bar, Dublin
September 5th 2014, co-host
Purely Poetry open mic night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
August 31st 2014 Bounce! Festival
Lyric Theatre, Belfast
11am Creative Writing Workshop
6pm Sunday Music and Poetry (co-hosting)
August 30th 2014
Winner of Newcastle Arts Festival 2014 Poetry Slam
August 30th 2014
Newcastle Arts Festival
The Newcastle Centre, Central Promenade
11.00am: Workshops
2:00pm: Author Readings
Winner of O'Hare's Pub
9.30pm Poetry Slam
23rd August 2014 Sunflower Festival
The Moot Stage, Tubby's Farm, Hillsborough
Saturday 1.45pm (with Cat Brogan and Colin Dardis)
July 4th 2014
Purely Poetry open mic night
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 9.30pm
June 30th 2014 Poems and Pints Festival
John Hewitt Bar, Belfast
(with Mark Cooper, Colin Dardis and Diane Morrison)
June 15th 2014 Chapbook Launch "Quick Succesion"
Launch of Pen Points Press
(with Ross Thompson, and Chris McLaughlin)
June 13th 2014 Judge at Purely Poetry presents:
The Belfast Book Festival Poetry Slam
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
June 10th 2014 Curator and participant
Product of Perception Exhibition
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
May 31st 2014
One City One Book Belfast 2014: pop-up reading at Clements Rosemary St and Royal Avenue, Belfast, 2-4pm
(with Geraldine O'Kane)
May 4th 2014
Poetry NI presents: Kathleen McCracken, Ross Thompson, David Braziel and Geraldine O'Kane
Open Source NI, 3-5 Commercial Court, Belfast
May 2nd 2014
Purely Poetry
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
April 27th 2014
Poems On A Sunday Afternoon
Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
(co-headliner with Colin Dardis)
April 4th 2014
Purely Poetry
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
April 1st 2014
A Tribute to Charles Bukowski
Belfast Film Festival, Black Box, Belfast
(film screening of 'Crazy Love', poetry reading + open mic)
March 28th 2014 Curator:
The Grab Bag
LOFT, Belfast
March 7th 2014
Purely Poetry
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
May 30th 2014 Featrured in Belfast Telegraph's Friday People:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/friday-people-spokenword-poet-geraldine-okane-30315527.html
Feburary 2014 Co-Curator
Edi[t]fy #1 (online collaborative writing experiment)
Curator/Participating Poet
January 3rd 2014
http://firstfortnight.ie/whats-on/the-therapy-sessions/meet-the-poets/
Therapy Sessions, First Fortnight, The Workman's Club, Dublin
Reader
December 2013
All Ireland Poetry Slam Final, Crane Bar, Galway
Reader (Ulster representative)
November 2013
A Little of What You Fancy, Anchor Bar, Portstewart
Reader
Funeral Services Northern Ireland National Poetry Competition: Belfast reading
Reader
October 2013
Belly Laughs Festival, Belfast: ‘Purely Poetry presents… the Comedy Poetry Slam’, Crescent Arts Centre
Judge
Winner of North West Heat of All Ireland Poetry Slam
Away With Words, Fermanagh Live, Enniskillen Castle (with BBC Northern Ireland)
Workshop Facilitator and Reader (with Voica Versa)
September 2013
Speakers’ Corner, Folktown, Belfast (part of Culture Night Belfast)
Reader
!Poetry Extravaganza!, The Frisky Bear (part of Culture Night Holywood)
Reader
Creative Tyrone, Carleton Cottage, Clogher, Co. Tyrone (part of European Heritage Open Days)
Organiser/ Reader
Lights, Camera… Poetry, Strand Arts Centre (part of European Heritage Open Days)
Reader
Purely Poetry presents… Seamus Heaney tribute open mic reading, Crescent Arts Centre (part of European Heritage Open Days)
Reader
Purely Poetry presents… the Belfast Heat of the All Ireland Poetry Slam, Crescent Arts Centre
Judge
August 2013,
Voica Versa, The Olde Moot Stage, Sunflower Fest
Reader
July 2013
One Day Poetry Fest, Town Hall, Ballymoney (with Poetry In Motion: Community Arts Partnership)
Workshop Facilitator
June 2013
‘Moment’ second Book Launch, Black Box (Community Arts Partnership, part of Belfast Book Festival)
Reader
In House Group Reading, Crescent Arts Centre (part of Belfast Book Festival)
Reader
Voica Versa, Black Box (part of Belfast Book Festival)
Reader
Poetic Perspective: Through Artists' Eyes (exhibition curated by Geraldine, part of Belfast Book Festival), Crescent Arts Centre
Organiser/Host/Reader
May 2013
Four Poets Live! And open mic, Open Source (with Seedhead Arts) (part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival)
Reader
March 2013
Purely Poetry at PS Squared (part of Take Back Belfast)
Reader
‘Moment’ Book Launch, Black Box (Community Arts Partnership, part of Belfast Book Festival)
Reader
February 2013
Purely Poetry presents… The Poet’s Box (with Community Arts Partnership), Writers’ Square, Belfast
Reader
February 2013
The Upbeat Club: Open Poetry Slam, Square Box, Dungannon
Finalist (3rd place)