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Gerald has lectured and read poetry in numerous locations across the UK and Ireland. Please see below for a comprehensive list of locations. 

Readings in Cornwall: 

Penzance Arts Club; The Brasserie, Penzance; Morrab (private) Library, Penzance; Penzance Public Library; Trengwainton National Trust Festival; Trieriefe House (BBC); Lamora Wink (festival); St Ives Festival (Norway Square/St Ives Arts Club); St La Church, St Ives; Penwith Radio; Salthouse Gallery, St Ives; St Ives Central Library; Sancreed Harvest Festival; Newlyn Festival (gallery); The Centre, Newlyn; 'The Cookbook', St Just; St Just Public Library; The King's Arms, St Just; Sancreed House; The Institute, Sancreed; Truro (Radio Cornwall); Chy Noweth an Conteh, Truro; Jenny Hamlett Launch, Zennor; Hayle Hospice Commemoration, Humphry Davy Rooms, Penzance; Stanza, Bread Street, Penzance; Tolcarne Shakespeare Festival, Newlyn; 'Kettle and Wink', St Ives; 'The Crypt' Arts Gallery, St Ives; Rosmorva, Zennor Head; Penzance 'Terrace Dinner' (with Anne Alexander); 'Ireland 40 Years On' (with Nick Round), Penzance; Penzance Proms, The Lugger Hotel; Drollo', Newlyn; Newlyn Rooms: 'Shanties and Poetry'; Trafalgar House, Penzance; Hypatia Rooms, Penzance; The Admiral Benbow, Penzance; Penzance Arts Hotel (Frug); 'Cloths of Heaven' at Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery; PZ Gallery, Penzance Harbour; The Union Hotel, Penzance; Mariners' Church, St Ives (Society of Artists); Free Church, St Just; Gillards', Wherrytown; Ickle Feste, Marazion; Jazz Cafe, Penzance; Porthleven Hall; Illogan Hall; The Melting Pot, Knowji Arts and Design Centre, Redruth; Falmouth Radio ('One and All'); 'Edge of the World' Bookshop, Penzance. 

Readings in Ireland: 

 

Queen's University Belfast; Armagh Cathedral Festival; Derry Arts Club (Cityside); Arts Centre, Castleblayney; Dungannon Teaching Centre; Kilkenny Arts Festival; Clones Arts Centre; Keohane's Bookshop, Sligo; St Paul's College, Ballyjamesduff; The Centre, Ballyshannon; The County Museum, Monoghan; The Courthouse, Moghan; Fivemiletown Library; Royal Hotel, Omagh; Central Library, Omagh; College Sqaure East, Belfast; Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan; Oliver Goldsmith Festival, Ballymahon; Ballyshannon Poetry Festival; Killybeggs Poetry Festival; Poets' House, Islandmagee; Poets' House, Falcarragh; Poetry Ireland Centre, Dublin; Bewley's, Dublin; Ardhowan Theatre, Enniskillen; Cuirt Festival, Galway City; Derrygonnelly Centre, Co Fermanagh; Leonard's Hotel, Cavan; Crannog Bookshop, Cavan; Enniskillen Central Library; Corick House, Clogher (William Carleton Festivals); Clogher Rural Centre. 

Other notable readings:

 

In addition to those listed above, there have been readings these last 6 years in Dublin, St Ives, Cheltenham/Gloucester, Bristol, Bath, Dorchester, Tavistock, Falmouth, London, Wiltshire, Oxford and South Wales of poetry from Conchinilia Journey I and II and Half-Forgotten - books on shells, shell houses, and grottoes written with my wife Margaret and inspired by locations noted on www.shellhouse-talks.com

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