If you're coming by car to the launch of On The Way Out in Ballinrobe Library (F31 YR60) on Saturday, 22 November, at 7.30pm, please note the following suggestions - no parking will be available in the grounds of the library, but thankfully there are three big car parks nearby, along with on-street parking.

It's just one of those things that works. The first Monday of every month, a Poetry and Short Prose Open Mic Night takes place in the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar, Co. Mayo. It is a low-fuss, no-frills affair - you rock up, enter your name on the sheet and wait to be called.