GALWAY: September Over The Edge Open Reading

Thursday, September 29th, 2011, 6.30pm-8pm 

Galway City Library, 

St. Augustine Street,

Galway 

Featured Readers are Aileen Armstrong, Davnet Heery and Moyra Donaldson. The evening will also see the announcement of the winners of this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of the Year. The competition judge is Elaine Feeney.

Aileen Armstrong’s writing has appeared in the Stinging Fly, Three Times Daily, Some Blind Alleys, and Cuadrivio (in Spanish translation). In 2009, she graduated from the M.A. in Writing programme at NUIG, and in 2010, she received a literature bursary award from the Arts Council of Ireland. She lives in Co. Galway, and is currently working on a collection of short stories.

A long-time resident of Cois Fharraige, Connemara, Davnet Heery enjoys solitary walks along the shore and on the bog, day-dreaming. Recently graduated from the MA in Writing at NUIG she has had a giddy summer reading at literary festivals countrywide for the launch of the class anthology Bicycles with Umbrellas. Primarily a poet (she has been grant aided by Galway Co.Co. to work towards a collection Camellia) she also enjoys writing plays. Her short story The Little Girl in Pink was short-listed for The Francis Mc Manus award, 2011.

Moyra Donaldson was born and brought up in Co Down and has been described as one of the country’s most distinctive and accomplished writers: a poet whose voice is full of integrity and mystery. Her first full collection of poems Snakeskin Stilettos was published in 1998, followed by Beneath the Ice in 2001, both from Lagan Press. She has received four awards from the Arts Council NI, most recently, the Artist Career Enhancement Award. Moyra’s poems have featured on radio and television, including the Channel 4 production, Poems to Fall in Love With. Horse’s Nest, was published by Lagan Press in 2006 and described in Poetry Ireland Review as ‘one of the most enjoyable poetry books of the last few years.’ Her most recent collection, Miracle Fruit, was published by Lagan Press in November 2010.

There will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars.

There will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748 or see our website http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council and The Arts Council

GALWAY: September Over The Edge Open Reading

Thursday, September 29th, 2011, 6.30pm-8pm

Galway City Library,
St. Augustine Street,
Galway 

Featured Readers are Aileen Armstrong, Davnet Heery and Moyra Donaldson. The evening will also see the announcement of the winners of this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of the Year. The competition judge is Elaine Feeney.

Aileen Armstrong’s writing has appeared in the Stinging Fly, Three Times Daily, Some Blind Alleys, and Cuadrivio (in Spanish translation). In 2009, she graduated from the M.A. in Writing programme at NUIG, and in 2010, she received a literature bursary award from the Arts Council of Ireland. She lives in Co. Galway, and is currently working on a collection of short stories.

A long-time resident of Cois Fharraige, Connemara, Davnet Heery enjoys solitary walks along the shore and on the bog, day-dreaming. Recently graduated from the MA in Writing at NUIG she has had a giddy summer reading at literary festivals countrywide for the launch of the class anthology Bicycles with Umbrellas. Primarily a poet (she has been grant aided by Galway Co.Co. to work towards a collection Camellia) she also enjoys writing plays. Her short story The Little Girl in Pink was short-listed for The Francis Mc Manus award, 2011.

Moyra Donaldson was born and brought up in Co Down and has been described as one of the country’s most distinctive and accomplished writers: a poet whose voice is full of integrity and mystery. Her first full collection of poems Snakeskin Stilettos was published in 1998, followed by Beneath the Ice in 2001, both from Lagan Press. She has received four awards from the Arts Council NI, most recently, the Artist Career Enhancement Award. Moyra’s poems have featured on radio and television, including the Channel 4 production, Poems to Fall in Love With. Horse’s Nest, was published by Lagan Press in 2006 and described in Poetry Ireland Review as ‘one of the most enjoyable poetry books of the last few years.’ Her most recent collection, Miracle Fruit, was published by Lagan Press in November 2010.

There will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars.

There will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748 or see our website http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council and The Arts Council

GALWAY: August Over The Edge Open Reading

Thursday, August 25th, 2011, 6.30pm-8pm

Galway City Library,
St. Augustine Street,
Galway

The Featured Readers are Laurie Leech, Evelyn Parsons and Clare Pollard. The reading is sponsored by Poetry Ireland. The evening will also see the announcement of the shortlist in this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition.

Laurie Leech is a Galway-based poet. He is MC of the Testify! nights in Róisín Dubh, showcasing poets, musicians and anything else in between. Formerly MC of Poetry Smackdown, which was featured on RTE’s Arena. He took 2nd place in the 2011 Cúirt Poetry Grand Slam and 1st place in the 2011 Drogheda Fringe Poetry Slam. He puts his words to music sometimes and shared a bill with Buck 65, also during Cúirt 2011.

Evelyn Parsons says that she “stumbled down a creative writing shaped rabbit hole in 2010, landing heart first in a fiction wonderland of classes with Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars.” She was highly commended in the 2010 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition and short-listed for the 2011 Fish One Page Prize. Evelyn is also an avid reader and a member of the Ballinasloe Booksuckers Club.

Clare Pollard has published four collections of poetry with Bloodaxe Books, the most recent of which, Changeling, was published in June of this year. Her play The Weather (Faber, 2004) premiered at the Royal Court Theatre and has been performed at the Munchner Kammerspiele in Munich. Clare was Assistant Director of the Clerkenwell Literary Festival from 2002-5. She has scripted and presented two documentaries for televison, and her documentary for radio, My Male Muse, was a Radio 4 Pick of the year. Her short stories have been published in The Idler and the anthology Comma (Comma Press, 2002).  She recently co-edited the Bloodaxe anthology Voice Recognition: 21 poets for the 21st Century.  Clare is currently teaching for The City Lit, The Poetry School and the Arvon Foundation. This is Clare’s first time reading in Ireland.

There will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748 or see our website http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council and The Arts Council

GALWAY: Over The Edge New Writer of the Year

Saturday, August 20th, 2011, 6.30pm
Charlie Byrne's Bookshop,

Middle Street,
Galway

The announcement of the long-list for this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition will take place at a special Salmon Poetry reading. Majella Cullinane will read from her just published collection Guarding The Flame, and there will also be readings by Over The Edge co-organisers Susan Millar DuMars and Kevin Higgins.

For more about Majella Cullinane see http://www.salmonpoetry.com/bookshop-search.php 

The longlist will be available on the Over The Edge website
(http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com)

GALWAY: August Over The Edge Open Reading

Thursday, August 25th, 2011, 6.30pm-8pm
Galway City Library,
St. Augustine Street,
Galway

The Featured Readers are Laurie Leech, Evelyn Parsons and Clare Pollard. The reading is sponsored by Poetry Ireland. The evening will also see the announcement of the shortlist in this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition.

Laurie Leech is a Galway-based poet. He is MC of the Testify! nights in Róisín Dubh, showcasing poets, musicians and anything else in between. Formerly MC of Poetry Smackdown, which was featured on RTE’s Arena. He took 2nd place in the 2011 Cúirt Poetry Grand Slam and 1st place in the 2011 Drogheda Fringe Poetry Slam. He puts his words to music sometimes and shared a bill with Buck 65, also during Cúirt 2011.

Evelyn Parsons says that she “stumbled down a creative writing shaped rabbit hole in 2010, landing heart first in a fiction wonderland of classes with Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars.” She was highly commended in the 2010 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition and short-listed for the 2011 Fish One Page Prize. Evelyn is also an avid reader and a member of the Ballinasloe Booksuckers Club.

Clare Pollard has published four collections of poetry with Bloodaxe Books, the most recent of which, Changeling, was published in June of this year. Her play The Weather (Faber, 2004) premiered at the Royal Court Theatre and has been performed at the Munchner Kammerspiele in Munich. Clare was Assistant Director of the Clerkenwell Literary Festival from 2002-5. She has scripted and presented two documentaries for televison, and her documentary for radio, My Male Muse, was a Radio 4 Pick of the year. Her short stories have been published in The Idler and the anthology Comma (Comma Press, 2002).  She recently co-edited the Bloodaxe anthology Voice Recognition: 21 poets for the 21st Century.  Clare is currently teaching for The City Lit, The Poetry School and the Arvon Foundation. This is Clare’s first time reading in Ireland.

There will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748 or see our website http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council and The Arts Council

GALWAY: Over The Edge New Writer of the Year

Saturday, August 20th, 2011, 6.30pm

Charlie Byrne's Bookshop,
Middle Street,
Galway

The announcement of the long-list for this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition will take place at a special Salmon Poetry reading. Majella Cullinane will read from her just published collection Guarding The Flame, and there will also be readings by Over The Edge co-organisers Susan Millar DuMars and Kevin Higgins.

For more about Majella Cullinane see http://www.salmonpoetry.com/bookshop-search.php 

The longlist will be available on the Over The Edge website
(http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com)

PETERBOROUGH: Poetry Rivals Poetry Slam Grand Final

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010, 3pm-10pm
The Fleet ICA,
Fletton,
Peterborough

Poetry Rivals Poetry Slam Grand Final – A Night to Remember

Who will be crowned the first UK Poetry Rivals champion?

The nationwide search for the first Poetry Rivals Poetry Slam Champion is almost over! Forward Press is hosting the Poetry Rivals poetry slam final. From the 7,000 who entered Poetry Rivals 2009, the top 100 shortlisted poets have been invited to perform their poem in front of the judges in a bid to win a publishing contract and be crowned the first Poetry Rivals Champion. (Under 18s perform first, followed by the adults.)

The judging panel are confirmed as Mark Grist – Peterborough performance poet; AF Harrold – multiple slam winner; Hollie McNish – UK Slam Champion 2008/09; John Paul O’Neill – founder of Farrago Poetry and first British poet to compete in the US National Slam Championships; Deanna Rodger – UK Slam Champion 2007 and Mark Niel – comic poet and host of Milton Keynes’ ‘Tongue in Chic. The judges will also be performing throughout the day.

£1 from every book sold is being donated to Cancer Research UK – almost £3,000 has already been raised and every book sold this year will continue to raise funds. Books will be available to purchase at the slam final.

The last few tickets for the final are on sale now at £5 each. To purchase tickets call 01733 890099 or for more information email info@poetryrivals.com. Doors open at 3pm ‘til 10pm.

PETERBOROUGH: Poetry Rivals Poetry Slam Grand Final

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010, 3pm-10pm
The Fleet ICA,
Fletton,
Peterborough

Poetry Rivals Poetry Slam Grand Final – A Night to Remember

Who will be crowned the first UK Poetry Rivals champion?

The nationwide search for the first Poetry Rivals Poetry Slam Champion is almost over! Forward Press is hosting the Poetry Rivals poetry slam final. From the 7,000 who entered Poetry Rivals 2009, the top 100 shortlisted poets have been invited to perform their poem in front of the judges in a bid to win a publishing contract and be crowned the first Poetry Rivals Champion. (Under 18s perform first, followed by the adults.)

The judging panel are confirmed as Mark Grist – Peterborough performance poet; AF Harrold – multiple slam winner; Hollie McNish – UK Slam Champion 2008/09; John Paul O’Neill – founder of Farrago Poetry and first British poet to compete in the US National Slam Championships; Deanna Rodger – UK Slam Champion 2007 and Mark Niel – comic poet and host of Milton Keynes’ ‘Tongue in Chic. The judges will also be performing throughout the day.

£1 from every book sold is being donated to Cancer Research UK – almost £3,000 has already been raised and every book sold this year will continue to raise funds. Books will be available to purchase at the slam final.

The last few tickets for the final are on sale now at £5 each. To purchase tickets call 01733 890099 or for more information email info@poetryrivals.com. Doors open at 3pm ‘til 10pm.