FIVE WRITERS will read at this year’s Cúirt Festival Over The Edge showcase reading in the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday April 23 at 11am.
The featured authors are Orla Higgins, Noelle Lynskey, Noel Harrington, Jenny McCudden, and Val Nolan.
Orla Higgins is currently studying the MA in writing programme at NUI, Galway where she is working on her first novel. Noel Harrington has been published in The Stinging Fly, Revival, and Crannóg.
Noelle Lynskey is the facilitator of the Portumna Pen Pushers and The Maple Poetry Group. She is also an active participant in BAFFLE in Loughrea. She is working towards a collection of poetry.
Jenny McCudden is the western correspondent for TV3 News. She is currently working on a non-fiction book Death On Irish Roads.
Val Nolan teaches contemporary literature and creative writing at NUI, Galway. He regularly contributes criticism to The Sunday Business Post and Poetry Ireland Review.
The Over The Edge is organised by Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars. Those interested in taking part in future Over The Edges should send six poems or a 2,000 word piece of fiction to Over The Edge, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway.
