TWO POETS and a fiction writer will be the main readers at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading on Zoom on Thursday March 24 at 6.30pm.
Aoife Cunningham, John Transier, and Anne Tannam will be the readers, and Susan Millar DuMars will be the MC.
Anne Tannam is the author of three poetry collections, Take This Life (2011 ), Tides Shifting Across My Sitting Room Floor (2017 ), and Twenty-six Letters of a new Alphabet (2021 ). Anne’s work forms part of UCD’s Irish Poetry Reading Archive, and she has performed at Electric Picnic, Kosovo International Poetry Festival, and Berlin’s Craw Festival. See www.annetannampoetry.ie
Aoife Cunningham’s poetry has been published in the Galway Advertiser and Broadsheet.ie, among other publications. Her work documents her struggles with mental health and her subsequent recovery.
John Transier is a fiction writer based in Portland, Oregon, who has been shortlisted in many literary competitions. His influences are John Steinbeck, George MacDonald Fraser, and Patrick O’Brian.
There will be an open-mic after the featured readers have finished. Those interested in taking part should text Kevin Higgins on 087-6431748 or message the Over The Edge Facebook page between 6pm and 6.30pm on the evening of the reading.
To attend the event, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7389013549. The meeting ID is 738 901 3549.
