THE FIRST Over The Edge: Open Reading of 2014 takes place in the Galway City Library on Thursday January 23 at 6.30pm.
The featured readers are Mary O’Donnell, Breda Wall Ryan, and Breege Bogusia Wardein. There will also be the launch of issue No 3 of Skylight 47, the bi-annual poetry paper from the Skylight Poets.
Mary O’Donnell has published numerous collections of poetry, written three novels, and two collections of short fiction. Her new novel, Where They Lie, deals with a family’s attempt to recover the bodies of their murdered sons, and will be published next April by New Island.
Breda Wall Ryan’s fiction has been published in New Irish Writing, The Stinging Fly, The Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories, and The New Hennessy Book of New Irish Short Fiction. She turned to writing poetry in 2008.
Breege Bogusia Wardein was born in Poland and lives in Galway. Her poetry has been published in Revival, Crannóg, THE SHOp, and Poetry Wales. Five of her poems have most recently appeared in the Indian magazine Kavya Bharati.
There will be an open-mic after the featured readers have finished. The MC will be Susan Millar DuMars. For more information contact 087 - 6431748.
