Madeleine D'Arcy
After the event’s huge success in the past five
years, Over The Edge presents its sixth annual fiction slam with Featured
Reader, Madeleine D’Arcy, at The Kitchen @ The Museum, Spanish, Galway on Friday,
October 17th, 8pm.
Madeleine
D’Arcy was born in Ireland and later spent thirteen years in the UK. She worked
as a criminal legal aid solicitor and as a legal editor in London before
returning to Cork City in 1999 with her husband and son. She began to write
short stories in 2005. In 2010, she received the Hennessy Literary Award for
First Fiction and the overall Hennessy Literary Award for New Irish Writer. Her
work has also been short-listed and commended in many other competitions.
Madeleine has been awarded bursaries by the Arts Council of Ireland and by Cork
City Council. She is currently a scholarship student on the inaugural MA in
Creative Writing at University College Cork. Her short film ‘Dog Pound’
featuring the distinguished Irish actor Frank Kelly, is now available on
Youtube. WAITING FOR THE BULLET, Madeleine’s debut collection of
short fiction, was published by Doire Press in April 2014.
The first twelve fiction writers to make it to The
Kitchen @ The Museum on the evening of Friday, October 17th and
register will be guaranteed a place in the slam. All participating writers
should bring two pieces of their own fiction, as there are two rounds. The time
limit in both rounds is five minutes. Extracts from longer stories are
admissible. Stories do not have to be memorised. The Fiction Slam will be
judged by a three person jury made up of two audience members and Madeleine
D’Arcy. Three writers will go through to the second round and the prize for the
winner is a bottle of wine.
There is no entrance fee. All welcome. For
further information contact 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of the Arts Council, Poetry Ireland and Galway City Council.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of the Arts Council, Poetry Ireland and Galway City Council.
