The September Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering presents an exciting variety of readings by poets and fiction writers Clara Rose Thornton, Kernan Andrews, Kate Ennals, Susan Lanigan, and Ruth Aylett. The evening will see the launch by Kevin Higgins of Kate Ennal’s debut poetry collection At The Edge, which is just published by Lapwing Press.
The event will take place at The Kitchen @ The Museum, Spanish Arch, Galway on Friday, September 11th, 8pm. All are welcome. There is no cover charge.
Kate Ennals is a poet and
writes short stories. She has been published in various literary publications
such as Crannog, Skylight 47, Burning Bush 2,
The Galway Review, Ropes, Boyne Berries, and North West
Words. She has published a novella, Slainté, on Amazon. A Londoner, Kate has lived in Ireland for 21 years
and runs poetry and writing workshops in County Cavan. Her blog can be found at
kateennals.com. At The Edge, her
debut poetry collection, is just published by Lapwing Press.
Clara Rose Thornton is a spoken
word artist, culture journalist, and RTÉ radio and television broadcaster
originally hailing from Chicago. She publishes arts and culture criticism
internationally, including for the Irish Independent, and her provocative
spoken word is performed at festivals and venues across Europe. She is the
2014-15 Dublin Slam Poetry Champion. Meet her at clararosethornton.com and @ClaraRose.
Kernan Andrews is from Galway and
work as the Arts Editor and Political Correspondent of the Galway Advertiser
newspaper and its website, www.advertiser.ie . His short story, Im Niemandsland, was published in the
anthology Noir By Noir West, published by Arlen House. Kernan will read from, Northern Uproar, his tale of a young
Protestant lad in 1970s Northern Ireland whose life is turned upside down by
punk and the Sex Pistols.
Ruth Aylett teaches computing and researches artificial
intelligence and robotics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. She jointly
wrote the collaborative online epic Granite University, performed with Sarah
the Poetic Robot at the 2012 Edinburgh Free Fringe and wants to write poems
that can enter the lives of everyone everywhere. She has been published by
Envoi, Bloodaxe Books, New Writing Scotland, Poetry Scotland, and Doire
Press and tweets as ruthaylett; read more at www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ruth/writing.html.
Susan Lanigan, lives in
Dublin and is a graduate of the MA in Writing at NUI Galway. He is the author
of WWI novel White
Feathers.
This
story of passion, betrayal and war has been shortlisted for the Romantic Novel
of the Year Award 2015, and is published by O’Brien Press Brandon imprint.
For further
information contact 087-6431748.
All Welcome.
No Cover charge.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing financial support of
the Arts
Council, Poetry Ireland, and Galway City Council.
