The
March ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday, March 29th,
6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Simon
Lewis, Geraldine O’Kane,
& Alice Kinsella. There will as usual be
an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are always
especially welcome at the open-mic.
Alice Kinsella
was born in Dublin in 1993, and raised in County Mayo. She holds a BA (Hons) in
English Literature and Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin and is currently
a student on the MA in Writing at NUI Galway. Her poetry appeared in a number
of publications, including Headspace magazine, The Fem
literary magazine, Poetry NI Holocaust Memorial Anthology, Poethead,
Icarus, Headstuff, The Sunday Independent, Skylight47,
Boyne Berries, A New Ulster, Live Encounters
magazine, and The Ofi Press. She is included in Poethead’s
‘Contemporary Irish Women Poets’. Her work has been shortlisted for several
competitions, including Creative Writing Ink January 2016, the Annual Bangor
Poetry Competition 2016, Hungry Hills Wild Atlantic Words Poetry Competition
2016 and the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year Competition 2016. She was
commended in the Jonathan Swift Awards 2016. Her debut play ‘The Passing’ was
staged as a part of ‘What’s the Story’ at the Liberties Festival 2016 and went
on to be performed at Cruthú Arts Festival and Temple Bar Culture and Arts
Festival in the same year. A short collection of Alice’s poems, Flower Press,
was published last month by the U.K. based Onslaught Press and will be on
sale on the evening.
Geraldine O’Kane, originally from County Tyrone, Northern
Ireland, is a poet, creative writing facilitator, arts administrator, curator
and mental health advocate. She recently received an Artist's Career
Enhancement Scheme (ACES) award from Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Her
pamphlet "Quick Succession" is available to purchase from Pen Points Press.
She is working towards her first full collection of poems. Geraldine is
co-host and regular reader at the Purely Poetry
open mic nights in Belfast. She has read her work in numerous literary
festivals and events both North and South. Her poetry is mostly inspired by
observation, addresses the issues society would prefer not to talk about, and
is firmly seeded in the oral tradition of storytelling. Her work has been
published in anthologies from Community Arts Partnership, The Galway Review,
Poethead, Poetry Super Highway, The Incubator, The Lake Poetry Journal, Boston
Poetry Magazine and elsewhere.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council, Poetry Ireland & The Arts Council.
