Rebecca
O’Connor’s first collection of poetry We’ll
Sing Blackbird was shortlisted for the Shine/Strong Award. Her writing has
appeared in the Guardian, the Spectator, Poetry Review and elsewhere. She was a
writer in residence at the Wordsworth Trust, the Centre for British Romanticism
and is a recipient of a Geoffrey Dearmer Prize. She is co-founder and publisher
of The Moth magazine. She lives in County Cavan. He Is Mine and I Have No Other is her first novel and was published by
Canongate in June. It has been described as “powerful and searing” by The
Sunday Times and as “a menacing debut” by The Daily Mail.
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The first twelve fiction
writers to make it to The Kitchen @ The Museum on the evening of Friday,
October 12th and register will be guaranteed a place in the slam. If
you want to be sure of a place, get there early! 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 Rebecca
O’Connor. Three writers will go through to the second round and the prize for the
winner is a bottle of excellent red 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.
