A
special June ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place on Zoom on Thursday, June 11th at the usual Over The Edge time 6.30-8.00pm
(local Galway time). The Featured Readers are Matthew Caley, Maeve Galvin, & Quincy Lehr. There will, as
always at Over The Edge: Open Readings, be an open-mic after the Featured
Readers have finished. New readers are always especially welcome at the open-mic.
Anyone interested in taking part in the open-mic should text Kevin Higgins on
087-6431748 or email over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com between 6pm and
6.30pm on the evening of the reading. The MC for the evening will be Susan
Millar DuMars.
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| Quincy Lehr |
Quincy R. Lehr says that
he “is a butt-scratching imbecile with bad personal hygiene” but Kevin &
Susan assure us that he exaggerates. Quincy’s most recent book is The Dark
Lord of the Tiki Bar (2015). He lives in Los Angeles where he pisses off
Bozos with his mild mannered comments on social media and teaches in a high
school. Kevin Higgins’ Galway Advertiser review of The Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar can be read here https://www.advertiser.ie/Galway/article/83380/poet-who-uses-swear-words-immaculately
Originally from Bray, Co. Wicklow, Maeve Galvin has worked as an international development worker
across the United Nations and non-profit organisations for a decade and has
lived and worked in Ireland, Cambodia, Nigeria, Myanmar and the United
States. The Saviours is her
first novel. Copies
can be purchased here https://merdogbooks.com/product/the-saviours-a-novel/
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| Matthew Caley |
Since
his debut Thirst [Slow Dancer, 1999] was nominated for The
Forward Prize for Best 1st collection, Matthew
Caley has published five more, the last
three from Bloodaxe. He's recently taught poetry/creative writing at The
University of Winchester, The School of English, St Andrews University,
Scotland, and The Poetry School, London. He gave the StAnza 2020 lecture this
March. He has read everywhere from Novi Sad, Serbia to The Globe Theatre,
London; from Prague’s Alchemy to Wayne-Holloway Smith's living room. His latest
and 6th collection is Trawlerman’s Turquoise [Bloodaxe, 2019].
Over The Edge is inviting you to the June
Over The Edge: Open Reading on Zoom. Thursday, June 11th, 6.30-8pm
Join The Over The Edge Zoom Meeting at
Meeting ID: 738 901 3549
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council, Poetry Ireland & The Arts Council.
