Niamh Boyce
The November ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in
Galway City Library on Thursday, November
21st, 6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Niamh Boyce, Audrey Dinneen
& Padraic McCormack. There will as
usual be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished.
Audrey Dinneen’s initial foray into the world of creative writing
was through a Diploma in Childrens’ Literature while resident in the USA. She
continued to attend creative writing classes in England and does so now in
Galway. She is an avid reader and a member of two book clubs. She was thrilled
to be invited by Susan Millar DuMars to participate in her first public reading
at Over the Edge.
Padraic McCormack is a retired politician having represented Galway
West from 1989 - 2011. He was twice chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary
Party and a former Mayor of Galway City. He has recently published his memoir The Rocky Road To The Dáil - politics
from the inside. Since he retired from the Dáil, Padraic has taken part in
creative writing classes at both GMIT and Galway Technical Institute. He is
planning to publish a book of short stories, some of which he will read at Over
The Edge.
From Athy,
Co Kildare, Niamh Boyce's debut
novel The Herbalist was published by
Penguin in June 2013. She won the Hennessy XO New Irish Writer of the Year in
2012 for her poem 'Kitty'. Her short fiction has been nominated for The Francis
Mac Manus Competition, The Molly Keane Creative Writing Award and the 2009 New
Irish Writing Award. Her work can be found in magazines such as The Moth, The Stony Thursday Book, Crannóg,
Boyne Berries, The Poetry Bus, and New Irish
Writing Today Magazine. She blogs at http://niamhboyce.blogspot.ie/
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council.
