The December ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in
Galway City Library on Thursday, December
15th, 6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Matthew Caley, Helena Kane, & Mary Lee. There will as usual be an open-mic after the
Featured Readers have finished. New readers are especially welcome. The Over
The Edge end of year celebration will take place afterwards.
Mary Lee was born in Curramore – a small village
west of Headford. She has a background in psychotherapy and spirituality and
draws on her former experience to write and work part time as a facilitator and
psychotherapist. Her poems have appeared in Skylight
47; Orbis; Crannog; The Linnet’s Wings; The Galway Literary Review; The Poet’s Search for God; The Furrow and Spirituaity. Her work has also been broadcast of RTE Radio’s The Living Word. Her poetry collection Bloom was published recently by Matthew
James Publishing Ltd. She now lives in Galway and is a participant in
the Advanced Poetry Workshop at Galway Arts Centre.
Helena Kane grew up in East Galway but now lives in Galway
city. She is a retired teacher so now finally has the time to pursue her
interest in writing. When her children grew up she began to attend writing
classes and has been working on a novel for the past four years. Titled `The
Long, Long Road `, it starts in the Fifties. It’s about a young girl,
Maire, who was in an Industrial school from the age of seven. She was
allowed to leave there when she was sixteen. She enjoys her freedom for a while
but through naivety and ill-luck she ends up in a Magdalen Laundry. There
is no baby involved. She plans her escape with the help of a young man she met
at a dance while she was free. Helena Kane is currently taking part in Susan
Millar DuMars’s Advanced Fiction Writing Class.
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| Matthew Caley |
Matthew Caley’s Thirst (Slow Dancer, 1999)
was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and followed
by The Scene of My Former Triumph (Wrecking Ball Press, 2005), Apparently
(Bloodaxe Books, 2010); his ‘lost second collection, Professor Glass
(Donut Press, 2011); and his fifth collection, Rake (Bloodaxe Books,
2016). His work has been included in many anthologies, including Roddy
Lumsden’s Identity Parade (Bloodaxe Books, 2010) and John Stammers’ Picador
Book of Love Poems. He has also co-edited Pop Fiction: The Song in
Cinema with Stephen Lannin (Intellect, 2005). He lives in London
with artist Pavla Alchin and their two daughters.
As usual there will be an open-mic after the Featured
Readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the
evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council, Poetry Ireland, & The Arts Council.