The December ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday, December 14th, 6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Iggy McGovern, Linda Forde, & Flávia Simas. There will as usual be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are especially welcome. The Over The Edge Christmas celebration will take place afterwards.
Flávia Simas
was born and raised in Goiás, Brazil, where she completed her studies and
earned a Master's Degree in Linguistics. She moved to Ireland in 2013 to
accompany her spouse who got assigned to a project in Tuam. She's also lived in
India and the US. Flávia works in Galway as a Customer Service Representative
and is interested in the effects, both positive and negative, of Globalisation
in people's lives. A Womanist, Flavia is a founding member of two collectives:
the Ativismo de Sofá in Brazil and the Galway Feminist Collective in Ireland.
Her work has appeared at the Rabble.ie and she also occasionally publishes at Elephant Journal. Flávia is also a yogi,
chronically ill, very much alive and a Kate Bush enthusiast.
Linda Ford is from Wales and has been living in Galway for five years. She has had a varied career, setting up and running her own Art and Craft shop for 15 years before becoming a Business Adviser, Town Regeneration Co-ordinator and then a Business Support Manager. She is now a Personal Performance Coach and Trainer, working with small business owners and teams to reach their goals. In the past, Linda’s writing career involved reports, newsletters and funding bids. Whilst there was often opportunity for extensive creativity in this work, it wasn’t enough for Linda so she joined Susan’s Creative Writing Course at Galway Arts Centre in September 2016.
Linda Ford is from Wales and has been living in Galway for five years. She has had a varied career, setting up and running her own Art and Craft shop for 15 years before becoming a Business Adviser, Town Regeneration Co-ordinator and then a Business Support Manager. She is now a Personal Performance Coach and Trainer, working with small business owners and teams to reach their goals. In the past, Linda’s writing career involved reports, newsletters and funding bids. Whilst there was often opportunity for extensive creativity in this work, it wasn’t enough for Linda so she joined Susan’s Creative Writing Course at Galway Arts Centre in September 2016.
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| Iggy McGovern |
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.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council, Poetry Ireland, & The Arts Council.