The
first ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ after the summer break takes place in
Galway City Library on Thursday, August
30th, 6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Lisa Harding, Jude Flynn, &
Una O’Farrell. There will as usual be an open-mic after the Featured
Readers have finished. The evening will also see the announcement of the long
list for the 2018 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year for which the
competition judge this year is poet Rachel Coventry.
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| Lisa Harding |
Una O’Farrell was
born in Galway. Una has worked in Health Care throughout her career which ended
prematurely due to ill health. Her career was spread across hospitals in Dublin
Limerick and Galway along with a number of breaks to rear her family.
Throughout her life Una has moved around the country and settled in Galway
twenty years ago where she lives with her husband. Una has a BSc in Clinical
Physiology from Dublin Institute of Technology. Una attended several creative
writing classes with Kevin Higgins and has recently completed advanced classes
with Susan Du Mars. She has read her poetry at the open mike at Over the Edge
events at the Galway City Library. She has completed her first novel of fiction
titled “That’s It” and is in the process of submitting it to be published.
Jude Flynn is a
graphic designer and an emerging writer of predominantly short fiction
originally from Athlone. He has attended a series of writers’ workshops at GTI
and GMIT during his time living in Galway. Major influences on his writing have
been the works of David Foster Wallace, Cormac McCarthy, Raymond Carver, Lionel
Shriver and many others. Thematically, Jude's
short stories tend to centre around childhood and adolescence and how the world
is interpreted and misinterpreted through a youthful gaze.
Lisa Harding is
a playwright, short story writer, actress and novelist. She
played Connie in RTÉ’s Fair City and has performed at the Abbey, the Gate, and
the Lyric, among others. Her prize-winning
novel Harvesting was published by New Island to
critical acclaim and has just been optioned by an IFTA and BAFTA winning
director. Her second novel is shortly to go on submission with Aitken
Alexander, and she is about to embark on the process of adapting Harvesting for screen.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing financial support of Galway City Council, Poetry Ireland, & The Arts Council.