The open-mic
for poets starts at 5.45pm. Participants should bring along two poems to read.
The reading will include guest appearances from visiting Canadian poet Chad
Norman and Mayo born poet Terry McDonagh.
The evening
will be MC’d by Kevin Higgins and both open-mics will feature readings from
their long-listed stories and poems by some of the writers on the long list for
the 2018 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition, for which Kenny’s is
one of the sponsors.
This reading is
open to all. If you have a poem or story you want to share, come along.
About our
special guests:
Edward
O’Dwyer was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1984, where he
currently lives. To date, he has written two collections of poetry – The Rain
on Cruise’s Street (Salmon Poetry, 2014) and Bad News, Good News, Bad
News (Salmon Poetry, 2017). O’Dwyer’s work has featured in many journals
and anthologies worldwide, including The Forward Book of Poetry, and
has been nominated regularly for Forward, Pushcart and Best
of the Web prizes. ‘The Whole History of Dancing’ won the ‘Best Single
Poem’ award at the Eigse Michael Hartnett Festival Cheat Sheets, his
first book of fiction, will be published by Truth Serum Press
in August 2018. A third collection of poetry is due in 2020, again from Salmon
Poetry.
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| Chad Norman |
Chad Norman lives in
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. His poems
have appeared for the past 35 years in literary publications across Canada, as
well as a number of other countries around the world. He hosts and organizes
RiverWords: Poetry & Music Festival each year in Truro, NS., held at
Riverfront Park , the 2nd Saturday of each July. His most
recent books are Selected & New Poems, from Mosaic Press, and Waking Up On The Wrong Side
of The Sky, from Grant Block Press. His next book, Squall:Poems In The Voice
Of Mary Shelley, is due out Spring 2020, from Guernica Editions. His visit to Galway is part of a
speaking/reading tour of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, as a celebration of
literacy and Canadian Poetry.
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| Terry McDonagh |
Widely travelled writer/poet and dramatist, Terry McDonagh, from Cill Aodáin,
Kiltimagh, writes for adults and young people. His poetry for young people
includes Boxes (Blaupause Books, 2006); and Echolocation
(Blaupause Books, 2015. His books include The Road Out (Hamburg, Olaf
Hille Verlag, 1993); At Home In My Shoes (Celtic Corner Verlag, Hamburg,
1997); A World Without Stone/New and Selected Poems (Hamburg,
Blaupause-Verlag, 1998); A Song for Joanna, Hamburg-Melbourne A
Journal in Verse (Hamburg, Blaupause Books, 2003); The Truth in
Mustard (Galway, Arlen House/New York, Syracuse University Press, 2010); Ripple
Effect (Arlen House, 2014) and Lady Cassie Peregrina (Arlen House
2016). His latest collection, Fourth Floor
Flat – 44 Cantos is published by Arlen House in
September.
Over The Edge
acknowledges the generous financial support of Galway City Council, Poetry
Ireland, & The Art Council.