Leah Keane is a
native of Castlerea, County Roscommon. She recently graduated from NUI Galway
with a BA in English, German and Creative Writing. Unsurprisingly, she is now a
barista. Leah has studied poetry under Alvy Carragher, and was longlisted for
the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year
competition in 2017. Her work has been published in Poetry Ireland Review and Skylight
47.
Barbara Dunne is a parent,
writer, visual artist, and blogger living in Moycullen Co. Galway. She is
originally from Killeshin, on the Carlow/Laois border. She teaches art to
children and is also a Special Needs Asssistant. She writes poetry, short
stories, and reviews and regularly updates her blog. Her reviews appear in
Circa, Circa Arts Magazine, and on on-line magazines and websites. She is a
member of the Oughterard Writers Group and the creative writing course at
Galway Technical Insitute, run by Susan Millar DuMars. Her poetry has recently
appeared in print for the first time in the Writers group poetry collection Shadows(2018). One of her poems was selected to be performed at the 2018 Cuirt Spoken Word. Her blog
address is barbaradunneblog.wordpress.com/ Barbara
is currently working on exploring fiction and children’s fiction in
particular. She is also working towards
her first collection of poetry.
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| Ingrid Casey |
Ingrid Casey is a
poet, parent, artist and activist. She has been writing poetry since 2015, and
some prose, with publications in literary journals from Brooklyn to Kentucky,
Dublin to Cardiff. She is a John Hewitt bursary recipient, amongst other
accolades. Her debut collection, Mandible (the Onslaught
Press, 2018) has been described by poet Jessica Traynor as a ‘vital
addition to Irish poetry.’ This year she also produced a groundbreaking short
documentary on families living in homeless accommodation: www.throughthecracks.ie
Ingrid is currently editing a bilingual anthology of poetry by Irish poets
translated into Greek for Athens based Vakxikon Press.
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.