Launch of Everyday Epiphanies by Mary Lee

Mary Lee

You are invited to the LAUNCH of Mary Lee’s second collection of poetry Everyday Epiphanies on Friday, July 23^rd at 7pm (local Galway/Ireland time GMT +1.00). The book will be launched by Kevin Higgins.  

Join the Zoom Meeting at

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7389013549

Meeting ID: 738 901 3549

Be sure and buy your copy of Everyday Epiphanies in good time so you have it for the launch. Get your copy for the bargain price of €13.50 (including postage) from Mary Lee via PayPal maryjlee16@hotmail.com

You can also get your copy direct from Kelsay Books here https://kelsaybooks.com/products/everyday-epiphanies

 

Praise for Everyday Epiphanies:

“You cannot isolate eros from agape, the sensual Creation from the embodied human spirit. But it takes a life of scars and starlight to learn this by heart. Loss and discovery, the lively and the lethal, shadow and suntrap, are always intermingled in these verses. Seepage is everything. Our first of Spring is still the English Winter, and the Fall is still a harvest festival.  Here, then, are hymns to a hyphenated world, as in Lee's lovely Nativity poem, 'Mary' ”

– Aidan Mathews, award-winning poet, novelist and radio producer, RTÉ.

“This book of poems expresses Christian spirituality in a far more intimate and revealing way than is possible from pulpit or rostrum. Each poem calls us to stop, consider and see the beauty and sacredness of everyone and everything around us.”

– Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy, RSC, well know social justice campaigner, social innovator and author.

Mary Lee’s poems have been published nationally and internationally: Skylight 47; Crannóg; Orbis; The Poet’s Quest for God (Anthology, Eyewear Publishing, UK); The Anglican Theological Review; The 2018 Poiema Series (Anthology); Poems for Patience Competition; The Linnet’s Wings; The Galway Review 4; The Furrow; Dodging the Rain; Presence: A Journal of Spiritual Directors International; Proust (Collection 2); Adam, Eve & the Riders of the Apolcalypse (Wipf& Stock anthology); A New Ulster website; The Wild Word Website; The Galway Review Website. Her work has been broadcast on RTE Radio 1, A Living Word, and her poems have been cited at liturgies and retreats. Her debut poetry collection, Bloom, was published by Rejoice Publications, (an imprint of Matthew James Publishing Ltd), November, 2016. Everyday Epiphanies is published by Kelsay Books (USA).

Originally from a farm on the shores of Lough Corrib, North Galway, Mary lives in Galway. She has taught at second level in Roscommon, and subsequently worked in the areas of community development and pastoral catechesis in Athlone. The struggles of those she encountered in her work situations led her to train as a psychotherapist, and to establish Vita House Family Centre, Roscommon, where she was Director of Services for twenty years. Mary has always had an interest in poetry. On moving to Galway she joined Kevin Higgins’s Thursday workshops which she has attended for many years. Mary combines writing with her voluntary work in the areas of leadership and psychotherapy. She writes poetry as an expression of gratitude for the myriad experiences and revelatory moments in nature and in social, church and community circles.

2017 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop

The 2017 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase featuring Alvy Carragher, Breda Joyce, Miceál Kearney, Mary Lee, Pete Mullineaux, Luke Morgan, Susan Millar DuMars, Marie Cadden, Kevin Higgins, James O’Toole, Gerry Hanberry, Liz Quirke, Nicki Griffin, Sighle Meehan, Mary Madec, Ger Reidy and the anthologies Even The Daybreak - 35 Years of Salmon Poetry (Salmon), The Poet’s Quest For God (Eyewear Publishing), Fermata – Writings Inspired By Music (Artisan House) & Poems For Jeremy Corbyn (Shoestring Press) will take place at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Friday, February, 10^th  at 6.30pm. 

In this annual retrospective of the year just past, Galway-based poets, who published a new collection of poems during 2016, are invited to read three poems from the collection in question. There will also be short readings from the anthologies Poems For Jeremy Corbyn (Shoestring Press, Ed. Merryn Williams), Fermata – Writings Inspired By Music  (Artisan House, Ed. Eva Bourke & Vincent Woods), Even The Daybreak - 35 Years of Salmon Poetry (Salmon, Ed. Jessie Lendennie), & The Poet’s Quest For God (Eyewear Publishing, Ed. Fr. Oliver Brennan, & Todd Swift with Kelly Davio & Cate Myddleton-Evans), all of which include poems by Galway-based writers.

All welcome. There is no cover charge. For further details phone 087-6431748.

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of The Arts Council, Poetry Ireland and Galway City Council.

December Over The Edge: Open Reading with Mary Lee, Helena Kane, & Matthew Caley

The December ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday, December 15^th, 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.

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.