Reading from the anthology Over the Edge: the first ten years as part Westside Library celebrations

On Thursday, June 12^th, 6.30-8pm, writers who contributed poems and stories to the anthology Over the Edge: the first ten years will read from the book at Westside Library, Seamus Quirke Road. All are welcome to attend. There is no cover charge. 
 

Over the Edge: the first ten years is edited by Susan Millar DuMars and was published late last year by Salmon. This lively and varied anthology includes poetry & fiction by forty seven writers who have published a first book since being Featured Readers at an Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library. Over The Edge has, during the past decade, been a vital platform for emerging writers in Ireland and beyond. This book celebrates the writers who have emerged via Over The Edge thus far. 

Writers taking part in this reading, which is part of Westside Library’s celebration of its own tenth birthday – it opened in 2004 – include: Aideen Henry, Aileen Armstrong, Alan McMonagle, Brendan Murphy, Deirdre Kearney, Eamonn Harrigan, Jim Mullarkey, Lorna Shaughnessy, Martin Dyar, Mary Madec, Miceál Kearney, Órfhlaith Foyle, Paul Casey, Pete Mullineaux, Stephen Murray, Susan Lindsay & Trevor Conway. 

All are welcome to attend. The book will be on sale on the evening. It can also be purchased directly from the Salmon website http://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=317&a=39 and at all bookshops in Galway City.

From Galway City Library to Seattle: 4,445 miles

It is about 4,445 miles from Galway City Library to the Seattle Sheraton Hotel where our anthology Over The Edge - the first ten years had its U.S. launch last evening at the 2014 AWP Conference.

Over The Edge-the first ten years is edited by Susan Millar DuMars and includes poems and stories by the 47 writers who have gone on to publish a first book since they did a Featured Reading at one of our Over The Edge: Open Readings in Galway City Library.

The contributors to the anthology are Adam White, Aideen Henry, Aileen Armstrong, Alan McMonagle, Brendan Murphy, Caoilinn Hughes, Celeste Augé, Dave Lordan, Deirdre Kearney, Donna L. Potts, Eamonn Harrigan, Edward Boyne, Elaine Feeney, Fiona Smith, Gary King, Ger Burke, Geraldine Mitchell, Gerry Galvin, Grace Wells, Jarlath Fahy, Jean Folan, Jenny McCudden, Jim Mullarkey, John Corless, John Walsh, Kate O’Shea, Kevin O’Shea, Lorna Shaughnessy, Martin Dyar, Mary Madec, Miceál Kearney, Michelle O’Sullivan, Nicki Griffin, Noel Duffy, Órfhlaith Foyle, Paul Casey, Pete Mullineaux, Sandra Bunting, Sarah Clancy, Sarah Griff, Seamus Scanlon, Seán Kenny, Sheila Phelan, Stephen Murray, Susan Lindsay, Tom Duddy, and Trevor Conway.

 

The book can be purchased here.