Mayo poet Michelle O’Sullivan and five students from this year’s MA in Writing at NUI, Galway will be the featured readers at the next Over the Edge: Open Reading.

Michelle O’Sullivan has an MA in Literature. Her poetry has appeared in a glittering variety of prestigious publications, such as The Shop, Poetry Ireland Review, The Sunday Tribune & Agenda. She has work forthcoming in PN Review and The Southern Indiana Review. She is currently working on a collection of poetry as well as a collection of short fiction.

She will read alongside MA students Patricia Byrne, Aideen Henry, Cian Macken, Paul McMahon and Moya Roddy.

Patricia Byrne lives in Limerick. Her work has been published in The Stony Thursday Book, Southword, Revival, West 47 & The Cúirt Annual. Aideen Henry lives and works in Galway. Her poems have been published in West 47, Crannóg, The Shop and The Stony Thursday Book. Cian Macken lives in Galway City. His poems have appeared in the collection Full Colour Sound. Paul McMahon has had his plays workshopped by Tinderbox and Fishamble Theatre companies. His play The Blueprint was given a rehearsed reading at this year’s Dublin Fringe Theatre Festival. Moya Roddy is a well established Irish writer. The Irish Times described her novel The Long Way Home as ‘simply brilliant’. Her stories have been published by Penguin, Serpents Tail & Arlen House, among others. She recently started writing poetry.

Over The Edge: Open Reading takes place in Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street on Thursday 28 February 28th, 6.30-8pm.

As usual there will be an open-mic when the featured readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details contact 087-6431748.

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