Cake on the menu as popular Over the Edge series turns 18

The popular monthly open reading series, Over the Edge, marks its 18th year in existence this month and, in spite of the restrictions caused by Covid-19, there will be a celebration to mark this milestone.

The first ever Over the Edge: Open Reading took place in Galway City Library 18 years ago and that was its venue until March 2020, when the first lockdown was announced.

Since then, Over the Edge readings have taken place on Zoom, which is what will be happening for the 18th anniversary event, next Thursday, January 21, from 6-8pm when the Featured Readers will be Ciaran O’Rourke, Kathryn Slattery and Stephen McNulty.

There will be an online celebration and it may even involve cake, according to the event’s co-founder Kevin Higgins.

It will also be business as usual and the regular open-mic session will be held after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are always especially welcome to take part in this, Kevin says.

The first of the Featured Readers is Stephen McNulty, a radiographer at Galway University Hospitals. A regular attendee of the poetry workshops that Kevin runs at Galway Arts Centre, Stephen’s poems have appeared in publications including  Boyne Berries, Drawn to the Light, ROPES and Vox Galvia. He is also an avid fan of Mayo football.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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