Greek poet for Over The Edge: Open Reading

galway | arts and media | event notice Monday August 20, 2007 18:32 by Over The Edge - Dimitris Lyacos

The September ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday, September 27th, 6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Dimitris Lyacos, Rita O’Donoghue & Geraldine Keane.

Dimitris Lyacos was born in Athens in 1966. He is both a poet and a playwright. His trilogy Poena Damni (Z213: Exit, Nyctivoe, The First Death) has been translated into English, Spanish, Italian and German and has been performed extensively across Europe and the USA. A sound and sculpture installation of Nyctivoe opened in London and toured Europe in 2004-2005. Lyacos' work has been the subject of lectures and research at various universities, including Amsterdam, Trieste and Oxford.

Rita O’Donoghue is originally from County Mayo and lived for many years in the UK. But she has now settled in Galway where she works at NUI Galway. Rita has previously read her work at Galway Arts Centre’s Nuns Island Studio, the Westside Library Summer Open-mic and the Over The Edge open-mic. She has taken part in the Advanced Poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre.

Geraldine Keane is a native of County Galway. She received an MA in Writing from NUI Galway in 2005. She has published several non-fiction pieces in both the US and Ireland, including travelogues in New York’s ‘The Irish Letter’. Her poetry has been published in ROPES.

There will be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are always welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.