THE JOURNALIST, author, and poet Olaf Tyaransen will read from his work, at an Over The Edge event, at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, Church Yard Street, on Friday May 8 at 8pm.
Tyaransen was born in Dublin in 1971, but spent his formative years in the west of Ireland. He is the author of the poetry colleciton The Consequences of Slaughtering Butterflies (1992), an autobiography The Story of O (2000), and two collections of journalism Sex Lines (2002) and Palace of Wisdom (2004).
He is best known for his journalism and has written more than 50 cover stories for Hotpress including interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Nick Cave, Hugh Hefner, Larry Flynt, Bono, Dolly Parton, and Gerry Adams.
Also reading on the night are Edward Lee, whose poems, short stories, and photography have been published in magazines in Ireland, England, and North America, and the poets of this year’s MA in writing at NUI Galway: Jonathan Farrar, Erin Buttner, Michael Halloran, Nicki Griffin, Cristina Galvin, and Tristan Burke. They will read from their recently published anthology Ink For Air.
Admission is free and all are welcome.