Poetry Chicks at North Beach Poetry Nights

galway | arts and media | event notice Wednesday August 08, 2007 00:36 by Over The Edge

North Beach Poetry Nights presents

Abby Oliveira, Pamela Brown, Jenni Doherty

The Poetry Chicks from Derry

Thursday 16th August 9pm

BK's Winebar, Spanish Parade, Galway

also the return of the North Beach Poetry Nights' Slam

and INTRODUCING the North Beach Poetry Publication Prize for the Winner of the North Beach Poetry Nights' Grand Slam to be held on Saturday 22 December in the Bank of Ireland Theatre, NUIG.

The Poetry Chicks:

Abby Oliveira - the baby of the bunch, pulls no punches; an in-your-face,poetically-graced poet with ahah-abbititude to match.

Pamela Brown - a smart darting, hot-panted ranting, deadpan, hands-down impressive poetess.

Jenni Doherty- a no-holds-barred, wordsmith jam-jarred, deep voiced brogue, quick wit riled rogue, packs a pun.

The North Beach Poetry Nights' Grand Slam and Publication Prize

The winner of each of the 10 North Beach Poetry Nights' Slams from August until 20 December will go through automatically to the Grand Slam on Saturday 22 December.

Another 10 entrants will be selected by submission of written and recorded material. Submission fee: 10 Euro.

The winner of the North Beach Nights' Grand Slam will be chosen by a team of experienced poetry performance judges.

The prize is publication of a collection of the winner's poetry.

Information: John Walsh 091-593290