A poet and painter based in Limerick, Jo Slade is celebrated both at home and abroad for her elegant and thought-provoking poetry. Her poems are widely published in journals and anthologies internationally and have been translated into French, Spanish, Romanian, Russian and Slovenian. Her second collection The Vigilant One (1994) was nominated for the Irish Times / Aer Lingus Literature Prize.

Her Certain Octobers (1997) combines French and English verse and exemplifies the linguistic prowess which has earned her recognition as Writer-in-Residence at the Centre Culturel Irlandais and as a nominee for the Prix Evelyne Encelot Ecriture Prize, Paris. Slade has led poetry Master classes throughout Ireland, and represented her country at International Poetry Festivals in France, Canada and Slovenia.

Her fifth collection, The Artist’s Room, was published by Pighog in May 2010 and she recently completed a further manuscript entitled The Painter’s House.