White House Poetry Revival Wed 15th Oct 2008

White House Poetry Revival
Wed 15th Oct. 2008 9.00pm

Launch of Revival 9 and a reading by poet Jo Slade in association with Cuisle - Limerick City International Poetry Festival.

Revival, the poetry journal of the White House Poets, takes to the stage again this coming Wednesday for the ninth time. Recognised as one of Ireland's leading journals of contemporary poetry, it will have its usual mix of local, national and international poets vying for your attention. The launch is a 9.00pm sharp - be there!

Jo Slade studied Art and Design at the Limerick and National Colleges of Art and Design and exhibits her paintings widely.Her collections are In Fields I Hear Them Sing (Galway, Salmon Poetry, 1989); The Vigilant One (Salmon Poetry, 1994), which was nominated for The Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literature Prize; Certain Octobers (Quimpeir, France, Editions Eireanna, 1997), which received a publication bursary from the Centre du Livre, Paris; and City of Bridges (Cliffs of Moher, Salmon Publishing, 2005).She was nominated in 2003 for the Prix Evelyn Encelot Ecriture Prize, Maison des Ecrivains, Paris.She lives in Limerick.

Info: Dominic Taylor 087 2996409 or Barney Sheehan 086 8657494 Bloghttp//:whitehousepoets.blogspot.comThe White House Poetsgratefullyacknowledges the support of the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland, Limerick City Council.