Biography:

Ted Slade trained as a metallurgist, since when he has worked in public relations, journalism, computing, marketing, the export business, and information systems design.

In 1997 he took early retirement from Kingston University, and now spends his time editing The Poetry Kit, writing poetry, doing volunteer computer consultancy for charities. His poems have been published in the Flarestack anthology 'Mr Henderson and Mrs Haut-Sinclair', Nightingale, Obsessed With Pipework, Pause, Pennine Platform, Poetry News, Poetry Life (recommended poet), Still, Staple New Writing, Transparent Words, Worm, and performed at the Purcell Room on London's South Bank. His poem 'Cartography' was a winner of the 'One Heart, One World 2001' international competition for disabled poets.

His pamphlet collection 'The Last Arm Pointing' is published by Flarestack.