Edward Carson

Edward Carson is twice winner of the E.J. Pratt Poetry Award in Canada, and is the author of a previously published book of poetry, Scenes.

Over the past thirty years he has had a variety of careers involving the word, including co-founder/editor of the literary periodical, Rune, and lecturer in English Literature at the University of Toronto. He has served as president of several major book publishing companies, including Penguin Group (Canada), Pearson Technology Group Canada, Distican (Simon and Schuster), HarperCollins Canada, and, while Vice President of publishing, founded the successful indigenous publishing list of Random House of Canada.

Throughout his publishing career he taught the business of publishing at Ryerson University, Humber College, and as co-director of the Banff Publishing Workshop. He also has participated on various Boards of Directors, including PEN Canada, BookNet Canada, and is a past president of the Canadian Publishers’ Council. At present he is Chief Business Officer and Associate Director, University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies.

As an editor and publisher, he has worked with an array of accomplished local and international authors, including Carol Shields, Dennis Lee, Marilyn Bowering, John Irving, D.G. Jones, Keith Maillard, Julian Barnes, John Ralston Saul, Barry Lopez, Robert Kroetsch, Eli Mandel, and Janice Kulyk Keefer.

Recent showings, and the growing success of his digital photography, have integrated his fascination with the written word and the visual image, expanding the borders and potential for his art (www.photographicart.ca).