Trevor Carolan

Trevor Carolan

Trevor Carolan (born 1951) is a Canadian writer and politician.

Born in Yorkshire, Carolan's family emigrated in l957 and he grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has traveled extensively in Asia and Europe, and has lived and worked in California, Alberta, and Britain. Widely published as journalist, translator, poet and anthologist specializing in East-West arts and letters, his publications have been translated into five languages and include the acclaimed anthology "The Colors of Heaven: Short Stories From the Pacific Rim"; co-translation of the modern Taoist classics "The Book of the Heart" and "The Supreme Way"; "Giving Up Poetry", a memoir of his friendship with the American poet Allen Ginsberg; and the award-winning "Return To Stillness: Twenty Years With A Tai Chi Master". He has worked as media advocate on behalf of international human rights, famine relief, refugees, Canadian Aboriginal land claims, and Pacific Coast logging and watershed issues. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Bond University in Australia, and for more than thirty years has studied Buddhism, the martial arts, and Chinese medicine. He teaches English and Pacific Rim Studies in Vancouver, and writes and reviews regularly for "Choice", "The Bloomsbury Review", "Manoa (journal)", [http://www.kyotojournal.org/ "Kyoto Journal"] and "Shambhala Sun". He is the International Editor for " [http://www.prrb.ca/ The Pacific Rim Review of Books] ". In 2006, Carolan was appointed Banff Centre director of Literary Arts. [http://www.banffcentre.ca/media_room/Media_Releases/2006/0821_writer_carolan.asp Banff Media Release] .]

His current novel "The Pillow Book of Dr. Jazz" is published internationally by Anchor/Ekstasis. He is married with two children and lives in North Vancouver, Canada where he served for three years as an elected municipal councillor. "Another Kind of Paradise: Short Stories from the new Asia-Pacific", his forthcoming collection of contemporary short fiction, will be published by Cheng & Tsui (Boston).

Bibliography

*"Return to Stillness: Twenty Years with a Tai Chi Master", Marlowe & Co., 2003
*"Celtic Highway: Poems & Texts", Ekstasis, 2002
*"Giving up Poetry: With Allen Ginsberg At Hollyhock", Banff Centre Press, 2001
*"The Pillow Book of Dr. Jazz: Travels Along Asia’s Dharma Trail", Anchor, Sydney, l999
*"Another Kind of Paradise: New Women’s Writing From The Asia Pacific"- Pacific, editor (forthcoming)
*"The Supreme Way: Inner Teachings of the Southern Mountain Tao", (co-translation with Du Liang), North Atlantic, Berkeley, l997
*"Big Whiskers Saves The Cove", Concorde, Vancouver, l995 (children’s environmental mystery)
*"The Colours of Heaven: Short Stories From The Pacific Rim", editor,Vintage, N.Y. 1992. (anthology)
*"The Book of the Heart: Embracing the Tao(with Bella Chen)" , Shambhala Pub. 1990; Heron Press, Vancouver, l988
*"Closing The Circle", Heron Press; Vancouver, l985 (poetry)

Notes and Sources

External Links

* [http://www.trevorcarolan.com/ Trevor Carolan Website]


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