Irish Writer on Canadian Tour
b'Jan Carson is a writer from Northern Ireland. Her books include Malcolm Orange Disappears, Children\\u2019s Children, Postcard Stories, The Fire Starters \\u2013 which won the EU Prize for Literature in 2019 \\u2013 and The Raptures. Born in Ballymena in 1980, Carson lives in Belfast, where she runs arts events for the elderly Before making writing her full time career, Jan was a community arts development officer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She has a BA in English Literature from Queen\\u2019s University Belfast and an MLitt. In Theology and Contemporary Culture from St. Andrew\\u2019s University, Scotland. Jan has had short stories published in literary journals on both sides of the Atlantic, has had two of her plays produced for the Belfast stage and is a current recipient of the Arts Council NI\\u2019s Artist\\u2019s Career Enhancement Bursary. Her first novel, \\u201cMalcolm Orange Disappears\\u201d was published by Liberties Press, Dublin on June 2nd 2014.'