Andrew Latimer

Andrew Latimer is a an editor, designer and writer. He is Managing Editor at Carcanet Press, one of the UK’s leading independent literary publishers, specialising in contemporary poetry, poetry in translation and literary criticism. He is also Deputy and Production Editor of PN Review, the internationally recognised journal of poetry and criticism. Andrew founded Little Island Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to innovative literature, which subsequently became an imprint of Carcanet. He also founded EGRESS, a literary magazine devoted to experimental writing and the exploration of literary form. His editorial work encompasses contemporary poetry, fiction, translation and criticism. Alongside his editorial career, he has worked extensively in book design and production, combining a close engagement with literary texts and their physical presentation. He is also a writer, with work appearing in PN Review, New Poetries VII anthology, and elsewhere.