Eric Winter. as a young man, had some experience with ships and the politics of dockyards. After service in the navy he graduated in economics and was immediately offered a job that was what might be called a spyship. The location was to be Egypt and it was a well paid position but the holidays were rather poor.( The company known as MI6 is still active though it is not registered on the London Stock Exchange.) He preferred a job with low pay with good holidays so he turned down the offer and became a teacher.

Schools didn't have economics so he had to teach many things, but mostly geography. That was a responsibility which led to the writing of a number of texts including a geography of Tasmania and a series on Urban Canada. He has taught in Australia at McGill and at York.

Serious poetry writing only began some thirty years ago. His poetry has been published in international journals and a collection 'The Man in the Hat ' was recently published by Hidden Brook Press in Brighton. He has been the featured reader at gatherings of poets in England and France and, as Cobourg's poet laureate, he was one of the founders of The Cobourg Poetry Workshop.

Eric recently completed his term as Poet Laureate of Cobourg. Follow this link to read all about it: http://www.poetrymap.ca/profile.php?PoetID=36