Tuesday 27th February 2007 at 19:00

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Patrick McGuinness' first collection of poetry, 'The Canals of Mars', published in 2004, was short-listed for the Roland Mathias Prize.

This collection has been translated into Italian: 'I canali di Marte' (Mobydick, 2006) is a parallel text edition, translated by Giorgia Sensi. It includes 32 poems from 'The Canals of Mars' and four new poems.

Patrick McGuinness' poetry has been published in various newspapers and journals including The Independent, London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.