The Canals of Mars by Patrick McGuinness has been translated into Italian. I Canali di Marte, translated by Giorgia Sensi, was published recently by the Italian literary press Moby Dick. Visit www.mobydickeditore.it/novita.html#7 for details. Shortlisted for the inaugral Roland Mathias Prize for Welsh Writing in English, this powerful first collection was published to acclaim in October 2004 by Carcanet.

'Haunting, delicate and exact in their observations...it's quite unlike the work of any other British poet we know. Warmly recommended.'- Justin Quinn, Metre.