"Later Emperors", the second Carcanet collection from Canadian poet and critic Evan Jones, is a catalogue of ambition and failure: historical figures – emperors, historians, moralists – are brought back to life and consider the world in which we live...

"Paralogues", which takes its title from the Greek word for "ballads", is the British debut of an original Canadian poet and editor. Evan Jones explores Greek mythology, Roman and Byzantine history, art and travel, from contemporary perspectives. The...

Cosmopolitan, hybrid and eloquent, modern Canadian poetry is still, for many readers outside Canada, one of the great undiscovered terrains of world literature. "Modern Canadian Poets" sets out to end that neglect, redefining the connections between...