Greek-Canadian poet Evan Jones lives in Manchester. His first collection, Nothing Fell Today But Rain (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2003), was a finalist for the Governor-Generals Literary Award for Poetry. He co-edited Modern Canadian Poets (Carcanet, 2010) and his British debut, Paralogues, was published by Carcanet in 2012, followed by Later Emperors in 2020. Carcanet also publish his translations of Cavafy, The Barbarians Arrive Today (2020). He is Lecturer in English at The University of Greater Manchester.