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The enormous outpouring of love for Gboyega Odubanjo, British-Nigerian poet, and his amazing impact on all who met him have been felt within the poetry community and beyond, way, way beyond. Our thoughts are with Gboyega’s family and wide circle of friends at this incredibly difficult time. Everyone he met was touched by his lovely…

The submission period opens on 1 July, 2023 ‘The history of the atmosphere is recorded in the subsurface: in the sediments of the deep seas, in deep peat bogs and lakes, in the air bubbles in the ice caps of Greenland and Antarctica. You can’t understand heaven without knowing hell. The Earth is its own…

  Magma Selected highlights a single poet who is emerging or whose work deserves to be better known, allowing us to publish a wider selection of poems. Our Selected Poet for Magma 86 is Nabeela Saghir and we are delighted to be able to share her reading her wonderful poems in the current Food issue…

                            Sean Wai Keung talks with illustrator and designer Suzie Cichy Sean Wai Keung: Could you take us through the cover image, for instance the how and why of each object you chose to present, as well as how you approached the…

From Magma 86, Poems for School Read the review here: Selina Rodrigues reviews Cecilia Knapp

From Magma 86, Poems for School Read the review here: Thembe Mvula reviews Arji Manuelpillai, Jay Gao and James Conor Patterson

From Magma 86, Poems for School Read the review here: Maia Elsner reviews Nathalie Diaz, Sandeep Parmar and Susannah Evans

From Magma 86, Poems for School Read the review here: Chloe Elliott reviews Helen Quah, Michaela Coplen and Nóra Blascsók

Deadline: 31 May, 2023 Please send in a CV and copies of/links to one or two reviews to info@magmapoetry.com Role Description  The Magma Reviews Editor is responsible for: ● Commissioning a minimum of four reviews per issue of the magazine, with standard practice being four reviews per issue (one of them being written by a…