Come and join us for the launch reading of the new issue of Magma on Monday 5th March at The Troubadour, Earl’s Court, London, as part of the Coffee House Series. The event will be full of contributors who’ll be…
What an evening it was. A cold night, a packed house, and the utterly complementary talents of Pascale Petit and Selima Hill as our guest readers. We were also fortunate to host a large number of contributors, many of whom…
Magma 51 is now available to buy from the Magma website and in bookshops. The issue is edited by Jacqueline Saphra with Ian McEwen with the theme 'Profane and Sacred'. Don't miss the Magma 51 launch reading on Monday 14th…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-QNjhxlTTI Magma celebrated its 50th issue on Monday 27 June with a full-house Troubadour. A huge and yummy cake was brought in, and everyone collected their Magma 50 souvenir badges. This issue is edited by Clare Pollard, with the newly…
Magma 50 is now available to buy from the Magma website and in bookshops. The issue edited by Clare Pollard with the theme ‘Journeys’. Don’t miss the Magma 50 launch reading on Monday 27 June at The Troubadour, Earl’s Court,…
If you weren't able to attend the launch of Magma 49, you can still listen to poems read on the night by some of the contributors to Magma 49. These recordings are introduced by Julia Bird, the Magma 49 editor…
Magma 49 is from the Magma website and in bookshops. The issue is edited by Julia Bird with the theme ‘Build It Up and Knock It Down'. Don’t miss the Magma 49 launch reading on Monday 14 March at The…
I’d never been to a Magma launch before, so I was looking forward to it, even the journey south. I took the so-called Quiet Carriage on the Edinburgh-London train, thinking I’d have the opportunity to make notes on a book…
Magma 48 is now available to and in bookshops. The issue is edited by Laurie Smith, assisted by Rob MacKenzie, with the theme ‘It was beautiful’. Don’t miss the Magma 48 launch reading on Monday 15 November at The Troubadour,…
The Magma Sales Table, being looked after by Jacqueline Saphra Magma Poetry sponsored the reading by Philip Gross and Gillian Clarke that took place during the Ledbury Poetry Festival during the first half of July. Jacqueline Saphra and I, on…
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