A poet’s voice is a much discussed aspect of a poet’s work, but just how relevant or limiting it is being recognised by your voice provoked an interesting discussion by a panel of well-known poets taking part in Magma’s National Conversation…
Poets Hannah Lowe, Joelle Taylor, Chris McCabe and Jon Stone read their collaborative poems at The Crypt in Clerkenwell earlier this month as part of Magma’s ongoing National Conversation about Poetry. The audience listened attentively to the new work, which responded…
Why not join us for a celebratory evening with Magma Competition judge and special guest Jo Shapcott at Keats House on Friday March 27th, 7-8.30pm, when the winners of the 2014/15 Magma Competition will read their prizewinning poems. Venue: Nightingale Room, 10 Keats Grove,…
As part of our Winchester Poetry Festival activities to launch our National Conversation about poetry, Magma ran a pop-up poetry competition on the theme of 'nationhood'. The competition was won outright by Dom Cramp for his poem, The Broken English…
With the support of Arts Council England, Magma – one of Britain's leading poetry magazines – is launching a ‘National Conversation’ about poetry, to explore what it is and what it means to people today - in all its many expressions. More than…
It's been over a week since 700 poetry lovers — almost twice as many as last year — walked through the door of Conway Hall for the Poetry Book Fair. We had 56 publishers exhibiting their works, along with the…
If you're heading to the Ledbury Poetry Festival this weekend you have a very rare opportunity to hear a reading by one of Japan's most celebrated poets. Machi Tawara's first book of poems, Salad Anniversary (1987), combined the classical tanka…
We are pleased to invite you to join us for a free event on 18 February 2013 (Monday), to be held at the Studio Theatre, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) Studios at 16 Chenies Street,London WC1E 7EX, just a…
We would be delighted if you would join us for this event at Waterloo East Theatre, Brad Street, London SE1 8TN (5 minutes walk from Waterloo Station) Doors (and bar) open 6.30. The readings start at 7.30 and you'll be…
It's been a busy summer for Magma Poetry; we've taken part in three fantastic festivals all in the space of a month. Clare Pollard and I took the train up to Bridlington in June, and spent a couple of days…
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