Listen to the London Launch of Magma 58
Magma 58 was launched for the first time at the London Review of Books. If you weren’t able to attend the launch, or would simply like to hear the evening again, you can now listen to a podcast of the…
Magma 58 launches in London and Edinburgh
Magma has launched for the first time in two venues. After many years at the Troubadour in Earls Court, London, through the sterling support of Anne-Marie Fyfe, we are now holding launches in London and another part of the country…
Magma 58 launches in London and Edinburgh
For the first time the new issue of Magma will have two launches. The first is on Friday 7th March at the London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL (very near the British Museum) beginning at 7pm. Our…
Listen to Poems from the Launch of Magma 57
The launch reading for Magma 57 was a buzzing event with well over 100 in the audience. On this page we’ve picked a few highlights and some distinctive styles so if you were not there you can get a flavour…
On Free Verse 2013: The Poetry Book Fair
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…
Magma 56 launches at the Troubadour
Another issue off the press and into the hands of readers as Magma 56 launched at the Troubadour Coffee House in Earls Court. Headline readers Jack Underwood and David Morley shared a stage with scores of poets from the pages…
Machi Tawara at Ledbury Festival – Sunday 14th July
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…
Magma 55 launch reading on Monday 25 February with Penelope Shuttle and Clare Pollard
Come and join us for the launch reading of the new issue of Magma on Monday 25th February at The Troubadour, Earl’s Court, London, as part of the Coffee House Series. The event will be full of contributors who’ll be coming…
Magma Poetry Celebration Reading on 18 February
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…
13 days to Christmas, 4 days to enter the competition
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