Hello everyone, and sincere apologies to those of you who received a batch of duplicate blog updates in your inbox/RSS reader this morning. I'm not 100% sure of the reason for this, but it strikes me as more than coincidence…
Warm congratulations from the Magma team go to Jen Hadfield on winning the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry for her second collection, Nigh-No-Place. As might be expected, given the high regard for this prize, she won it against very tough…
And so it was that a bunch of poetry lovers gathered on a freezing and dark evening in the cosy poetry section of Borders to listen to three poets who have been published in Magma read their work. We sell…
Launches of Magma Poetry always have the feeling of An Occasion. The launch of Magma 42 perhaps even more than usual; we had planned it as a celebration of the newly refreshed Magma - bigger, better and with an enhanced…
Here's your chance to meet two of Magma's editors, Laurie Smith and Tim Robertson and hear them in discussion with three poets who have been published in Magma: gifted and gorgeous Clare Pollard, enigmatic and exciting Linda Black, and passionate…
We hope to see you at The Troubadour tonight (Mon 17 Nov), for the launch reading for Magma 42 . Our guest readers are Blake Morrison and Vicki Feaver. As usual many of the contributors to the magazine will also…
I'm delighted to announce that I will be editing Magma 44 with Rosie Shepperd as assistant editor. We are very excited about putting together next summer's edition from your poetry contributions and a fresh Magma mix of articles. We are…
Don’t miss the launch reading for Magma 42 on Monday 17th November at 8pm at The Troubadour, Old Brompton Road (entry £6/5) As well as the usual readings from a cornucopia of great poets published in Magma 42, you can…
Well, plenty! Magma 42, inspired by Kafka’s assertion that ‘Words are ice-axes for the frozen sea within’ is crammed with exciting, sometimes edgy, innovative poems that are not afraid to engage with strong feelings. Matthew Sweeney responds to the work…
Photo by desmoheart78 Welcome to the new Magma website! As always, the site contains an extensive archive of poems and articles from the print magazine. We've redesigned the site to make it more attractive and to make it easier to…
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