Magma 44 Launch Reading: Monday 22 June with Imtiaz Dharker and Lawrence Sail

Don’t miss the launch reading for Magma 44, edited by Tim Kindberg and Rosie Shepperd, on Monday 22 June at The Troubadour, Earl’s Court, London.

We are delighted to have two leading poets as guest readers: Imtiaz Dharker, poet, artist and documentary film-maker, whose next collection Leaving Fingerprints is due out from Bloodaxe later this year, and whose four poetry collections Purdah and other poems, Postcards from god, I speak for the devil and The terrorist at my table all include her own drawings; and , Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and former chairman of the Arvon Foundation and director of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, who has nine collections of poems, most recently Eye-Baby, and two books due in Autumn 2010: Waking Dreams: New & Selected Poems and Songs of the Darkness.

Many of the other splendid poets published in Magma 44 will also read on the night.

The evening will start at 8 pm sharp, at The Troubadour Coffee House, 265 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 (near Earl’s Court Tube). Tickets are £6.50 / £5.50 concessions.

We hope to see you there!