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We're absolutely delighted to announce Magma 93 'Liberation' is now published and available to buy on our website. Edited by Isabelle Baafi
@timtimtmi.bsky.social
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@sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation
#magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
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Join Magma editors
@lisadmkelly.bsky.social
and Patrizia Longhitano for a poetry workshop: A Valentine to Your Environment at the Arts Depot, 31 Jan 2-4pm
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Bloodaxe Books
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Lovely BBC Radio 4 40th birthday feature on
@poemsonthetube.bsky.social
. With contributions from
@imtiazdharker.bsky.social
&
@georgeszirtes.bsky.social
, plus extracts from poems by Grace Nichols & the late Benjamin Zephaniah. A
@radiotimes.bsky.social
pick of the day.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Poems on the Underground
A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002pdv6
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Did you know that university libraries can take out digital subscriptions to the complete & fully-searchable archive of Magma? Our archive goes back to the first issue in 1994
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"It is a rich and beautiful collection, and vital for anyone who wishes to consider how art talks to art, and how art talks to the world." Thank you Alice Tarbuck &
@magmapoetry.bsky.social
for reviewing Belief Systems by Tamar Yoseloff
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Sharing news of this wonderful Online Poetry Course, run by Stav Poleg, co-editor of the Architecture Issue. The course starts next week and is aimed for all levels: Online Poetry Course
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Have you sent in your entries yet? MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is open for entries in both categories: The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines Deadline 31 January 2026 This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
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Sharing news of this fascinating new creative writing course from Sarah Fletcher exploring sound and poetry. This is a weekly course taking place at Rudolf Steiner House with support from Barnaby Tobias. Starts Thu 15th Jan 7-9pm, £15 (£10 conc)
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Creative Writing - Rudolf Steiner House
Exploring Sound and Poetry with Sarah Fletcher, supported by Barnaby Tobias ‘Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.’ T.S. Eliot People often are inspired and baffled by poetry: as … C...
https://rsh.anth.org.uk/event/creative-writing/
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Women Writers Network
6 days ago
We'll be sharing resources we find helpful going into the New Year. Do you have any courses or groups to recommend? I like
@writershq.bsky.social
. Here's a link to their Couch to 5k Words course, if you need some extra motivation.
#WritingCommunity
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Couch to 5k Words 2025 - Writers' HQ
The Writers’ HQ Couch to 5k Words Buttkick 2026 For creative writers of all kinds. It’s time to shake off your literary ennui and wake up your writing! Starts Monday 12 January 2026 Sign up now It’s t...
https://writershq.co.uk/festivals-challenges/couch-to-5k-words/
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Looking back at our Magma 93 'Liberation' launch at Push the Boat Out Festival in Edinburgh. Hosted by editor Isabelle Baafi, the event featured readings from some of the poets in the issue – Alycia Pirmohamed, Nat Raha, Zain Rishi & Amy L. King
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MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is open for entries in both categories: The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines Deadline 31 January 2026 This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
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Magma Poetry Competition - Magma Poetry
MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is now open for entries in both categories The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines De...
https://magmapoetry.com/competition/
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One of the aims of our current issue, Magma 93 'Liberation' was to broaden our collective understanding of what liberation means and how it can be gained, lost, shared and experienced.
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FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Magma 95 - 'Architecture' Closing date: Wed 10th Dec 2025 Editors Leo Boix and Stav Poleg look forward to receiving your poems! 📷Oscar Niemeyer More info and to submit:
magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
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amílcar peter sanatan
about 1 month ago
Anson Gonzalez has done so much for poetry in Trinidad and Tobago and Caribbean literature as a whole.
@magmapoetry.bsky.social
This is for you Uncle Anson. Sleep well.
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Errata of Memory: a tribute to Anson Gonzalez and the power of spoken word - Magma Poetry
As I approach my twentieth year as a performer and activist, I have cause to reflect on spoken word in Trinidad and Tobago. I am thinking about the labour taken on by many people, in and out of the “m...
https://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-93/articles/errata-of-memory-a-tribute-to-anson-gonzalez-and-the-power-of-spoken-word/
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Susan Gordon Byron
about 1 month ago
This has got to be my favourite Magma Brief so far. So inspiring!
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Our current pamphlet is a joy to read! Have you got a copy yet? Michael Greavy won the most recent Magma Open Pamphlet Competition with the simply gorgeous 'The Man who Made Up Trees'.
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Really looking forward to our in-person launch of Magma 93 'Liberation' at the fantastic Push the Boat Out poetry festival THIS SUNDAY 23 Nov, 12-1pm, at The Pleasance in Edinburgh. Join us there! More details & tickets here:
pushtheboatout.org/.../magma-th...
about 2 months ago
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Juliet@Blood Lines
2 months ago
Fantastic - please share and submit!
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bec/riley
about 2 months ago
I saved this issue for a rainy day to read cover-to-cover and was not disappointed. I particularly loved Jill Hopper’s riposte to Samuel Pepys, and Anna Shelton’s dressing down of anatomical eponyms. But as ever, the whole issue is filled with brilliant poems, and thoughtful essays and reviews. <3
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Join Magma contributors and editors to celebrate the online launch of Magma 93: Liberation! Editors Isabelle Baafi
@timtimtmi.bsky.social
&
@sohinibasak.bsky.social
look forward to seeing you there! Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm Reserve your free spot here:
www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...
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CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Magma 95 - 'Architecture' Closing date: 10th Dec 2025 Editors Leo Boix & Stav Poleg look forward to reading your work—your rooms, your ruins, your bridges of language... Image: Charles Schridde
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Push the Boat Out Festival
3 months ago
Push the Boat Out 2025 is here! You can browse our programme, download a brochure, and book now 📣 🛶🎫 This year’s festival sets sail from 20-23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music and art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms.
pushtheboatout.org/programme/
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S. Reeson
2 months ago
Magma was the first poetry magazine I subscribed to, back at issue 71. We need more people subscribing to these spaces and keeping the truly innovative places for poetry alive, more so now than has ever been the case. Their briefs alone make this neurodivergent brain very happy indeed.
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Update on Poetry Submission Fees As many of our readers & contributors know, our magazine is run by volunteers — our Trustees, editors & other Board members give their time freely. However, the costs of running the magazine continue to rise.
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Arachne Press
2 months ago
Support our
#crowdfund
for Up//Roar
#Poems
of
#Queer
Resistance with these dolly
#handmade
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from editors
@hazardpressuk.bsky.social
and
#cherrypotts
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from Joy//Us or original designs. longlisting poems on Tuesday
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Bloodaxe Books
2 months ago
Poets reading
@ptbopoetry.bsky.social
in Edinburgh 22-23 Nove include
@pascalepetit.bsky.social
,
@marjorielotfi.bsky.social
,
@jesstraynor.bsky.social
, plus an online event with Vidyan Ravinthiran & Arundhathi Subramaniam. There's special event for
@rachaelboast.bsky.social
's Versus Versus anthology.
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Elizabeth Osmond
2 months ago
Really enjoying this edition. I think the opening poem will be a great teaching resource for paediatrics ❤️
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Alongside our online launch of Magma 93 'Liberation' next Thu 13 Nov, we are also holding an in-person launch at the fantastic Push the Boat Out poetry festival in Edinburgh, on Sun 23 Nov, 12-1pm. Join us there! More details & tickets here:
pushtheboatout.org/events/magma...
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Bloodaxe Books
2 months ago
November news:
shorturl.at/mzqLN
Vidyan Ravinthiran wins
@forwardprizes.bsky.social
for Best Collection; new translations from Tomas Venclova, Pia Tafdrup & Ivan V. Lalić; online launch 20/11; Krisztina Tóth & Laura Wittner longlisted for Warwick Prize for Women in Translation; plus much more!
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James Mcconachie
2 months ago
Chuffed to see my tiny poem in
@magmapoetry.bsky.social
with thanks to editors Isabelle Baafi and
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Alice S. Yousef
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Will be reading at
@magmapoetry.bsky.social
issue no 93 launch, on Nov 13th. Register to attend here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...
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Magma 93: Liberation Launch Event
Join Magma contributors and editors for an evening of poetry on the theme 'Liberation'.
https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-liberation-launch-event-tickets-1867679743389?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwZnRzaANwBv1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHufKLgiaN3BbaCvQ8UZDp3XGERE7oCxBGHPWJvtw9v3RkC6s_l-8gzVWQZIm_aem_HWPRUPwcfkd-_kURAksY_g
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Join Magma contributors and editors to celebrate the online launch of Magma 93: Liberation! Editors Isabelle Baafi
@timtimtmi.bsky.social
&
@sohinibasak.bsky.social
look forward to seeing you there! Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm Reserve your free spot here:
www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...
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London Review of Books
2 months ago
Did you happen to leave your
@londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday? Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat? If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
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Clare Pollard
2 months ago
happy to be on this excellent podcast talking about Lives of the Female Poets
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
with
@gregorykearns.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0rMp...
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Episode 32: Clare Pollard - "The poem itself is a haunted house"
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rMpq34NiNbucJA4x089nB?si=wBgZK0hASd6uZfSpj30IKg
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We're absolutely delighted to announce Magma 93 'Liberation' is now published and available to buy on our website. Edited by Isabelle Baafi
@timtimtmi.bsky.social
&
@sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation
#magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
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We are delighted to welcome
@pimlottkathy.bsky.social
onto the Magma board of trustees as our new treasurer!
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Bloodaxe Books
2 months ago
'It seems that the interplay of Welsh may have helped produce lightning and luminosity in Elfyn’s English-language poetry.’ - Carol Rumens, Poem of the Week,
@theguardian.com
, on 'Storm in Brooklyn Subway' from Menna Elfyn's new collection Parch.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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Poem of the week: Storm in Brooklyn Subway by Menna Elfyn
A collective dash for shelter in the city takes on a spiritual, near-religious power
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/27/poem-of-the-week-storm-in-brooklyn-subway-by-menna-elfyn
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Rishi Dastidar
2 months ago
can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!
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MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is open for entries in both categories: The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines Deadline 31 January 2026 This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
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Magma Poetry Competition - Magma Poetry
MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is now open for entries in both categories The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines De...
https://magmapoetry.com/competition/
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Cheryl Moskowitz
3 months ago
I'm thrilled to announce that this album featuring my poetry and lute music from virtuoso lutenist Sam Brown is out now! We are extremely proud of it. You can order your copy here:
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Wayward Thoughts, by Sam Brown & Cheryl Moskowitz
21 track album
https://waywardthoughts.bandcamp.com/album/wayward-thoughts
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Rishi Dastidar
3 months ago
Good night at the Forward Prizes last night. As a former judge I felt jealous our year didn't have the extra work of looking at the best single poem in performance category. That's been a great addition. Well done everyone:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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Forward prize names poets Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie its first joint winners
Judge of prestigious award says two best collection winners ‘address the urgent challenges of our time’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/26/forward-prize-names-poets-vidyan-ravinthiran-and-karen-solie-its-first-joint-winners
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VERVE Poetry Festival
3 months ago
Closing for applications for WIP this coming Friday.
www.vervepoetryfestival.com/wip-submission-form
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Want to know what Karina Jakubowicz thought of these poetry collections? In our current issue - 'Ownership' Magma 92 - she reviews Sarah Fletcher's 'Plus Ultra'; Trudie Gorman's 'Trust the Damage'; and Nisha Ramayya's 'Fantasia'. Get yourself a copy here:
magmapoetry.com/latest-issue/
3 months ago
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Moi
3 months ago
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"The need to write is not something that can be encouraged – it is an illness that descends on the writer."
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AI could never replace my authors. But, without regulation, it will ruin publishing as we know it | Jonny Geller
Basic principles need to be enshrined to protect the sacred craft of storytelling from this automated onslaught, says literary agent Jonny Geller
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/18/ai-authors-publishing-regulation
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Gita Ralleigh
3 months ago
Today’s
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To everyone who has submitted poems for Magma 94 'REMIX', just a note to say longlist & rejections notifications are going out at the moment. We are hoping to have responded to you all by Wednesday 22nd October. Thanks for your patience, & good luck! Image: Williams Chechet
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VERVE Poetry Festival
3 months ago
Closes midnight poets.
www.vervepoetryfestival.com/submit-poem-...
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More reviews in our current issue 'Ownership' -
magmapoetry.com/latest-issue/
@aoifelyall.bsky.social
reviews
@pimlottkathy.bsky.social
's 'After the Rites and Sandwiches'; Camille Ralphs' 'After you were, I am'; and
@dzifabenson.bsky.social
's 'Monster'.
magmapoetry.com/aoife-lyall-...
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VERVE Poetry Festival
3 months ago
A Heads-up. After our wonderful pop-up event at @BhamLitFest at the weekend we return to our home
#HiveJewelryQuater
on Tuesday 21st Oct from 6.30pm (7.30 start). Open mic only, for poets brand new or old hands. Let us know you're coming!
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Our current pamphlet is a joy to read! The economy of language is beautifully precise. Michael Greavy won the most recent Magma Open Pamphlet Competition with the simply gorgeous 'The Man who Made Up Trees'. Get your hands on a copy!
magmapoetry.com/publications...
3 months ago
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Bloodaxe Books
3 months ago
Vidyan Ravinthiran’s 'The last train', a 'brief, dense excursion into the heartland of Sri Lankan history' from his
@forwardprizes.bsky.social
shortlisted collection Avidyā, is featured as
@stevewhitaker1.bsky.social
's Poem of the Week in the Yorkshire Times.
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