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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!
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Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
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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...
Join us there!
More details & tickets here: pushtheboatout.org/.../magma-th...
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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...
Join us there!
More details & tickets here: pushtheboatout.org/.../magma-th...
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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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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
magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Fantastic - please share and submit!
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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
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...
Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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
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...
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...
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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...
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...
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
magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
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
magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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
magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
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
magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
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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/
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/
October 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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/
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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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.
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.
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.
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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.
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.
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.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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.
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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Support our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance with these dolly #handmade #badges from editors @hazardpressuk.bsky.social and #cherrypotts 2.5cm, safety back, using cover art by #frankduffy from Joy//Us or original designs. longlisting poems on Tuesday tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Support our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance with these dolly #handmade #badges from editors @hazardpressuk.bsky.social and #cherrypotts 2.5cm, safety back, using cover art by #frankduffy from Joy//Us or original designs. longlisting poems on Tuesday tinyurl.tools/8330fc82
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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.
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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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Really enjoying this edition. I think the opening poem will be a great teaching resource for paediatrics ❤️
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...
Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Really enjoying this edition. I think the opening poem will be a great teaching resource for paediatrics ❤️
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...
Join us there!
More details & tickets here:
pushtheboatout.org/events/magma...
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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...
Join us there!
More details & tickets here:
pushtheboatout.org/events/magma...
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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!
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!
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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!
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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Chuffed to see my tiny poem in @magmapoetry.bsky.social with thanks to editors Isabelle Baafi and @sohinibasak.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Chuffed to see my tiny poem in @magmapoetry.bsky.social with thanks to editors Isabelle Baafi and @sohinibasak.bsky.social
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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...
Magma 93: Liberation Launch Event
Join Magma contributors and editors for an evening of poetry on the theme 'Liberation'.
www.eventbrite.hk
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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...
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...
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...
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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...
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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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. 👇
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. 👇
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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. 👇
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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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...
open.spotify.com/episode/0rMp...
Episode 32: Clare Pollard - "The poem itself is a haunted house"
open.spotify.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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...
open.spotify.com/episode/0rMp...
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...
Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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...
Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
We are delighted to welcome @pimlottkathy.bsky.social
onto the Magma board of trustees as our new treasurer!
onto the Magma board of trustees as our new treasurer!
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We are delighted to welcome @pimlottkathy.bsky.social
onto the Magma board of trustees as our new treasurer!
onto the Magma board of trustees as our new treasurer!
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'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...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
'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...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!
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/
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/
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...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!
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/
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/
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...
magmapoetry.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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/
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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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:
waywardthoughts.bandcamp.com/album/waywar...
We are extremely proud of it. You can order your copy here:
waywardthoughts.bandcamp.com/album/waywar...
Wayward Thoughts, by Sam Brown & Cheryl Moskowitz
21 track album
waywardthoughts.bandcamp.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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:
waywardthoughts.bandcamp.com/album/waywar...
We are extremely proud of it. You can order your copy here:
waywardthoughts.bandcamp.com/album/waywar...
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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...
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’
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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...