Monday 20th November 2017,  6pm  –  9pm Barbican Library, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Hosted by Linda Black & Lucy Hamilton Confirmed readers: Alex Bell, Jude Rosen, Terence Dooley, Kate Ashton, … Continue reading »

We are currently reading for our Issue 18 selection meeting on 26th August – with many good poems and an increased number of submissions it’s not going to be an … Continue reading »

Monday 22nd May 2017, 6pm – 9pm Barbican Library, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Hosted by Linda Black & Lucy Hamilton  Confirmed readers: Michael Sharp, David Andrew , Moniza Alvi, Robert Minhinnick, … Continue reading »

Claire Crowther reviews Cantilena – one book in four spans by John Peck (Shearsman Books, 2016). ‘The poem is 324 pages long, each page is a canto heavy with text, … Continue reading »

A few lines from some of our Issue 17 poets – something to look forward to:   ‘An abandoned house/opens like a giant umbrella.’ from THE BLACK GODDESS, Siddhartha Bose   … Continue reading »

In association with the Fitzwilliam College Literary Society   Tuesday 15th November  19.00–21.30 (readings 19.30) READINGS from issues 15 & 16 Introduced by editors Lucy Hamilton & Linda Black    … Continue reading »

Wednesday 9 November 2016, 6pm – 9pm Barbican Library, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Hosted by Linda Black & Lucy Hamilton Readers: Dikra Ridha, Aidan Semmens, Anna Kisby, Dragan Jovanović Danilov, Amy … Continue reading »

Lisa Mansell, whose poem ‘Kernel Stone’ was published in Issue Ten, has invited editors Linda Black and Lucy Hamilton to speak to 2nd and 3rd year Creative Writing students, on … Continue reading »

Long Poem Magazine co-editor Linda Black will be running a workshop, and reading from her new collection Slant, as part of the Poetry Swindon Festival’s Big Poetry Weekend, which takes place … Continue reading »

Issue Sixteen will be launched on Wednesday November 9th at the Barbican Library, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS. More info to follow.