Issue 20 marks LONG POEM MAGAZINE’S 10th Birthday!  Come along and join the celebration, with poets Mimi Khalvati, Timothy Ades, Annie Freud, Gavin Selerie, Lisa Fannen, Terence Dooley, Penelope Shuttle, … Continue reading »

Our 20th issue, due out next October, will herald the end of the 10th year of Long Poem Magazine – reason indeed to celebrate! We thank all our poets and … Continue reading »

Wednesday 9th May, 6pm to 9pm Barbican Library, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Hosted by Lucy Hamilton, Linda Black & Claire Crowther Confirmed Readers: Robert Minhinnick, Helen Tookey, Salah Niazi, … Continue reading »

We are delighted to announce that Claire Crowther is joining our team as Assistant Editor for our forthcoming Issue, LPM 20. Amazingly we are now in our 10th year of … Continue reading »

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 »