Never understood twitter. Same handle on insta 🙏

Date for your diaries! I'll be reading alongside the wonderful Wendy Allen & Angela Cleland There are 10 open mic slots available, so please do get signed up. It would be amazing to see you! Grab your tickets (Inc open mic slots) via the link below eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sleep…

Date for your Diaries The open mic slots have now all gone (which is crazy) There are still some tickets left though! (See link) It would be great to see you! I'm excited to read alongside my Broken Sleep Books pals Angela Cleland & Wendy Allen bit.ly/3s25gtE

She's alive!!

We haven’t seen or heard from Gboyega since late Friday night. Please reach out if you’ve heard from him or seen him

So delighted that 'End Ceremonies' is now out in the world. Huge thanks to everyone who has already bought a copy, who has written to me about it, or shared it. Huge thanks and love as always, to the remarkable Broken Sleep Books - best publisher hands down. brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/s…

SUBMISSIONS CALL: We are open for poetry pamphlet submissions until 30/11/2023. GUIDELINES: 15-40 pages of poetry. Please enquire if submitting outside of this range. brokensleepbooks.com/submissions

🔴GAZA: 🔊"Today, for the last two hours, we've been looking for drinking water. They've been shelling all day. We don't know what will happen tomorrow or where we will go."🔊 Soundbite from our colleague Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb, MSF Deputy Medical Coordinator in Gaza ⤵️

"Dying under bombs in Gaza cannot be the only option left to people. Hospitals are overwhelmed. There are no more painkillers. Our staff tell us about wounded people screaming in pain, and people who can't get to the hospital." - Claire Magone, General Director MSF France

Everything is terrible. Thank god Louise Glück left us those poems

A wonderful line up of poets and writers here- with over £13,000 raised !

We are deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza. We have lost contact with some of our Palestinian colleagues on the ground. We are particularly worried for the patients, medical staff and thousands of families taking shelter at Al Shifa hospital and other health facilities.

.Dr. Gabor Maté on Gaza: "In a certain deep sense, I feel that it's the worst thing I've seen in my whole life."

Proud to announce the short/longlist for our 2023 single poem prize. The winner will be announced at Tuesday's launch. All welcome: buff.ly/3GBpazL Order our 2023 anthology, featuring all 50 longlisted poems: buff.ly/4abjDNU Congratulations to all the poets!

Come to the London launch of our Magma Poetry 88 'Underworld' at Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) on Fri 19th Apr (rgs.org/events/upcomin…) and at the Workshop Theatre in Leeds on Wed 24th April (eventbrite.co.uk/e/magma-magazi…) They'l' be 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Readings from Fiona Benson, L Kiew, Jemma Borg, Meryl Pugh and more! Screenings from Pablo Bronstein and Jessica Sarah Rinland...

Delighted to have a poem in Magma 88! And loving reading so many fascinating takes on ‘underworld’ in this issue. Thank you Magma Poetry for including Celeriac Baby 🙏🙏🙏

Poets, it's a big ask, money is tight for everyone. We have to protect indie publishers, and Broken Sleep Books needs your support. Buying just 1 book, making a donation - it all helps. Aaron Kent does this all himself (plus a loyal team of volunteers) Please help if you can.