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'The insouciant yet deeply serious quality of her writing struck me. Here was a poet eschewing all templates, excavating the self with both horror and humour.' momtaza mehri šš¾āāļø pays tribute to Alice Notley who passed away this May at the age of 79: thelondonmagazine.org/essay-the-kindā¦
JoĆ«lle Thee Editor #Merky Books Sam Jordison Galley Beggar Press 4th Estate Books RCW Literary Agency Madeleine Milburn Agency Peters Fraser+Dunlop Our 3rd webinar, on July 10th, welcomes editor from three powerhouse literary journals to offer their advice on submissions: the incomparable Lisa McInerney from The Stinging Fly, Sana Goyal Kotecha from Wasafiri and Jamie Cameron from The London Magazine : eventbrite.com/e/submitting-tā¦
On this episode of The London Magazine Podcast, we speak to short story writer and novelist Gurnaik Johal. In the episode, we discuss maximalist fiction, ecological anxiety and his debut novel, Saraswati (Serpent's Tail). Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4Wd3Zbā¦
'She has an instinct for a kind of poetry that will confirm the values of her way of life... Critics who find my poetry violent are in her world, and they are safeguarding her way of life.' Ted Hughes in 1971 on his aunt, poetry, and critics The London Magazine thelondonmagazine.org/archive-ted-huā¦
'I had a hard time ending Scaffolding because I felt like as a work of fiction it needed to be making some kind of pronouncement on what it means to be human, and having it all mean something very profound. I found that really challenging.' ā Lauren Elkin thelondonmagazine.org/interview-an-aā¦
'I found the conceptualisation of the form off-putting. So many diktats: donāt introduce a new character in the last quarter of the story; make sure you have a killer, bravura opening. It all sounded very exhausting.' Wendy Erskine on short stories: thelondonmagazine.org/essay-wendy-erā¦
A pleasure to see my ādefinitiveā review of Geoff Dyerās Homework published in the June/July issue of The London Magazine
ICYMI, we had Gurnaik Johal on the podcast this month to talk about maximalist fiction and his debut novel, Saraswati (Serpent's Tail). Listen to the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/4Wd3Zbā¦
'Gunpowder' by batool abu akleen was awarded third place in The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2025 and published in our June / July issue.
On Thurs 10th, we have our 3rd Brunel University of London publishing webinar: find out everything there is to know about submitting your work to literary journals. Join us to hear from Lisa McInerney from The Stinging Fly, Sana Goyal Kotecha from Wasafari and Jamie Cameron from The London Magazine. Register hereā¬ļø