The Little Review #3
104 x 148 mm, 176 pages
Cambridge/York, UK
Triannual
First published 2025
Editor and design: Tristram Fane Saunders
‘The pocket magazine for anyone interested in poetry’
The Little Review is a new, pocket-sized, triannual poetry magazine that proudly labels itself as a magazine for Readers, not Writers (capital R and W)—an explicit rebuke to poetry magazines more concerned with ‘Being In’ (who’s in it rather than what’s worth reading). Operating under a strict NB (No Bores) policy, every poetry submission must be accompanied by a book review, resulting in a lively, eclectic mix of written work.
This edition for Spring 2026 opens with a declaration of distaste for an indifference-inducing ‘grey fog of indistinguishable praise’ bandied about by today’s critics, in lieu of which The Little Review promises engaging write-ups that are ‘scathing’ where applicable. Inside, readers can expect the aforementioned poetry and reviews alongside short fiction, plus a deep dive into the creative life of the English poet Tony Harrison, an essay in which Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath collide, and the best and worst of Seamus Heaney. Plus, new writing by the likes of Angela Leighton, Ben Webb, Camilla Grudova, Harry Cochrane, Kathryn Maris, Jacob Burgess Rollo, Ruth Wiggins and Tom Cook.