List of magic publications

Magic publications are books and periodicals which are created on the subject of magic. They include reviews of new equipment and techniques, announcements of upcoming events, interviews with prominent magicians, announcements of awards, and columns on such subjects as the history and ethics of the art of magic. Most also feature various explanations and ideas pertaining to magic tricks/effects. Additionally, you can commonly advertise for businesses and events with little charge.

List of magic periodicals

Title	First issue	Status
Mahatma	March 1895 (1895-03)	Out of print
L'Illusionniste	January 1902 (1902-01)	Out of print
The Sphinx	March 1902 (1902-03)	Out of print
The Wizard (Selbit)	September 1905 (1905-09)	Out of print
Boy Magician/American Magician	April 1909 (1909-04)	Out of print
The Magic Mirror	January 1909 (1909-01)	Out of print
The Magic Wand	September 1910 (1910-09)	Out of print
Magical World	November 2, 1910 (1910-11-02)	Out of print
M-U-M	October 1911 (1911-10)	Current
Magical Bulletin	January 1914 (1914-01)	Out of print
The Linking Ring	1922 (1922)	Current
The Demon Telegraph	1923 (1923)	Out of print
Goldston's Magical Quarterly	1934 (1934)	Out of print
The Jinx	October 1934 (1934-10)	Out of print
Tops	January 1936 (1936-01)	Out of print
Genii	September 1, 1936 (1936-09-01)	Current
Chapbook's Scrapbook	July 1938 (1938-07)	Out of print
Phoenix	February 1942 (1942-02)	Out of print
The Bat	February 1943 (1943-02)	Out of print
Al Munroe's Magical Miscellany	June 1943 (1943-06)	Out of print
Hugard's Magic Monthly	June 1943 (1943-06)	Out of print
The Conjuror's Monthly Magazine	February 1945 (1945-02)	Out of print
Gen	1946 or earlier	Out of print
Pentagram	1946 (1946)	Out of print
Goodliffe's Abracadabra	February 2, 1946 (1946-02-02)	Out of print
The Wizard (Armstrong)	April 1947 (1947-04)	Out of print
Bat Jr.	January 1951 (1951-01)	Out of print
Christian Conjurer	January 1954 (1954-01)	Out of print
New Phoenix	February 19, 1954 (1954-02-19)	Out of print
The Voice of FCM (formerly The Christian Conjurer)	1955	Current
Magicol	September 1959 (1959-09)	Current
New Tops	January 1961 (1961-01)	Out of print
The New Jinx	May 1962 (1962-05)	Out of print
The Pallbearers Review	November 1965 (1965-11)	Out of print
Magigram	September 1966 (1966-09)	Out of print
The Cauldron	October 1967 (1967-10)	Out of print
Hierophant	1969 (1969)	Out of print
New Pentagram	1969 (1969)	Out of print
Kabbala	September 1971 (1971-09)	Out of print
The Invocation	July 1974 (1974-07)	Out of print
Pabular	September 1974 (1974-09)	Out of print
Apocalypse	January 1978 (1978-01)	Out of print
Bat Droppings	February 1979 (1979-02)	Out of print
The New Invocation	October 1979 (1979-10)	Out of print
The Perennial Mystics	1983 (1983)	Out of print
Mortimer's Magic Magazine	1989 (1989)	Out of print
MAGIC	September 1991 (1991-09)	Out of print
Servante	1992 (1992)	Out of print
The Crimp	1992 (1992)	Current
Visions Online	2001 (2001)	Out of print
Gibecière	2005 (2005)	Current
Reel Magic	July 2007 (2007-07)	Current
Newest Tops	May 2009 (2009-05)	Current
Card Culture	December 2014 (2014-12)	Current
Vibrations		Current
Inside Magic		Current
Smoke & Mirrors E-zine		Current
Magic Roadshow Journal of Magic	June 2004 (2004-06)	Current
Vanish Magic Magazine		Current
Ye Olde Magic Mag		Current
Oracle		Out of print
The Disclaimer	April 2021	Current
Mind Over Magic		Out of print
The Hermit	January 2022	Current

List of notable books on magic

• Modern Magic
• Discoverie of Witchcraft
• The Royal Road to Card Magic
• The Expert at the Card Table
• Bobo's Modern Coin Magic
• Sach's Sleight of Hand
• Master Index to Magic in Print
• Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
• Tarbell Course in Magic
• Thirteen Steps To Mentalism
• The Amateur Magician's Handbook by Henry Hay
• Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic

Further reading

Alfredson, James B.; Daily, George L. (1986). A Bibliography of Conjuring Periodicals in English: 1791–1983. York, Pennsylvania.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)