Christodoulos Makris

Wurm Press has now sold out of the second print run of my chapbook Round the Clock . At the moment we have no plans to re-print. But I still have a handful of copies, each of which can be bought for € 4 directly from me at readings, or by post (email me for details). On a related note, before last Saturday's reading I got my hands for the first time on a sample copy of Spitting Out the Mother Tongue . I'm very pleased with its feel, print quality and overall design. The cover - courtesy of artist Thomas Brezing - looks great. The text has gone through countless editorial probes and there's nothing that can be done about it now... Some tweaking is required relating mostly to typesetting and then it'll be ready to go. The launch is scheduled for 11 October - I'll be posting more details on it nearer the time. And on a further related note, Wurm im Apfel has started a crowdsourcing funding campaign . Please do consider donating - any amount is welcome (though € 5

On Saturday 20 August I'll be reading with Cah-44 and Karl Parkinson for a Wurm Press poets showcase hosted by the Seven Towers agency. We'll be at the Where It's At underground bookmarket , housed every Saturday afternoon at the Twisted Pepper building (downstairs in 'The Box'), 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1. Start time is 3pm, and admission is free.

Here's SJ Fowler reading 'Sincerely', my poem in  Herbarium (starts at around 1:10, following one of his own contributions, 'White Horehound') at the launch of the anthology on 22 July. Steve has also compiled a video log of the event. Herbarium is now sold out .