Christodoulos Makris

A pleasure to be extending my partnership with Kildare Readers Festival and Riverbank Arts Centre : for the 2022 edition of the festival I am programming and hosting another event in my 'Ways of Writing' curatorial strand . In light of my interest and practice in documentary poetics, which has taken the form of several projects and the release of books , objects , digital publications , short films etc - and with an upcoming book with title  It Reeks of Radio , the result of my commissioned engagement with archival material at University College Dublin , set to be published by the University within the coming year - I have invited Bebe Ashley , Julie Morrissy , and Cherry Smyth , three poets who have also worked with archives or contemporary documentary material, to speak about aspects of their own practice. Thursday 6 October 2022, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co Kildare . 6pm start. Book your free tickets here . Full event details below: Three contemporary poets whose...

Following the successful run of my Irish Writers Centre course 'Something Borrowed Something New' in Spring 2020 - which began in-person at the centre before shifting almost seamlessly to Zoom for obvious reasons - and which I'm delighted to report has led to a participant's work recently being picked up for publication by a Chicago press - I'm pleased to be leading a new course with title 'Against Originality' for the Irish Writers Centre's Autumn 2022 Programme. You can book a place on 'Against Originality' through the centre . This is an online course so participants can book and join from anywhere , and it is suitable for all levels of experience. Start date is Thursday 13 October 2022, and duration is 8 weeks, in 2-hour weekly sessions (6.30 - 8.30pm Dublin time). See below, or the Irish Writers Centre's course page , for course details and endorsements. Against Originality with Christodoulos Makris: This course facilitates the creation...