Calamari Press :: independent publisher of literary subverse Objects

upcoming on 5/31 : Gary Lutz, John Haskell, Ken Sparling, Robert Kloss & Amber Sparks at Unnameable books in Brooklyn.

upcoming on 6/13 : Norman Lock & Matt Bell read at Community Bookstore in Brooklyn.

5/9 : Calamari Press is pleased to announce that we will be re-issuing The History of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield. Stay tuned ...

5/6 : Sleepingfish is closed for submissions (stay tuned for issue 12), but Calamari Press is now open to new book ideas.

4/11 : Calamari Press is now offering 'Chef's Selection' packages of 5 & 8.

4/1 : Excerpt from the forthcoming The Becoming in Tarpaulin Sky.

3/25 : Gary Lutz in conversation with Ross Simonini, as part of An Evening with The Believer at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn. [Recap in WSJ]

3/14 : Compiled this handy Calamari/Sleepingfish author/artist index.

3/6-9 : Calamari Press was at AWP in Boston [recap on 5cense].

2/26 : Excerpt from Ark Codex in Sidebrow.

2/25 : Sneak peek at the cover for the forthcoming THE BECOMING.

2/18 : Some sad news, Carlos M. Luis died earlier this month.

2/15 : Kim Ki-Duk endoreses Calamari Press?

2/11 : Sleepingfish is now considering submissions for a special 10th year anthology issue.

2/6 : Cal A. Mari takes inventory & considers an archival name change on 5cense.

1/27 : Calamari Press is back in the American saddle & fulfilling orders directly.

1/15 : While we were traveling, an excerpt from Ark Codex ±0 went up on Knee-jerk.

1/11 : 3 shorts from Sister Stop Breathing in Sidebrow.

1/7 : James Wagner has a new review site & his 4th reading is of the book where birds are the words.

1/6/13 : Calamari Press has officially relocated back to NYC (& returns to the American convention of displaying dates).

OCT to JAN : Calamari Press will effectively be on homeless sabbatical until 2013 (but still processing dbook orders). Follow our exploits on 5cense.

12/12/12 : Peter Markus will be teaching a winter 2013 online fiction writing workshop Jan 13 to Mar 17. Contact me for details.

22/11 : Brandon Hobson interviews Chiara Barzini for The Believer blog.

15/11 : Miranda Mellis & Mac Wellman read at McNally Jackson in NYC.

7/11 : If you are interested in reviewing either of the last two Calamari titles, Tarpaulin Sky is seeking reviewers.

23/10 : Six stories from Sister Stop Breathing translated into italian on Vice.

7/9: In the upside-down garden (Orto Capovolto) in Rome, was the unofficial launch party of {untitled : under the auspices}, as curated by Luca Arnaudo, with art also by Ono Emiliani. (recap)

4/8 : { untitled: under the auspices } is now stocked at SPD & available as a dbook.

20/7 : Calamari Press annuncia la pubblicazione di PAROLATLANTE di Luca Arnaudo & Aldo Bandinelli (which is to say, we announce the publication of WORDATLAS).

17/7 : 4 fictions by Chiara Barzini, divined from photos by Enrique Metinides, in Nero magazine.

12/7 : Sneak preview of forthcoming titlleless, authorless & wordless Calamari publication.

11/7 : Congratulations to Peter Markus, a 2012 Kresge Artist Fellow.

19/6 : 8 shorts from Sister Stop Breathing on The Nervous Breakdown.

3/6 : Sleeping Fish Xi is complete, with works by Joe Sacksteder, Julie Reverb, Nick Francis Potter, Matthew Derby, Luca Arnaudo, Dmitry Babenko, Amy Wright, Giancarlo DiTrapano, Elisabetta Diamanti, David Wirthlin, Mariangela Guatteri & Norman Lock.

25/5 : Miranda Mellis & Anna Joy Springer at Green Apple Books in San Francisco.

7/5 : Sister Stop Breathing reviewed in decomP.

5/5 : Chiara Barzini has a piece on dubbing in Italian film in the new Harper's, here's some B-roll on their blog.

2/5 : Presentazione del libro SISTER STOP BREATHING di Chiara Barzini a Casa delle Letterature. Video highlights: 01 | 02 | 03 |

26/4 : Interview (in Italian) about Ark Codex in Artribune.

21/4 : 2 pages from Ark Codex in ILK.

13/4 : 4 pages from Ark Codex ±0 on GAMM.

5/4 : Chiara Barzini's book notes on Largehearted Boy.

4/4 : Works by Chiara Barzini, Ark Codex & others in Fiddleback 2.2.

1/4 : L'inaugurazione romana di ARK CODEX ±0, presso la Stamperia del Tevere (recap).

16/3 : J.A. Tyler has generously & diligently reviewed every Calamari title (as of 2010) for Big Other, this the final (41^th) one, of Sleepingfish 8 (& contributor M.T. Fallon is offered a publishing deal to boot).

15/3 : Text & images from Ark Codex ±0 in The Collagist 32.

13/3 : Norman Lock's "The Sleep Institute" kicks off Sleeping Fish Xi.

12/3 : Sleeping Fish is open for submissions.

12/3 : Miranda Mellis has a new book out & a bunch of upcoming readings. See Sidebrow for details.

10/3 : Blake Butler on Ark Codex ±0 for Vice.

10/3 : Divorcer is #1 & Sister Stop Breathing is #4 on fiction bestsellers at SPD for Jan/Feb.

7/3 : Sister Stop Breathing in Paris, LA.

3/3 : Ark Codex ±0 NYC launch party, featuring Tempers, 8 pm at Collab. [recap]

1/3 : David Tibet (of C93) recommends Sister Stop Breathing.

29/2 : Sister Stop Breathing reviewed in Esoterrorist.

28/2 : Ark Codex ±0 NYC launch mixer/exhibit, 7-10 pm at Lolita Bar.

21/2 : For those that missed Chiara Barzini's readings in NYC, here's a video from Franklin Park.