Chris Fite-Wassilak
@cfitewassilak.bsky.social
writer, critic, editor, mycelial juicebag; writing nonfic book on cheese & hygiene. Associate Editor ArtReview; tutor RCA MA Writing, ‘23-24 London Library Emerging Writer. Books: Ha-Ha Crystal (Copy Press, 2016), The Artist in Time (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Thursday! @draughtjournal.bsky.social first event, with @jencalleja.bsky.social and more, gonna read in my funny accent. Come along
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thursday! @draughtjournal.bsky.social first event, with @jencalleja.bsky.social and more, gonna read in my funny accent. Come along
Enjoying that the summer blockbuster duel is between what were always the most oppressively normcore comic characters; marvel even going so far as to do an advert linkup with…the UK Gov’t 🫠 #goteam #whitebreadsummer
July 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Enjoying that the summer blockbuster duel is between what were always the most oppressively normcore comic characters; marvel even going so far as to do an advert linkup with…the UK Gov’t 🫠 #goteam #whitebreadsummer
Compiling, making some sense by re-collecting what i read in 2024, roughly as it happened and typically out of whack. Monstress and Scattered All Over the Earth i think were my highlights
January 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Compiling, making some sense by re-collecting what i read in 2024, roughly as it happened and typically out of whack. Monstress and Scattered All Over the Earth i think were my highlights
Look ahead to 2025 and eat dirdt: join us at SJQ in Dalston 17th Feb for a night of stretched vocals and electric landscapes, with sets from Mary Hurrell, Hannah Dargavel-Leafe and Bod Liqbt’s live debut and EP launch. Info n tix:
wegottickets.com/event/643317
wegottickets.com/event/643317
December 17, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Look ahead to 2025 and eat dirdt: join us at SJQ in Dalston 17th Feb for a night of stretched vocals and electric landscapes, with sets from Mary Hurrell, Hannah Dargavel-Leafe and Bod Liqbt’s live debut and EP launch. Info n tix:
wegottickets.com/event/643317
wegottickets.com/event/643317
Dublin! Tomorrow night! mirror lamp press issue 10 launch at the Douglas Hyde, with readings from Orit Gat and more. The issue, on giving up, includes Wendy Erskine, Roy Claire Potter, Fergus Feehily, and my own brief ups to give…
December 4, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Dublin! Tomorrow night! mirror lamp press issue 10 launch at the Douglas Hyde, with readings from Orit Gat and more. The issue, on giving up, includes Wendy Erskine, Roy Claire Potter, Fergus Feehily, and my own brief ups to give…
Wed night, first time reading from the cheese book! Launching the anthology to mark end of the London Library’s 23-24 Emerging Writers programme; been a quick year but also a total privilege to meet and work with these writers, for what will be many times to come. The anthology is out now!
November 29, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Wed night, first time reading from the cheese book! Launching the anthology to mark end of the London Library’s 23-24 Emerging Writers programme; been a quick year but also a total privilege to meet and work with these writers, for what will be many times to come. The anthology is out now!
PSA: there’s a London art project space directory at the bottom of this article: artreview.com/why-london-u...
I’ve tried to keep it up to date, adding a few more recently - get yer skates on, support your local project space
I’ve tried to keep it up to date, adding a few more recently - get yer skates on, support your local project space
September 5, 2024 at 11:41 AM
PSA: there’s a London art project space directory at the bottom of this article: artreview.com/why-london-u...
I’ve tried to keep it up to date, adding a few more recently - get yer skates on, support your local project space
I’ve tried to keep it up to date, adding a few more recently - get yer skates on, support your local project space
1903 hygiene advice: water? Boil it! Milk? Boil it! Salad? Boil it! And strawberries, definitely strawberries. (More research fun courtesy of Elie ‘sour milk bacteria will make you immortal’ Metchnikoff)
May 30, 2024 at 4:16 PM
1903 hygiene advice: water? Boil it! Milk? Boil it! Salad? Boil it! And strawberries, definitely strawberries. (More research fun courtesy of Elie ‘sour milk bacteria will make you immortal’ Metchnikoff)
A few weeks away from writing:
A Japan cone appreciation post
A Japan cone appreciation post
April 23, 2024 at 10:06 AM
A few weeks away from writing:
A Japan cone appreciation post
A Japan cone appreciation post
Asking a grovefull of artists and writers ‘what is microbial writing?’ has eventually led to this: A communal visual-poem-essay 16-page zine.
Each copy is rice-indented and yeast-imbued. A limited number are available, £5 pp, all money raised goes to the PEN Emergency fund for Palestinian writers
Each copy is rice-indented and yeast-imbued. A limited number are available, £5 pp, all money raised goes to the PEN Emergency fund for Palestinian writers
February 16, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Asking a grovefull of artists and writers ‘what is microbial writing?’ has eventually led to this: A communal visual-poem-essay 16-page zine.
Each copy is rice-indented and yeast-imbued. A limited number are available, £5 pp, all money raised goes to the PEN Emergency fund for Palestinian writers
Each copy is rice-indented and yeast-imbued. A limited number are available, £5 pp, all money raised goes to the PEN Emergency fund for Palestinian writers
The contortions of Pasteur’s anti-air ‘swan-necked’ flasks
January 11, 2024 at 12:17 PM
The contortions of Pasteur’s anti-air ‘swan-necked’ flasks