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The embodiment of dreams, Brendan O’Brien
The Printing of a Masterpiece Alan Loney Black Pepper, $AUD25.95, ISBN 9781876044589 With so much reading now done on the computer screen, Alan Loney’s new publication arrives to remind us of some of the other qualities we encounter when we…
Tagged with: Alan Loney, Autumn 2009, Black Pepper, Brendan O’Brien, Issue 85
Posted in Art, Non-fiction
Posted in Art, Non-fiction
The endurance of Sappho, Alan Loney
Alan Loney records his long-lasting admiration for the lute-playing poet. The persistence of the ancient Greek poet Sappho (c630-570 BC) in the literary imagination of the West is one of the most remarkable aspects of the poetic tradition. While many…
A gift worth unwrapping, John Dickson
The Falling: A Memoir Alan Loney Auckland University Press, $29.95, ISBN 1869402502 The simplest way to begin unwrapping the gift of this book is to start with the title: The Falling: A Memoir. Notice the first word, the definite article:…
Tagged with: Alan Loney, Auckland University Press, Issue 50, John Dickson, October 2001
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Pamela to pomo, Sydney Shep
Samuel Richardson of London, Printer: A Study of his Printing Based on Ornament Use and Business Accounts Keith Maslen University of Otago (Studies in English 7), $95.00, ISBN 0473077604 Reading/Saying/Making: Selected Essays Alan Loney The Writers Group, $39.95, ISBN 0473076284…
Tagged with: Alan Loney, Issue 55, Keith Maslen, Samuel Richardson, Spring 2001, Sydney Shep, The Writers Group, University of Otago
Posted in Biography, Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Turning the pages, Keith Maslen
A Book in the Hand: Essays on the History of the Book in New Zealand ed Penny Griffith, Peter Hughes and Alan Loney Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1869402316 These fifteen essays, based on papers given at the first New…
Tagged with: Alan Loney, Auckland University Press, Issue 48, June 2001, Keith Maslen, Penny Griffith, Peter Hughes
Posted in Essays, History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Resisting closure, Michael Harlow
Sidetracks Alan Loney Auckland University Press, $24.95
ISBN I 86940 194 8 Salamanca Vivienne Plumb HeadworX, $16.95, ISBN 0 473 05155 9 Sweet Banana Wax Peppers Jenny Powell-Chalmers HeadworX, $16.95, ISBN 0 473 05460 4 Alan Loney is New Zealand’s…
Tagged with: Alan Loney, Auckland University Press, HeadworX, Issue 39, Jenny Powell-Chalmers, Michael Harlow, Vivienne Plumb
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
A fine compression, Alan Loney
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa Eds Penny Griffith, Ross Harvey and Keith Maslen, with the assistance of Ross Somerville Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0 86473 331 3 The publication of broad…
Tagged with: Alan Loney, Issue 31, Keith Maslen, Penny Griffith, Ross Harvey, Ross Somerville, Spring 1997, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Review
Posted in Literature, Review
Obscurity v the life principle, Kim Worthington
Envoy Alan Loney and Mark Wills Puriri Press, $28.00, ISBN 0 908943 13 x On Virgin Skin Gay Linden Sandpiper Press, $19.95, ISBN 0 473 04187 1 Before the Divorce We Go to Disneyland Diane Brown Tandem Press, $24.95, ISBN…
Tagged with: Alan Loney, Autumn 1997, Diane Brown, Elizabeth Crayford, Gay Linden, Graphic Press, Issue 29, J C Sturm, Mark Wills, Puriri Press, Sandpiper Press, Steele Roberts, Tandem Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Not just a pretty picture, Alan Loney
Twenty-five Bindings designed by Edgar Mansfield, realised by James Brockman National Library Gallery, Wellington, 1 March-28 April Hawke’s Bay Museum, Napier, 12 May-7 July The history of bookbinding is older than the hist ory of printing and goes back to…
Tagged with: Alan Loney, Edgar Mansfield, Hawke's Bay Museum, Issue 23, James Brockman, National Library Gallery, Spring 1996
Posted in Literature, Review
Posted in Literature, Review
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Purposeful nonsense? John O’Connor
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