Imogen: Joanna Margaret Paul
ISBN: 978-0-473-50986-6
RRP: $35
32pp, hand-stitched, two- cover letterpress wrapper by Fernbank Studio
About: A book about mothering, love and loss.
The return of a rare book of poems by one of New Zealand’s most eloquent artists. Imogen, first published in 1978 by Alan Loney at Hawk Press, depicts, in sparse concrete verse, the birth, short life, and tragic death of her daughter, Imogen Rose.
Overlooked when it was first released, this 2020 edition is a beautifully produced tribute to the original, a book whose time has finally come.
Readership: poetry lovers, art fans, readers of women’s history, anyone who is a mum or wants to be.
LAUNCHING FEBRUARY 2020. To pre-order email emma.bugden@gmail.com
Splash Five 1987: From Scratch
ISBN: 978-0-473-43918-7
RRP: $30
Softcover, 130 pages
Splash Five 1987: From Scratch Special Issue 2018, published in partnership with Te Uru, is the lost issue of Splash magazine, intended to be published in 1987.
Splash was edited by Wystan Curnow, Roger Horrocks, Tony Green and Judi Stout. Four issues were released between 1984 – 1986. This is the fifth, a special issue on iconic sound art phenomenon, From Scratch. All content is from the original edition which was prepared, but never printed.
Te Uru have also produced a contemporary insert for Splash Five, titled From Scratch: 546 Moons which updates the historic publication.
To purchase email emma.bugden@gmail.com or contact the following stockists:
Te Uru Waitakere, Auckland
Parsons Library Services, Auckland
New Zealand Potter: a partial archive
ISBN: 978-0-473-42245-5
RRP: $40.00
Page length: 50
About: An anthology publication of New Zealand Potter, 1958-1967.
Celebrates the grassroots community who invented pottery in New Zealand. Featuring articles by renowned potters Barry Brickell, Doreen Blumhardt, Helen Mason, as well as architect Ernst Plischke, artist Colin McCahon, a poem by Denis Glover and much much more. Gorgeously produced on a handmade scale, this book evokes a nostalgic era when artists, designers and craftspeople debated the big issues.
Readership: Craft and art enthusiasts, design fans, NZ history buffs, anyone who’s ever tried to throw a pot.
To purchase email emma.bugden@gmail.com or contact the following stockists:
Unity Books, Auckland and Wellington
Minerva, Wellington
Mine: The Dowse Shop, Lower Hutt
Parsons Library Services, Auckland
Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics, Whanganui
Women’s Bookshop, Auckland
Julian Dashper: Untitled CV
ISBN: 9780473404109
RRP: $30
Julian Dashper: Untitled CV is a limited edition of 200 books and spans the artist’s life. Untitled CV was first exhibited in 1994, and, as an artwork, is updated each time it is exhibited.
To purchase email emma.bugden@gmail.com or contact the following stockists:
Michael Lett, Auckland
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