Wednesday, May 21, 2008


Alan Loney ‘The Printing of a Masterpiece’ PB $34.95

Last night Parsons Bookshop in Auckland launched this memoir which is

‘the flowing intermesh of typography, ink-and-paper, Renaissance cultural history and deeply personal hands-on knowledge’.
‘It is about the printing of an exquisite book, an object in which every stage of craftsmanship has been scrupulously considered’.
‘Alan Loney is a beautiful stylist – lucid and compelling He takes us into the heart of that question: How is a book actually made?’
Quotes from Chris Wallace-Crabbe

‘Alan Loney’s work has always been at the cutting edge of New Zealand’s place in world literature. He is a poet of international stature, whose mastery has become a resource for us all’.
Quote from Robert Creeley

Alan Loney - a fine New Zealand poet, writer, printer and until recently Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Australian Centre.

Parsons Bookshop in Auckland
26 Wellesley Street East
Auckland 1010
New Zealand
Phone +64 9 303 1557
Fax+64 9 357 0877
books@parsons.co.nz

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