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Dear Colleagues, We have a small number of Printer in Residence programme publications left here in Special Collections. All limited editions and great items for any good book collector. They are: 2009: O Lucky Man, an edition of 10 poems by Auckland poet Riemke Ensing on poet, patron and literary editor Charles Brasch. Printed by Tara McLeod, the best hand-craft printer in the country. Alan Roddick, Charles Brasch's literary executor, wrote the introduction. Cost NZ$200.00 (incl gst) 2011: Skew-Whiff - poems by Peter Olds, with eight images by well-known artist Kathryn Madill. Includes a centre-fold of graffiti around Dunedin. Printed in 100 copies by John Denny, owner-operator of the Auckland-based Puriri Press. Cost: NZ$250.00 (incl gst). 2012: Distractions, poems by poet Kevin Cunningham, selected and introduced by Bill Manhire. Printed by Dr John Holmes of Frayed Frisket Press. NZ$90.00 (incl gst) 2013: 8 x 3, eight poster poems that feature texts by Riemke Ensing, Cilla McQueen, Charlotte Grimshaw, Elizabeth Knox, Jenny Borchardt, Fiona Kidman, Bernadette Hall, and Emma Neale. A collaborative print project with Tara McLeod (Pear Tree Press); Dr John Holmes (Frayed Frisket Press); and Rob Lamb (Mirrorcity LetterPress, Oamaru) printing colourful typographic posters. NZ$200.00 (incl gst) 2014: XXXXXwords - 9 lyrics by Port Chalmers based artist/lyricist and sound artist, Michael Morley. Includes woodcut images by Morley. Printed by Peter Vangioni, curator at Christchurch Art Gallery and owner-operator of Kowhai Press. Cost NZ$140.00 (incl gst) 2015: Eighteen Poems from the Greek Anthology. Translated by poet Vincent O'Sullivan. Four original etchings by artist Barry Cleavin. Hand-printed by Brendan O'Brien, Wellington. NZ$150.00 (incl GST) I am happy to show any of the items to you if so interested. And please spread the word. Cheers Donald ** Dr. Donald Kerr Special Collections Librarian University of Otago P.O. Box 56 Dunedin, New Zealand Phone: (03) 479-8330 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> University of Otago Centre for the Book: https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/cfb/ Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand http://bsanz.org/ [https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BwqFocJpZI5fN2ZTRGhWamNiTHM&export=download]Supporter of Dunedin's UNESCO City of Literature status ** Current Exhibition: By Land & By Sea. Scientific Expedition Reports in Special Collections from 1826 to the 1960s. 11 December 2015 to 4 March 2016 http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/SpecialCollections/exhibitions.html ** 'Happy, intense absorption in any work, which is to be brought as near to perfection as possible, this is a state of being with God, and the men who have not known it have missed life itself.' - D. H. Lawrence