Bespoke boxes and magical housings
The highlight of my recent trip to the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington was meeting up with Conservation Technician Nina Zimowit who has been making bespoke boxes and containers for … Continue reading
New Zealand Poetry alive and well
The Next Word: Contemporary New Zealand Poetry National Library, Wellington New Zealand. Last week I spent some time at the National Library of New Zealand in Wellington, meeting the people … Continue reading
The Moon and the Room
Today a courier arrived at my front door with a package from New Zealand. It contained three copies – hot off the press – of The Moon and the Room, … Continue reading
Disappearing Godwits
Since I first heard about the Overwintering Project (organised by Australian printmaker Kate Gorringe-Smith), I have been learning all I can about migratory shorebirds birds. The Overwintering Project is an … Continue reading
Weekend at the Bindery
At Bookarts Bindery in the inner suburb of Griffith, Canberra, Joy and John Tonkin specialise in the creation, conservation and restoration of books and works of art on paper. Both … Continue reading
Australian National Library catalogue
Last week I received the catalogue description below from Philip Jackson, curator of Printed Australiana at the National Library of Australia. He purchased my book Blossom turns to Fruit for … Continue reading
Books on show
Even though I haven’t been keeping up my blog for a while, I have been busy making books, playing with book cloth and reading poetry with some outrageous women. More … Continue reading
2017
Blossom turns to fruit, fruit turns to seed, seed turns to shoot and on again……
we love your books
Here is a detail from my Pianola Roll Fan Book which is included in the current dot dash on-line exhibition. The exhibition is curated by book artist Melanie Bush and … Continue reading
