The Caxton Press, Christchurch, founded by poet and typographer Denis Glover (as the Caxton Club Press) in 1933 was key in the development of New Zealand literature in the twentieth century. Many of this country’s best-known writers were published by The Caxton Press, including Frank Sargeson, Allen Curnow, Robin Hyde, Janet Frame, A. R. D. [...]

The Holloway Press was established at the University of Auckland in 1994. It is named after Ron Holloway (1909-2003) of The Griffin Press, Auckland, who donated equipment, books, and archives to the university. The publication policy of The Holloway Press is to publish a range of texts appropriate to the technology of hand-printing which have [...]

Puriri Press produces a range of letterpress/digital books with a strong handmade element. The letterpress is provided by two large hand-fed presses, a Kahle art platen and a Littlejohn cylinder proof press. All the books, whether letterpress, digital or a mixture of the two, are assembled by hand, and most are hand sewn and bound [...]

Hawk Press was established in 1974 by Alan Loney – arguably the foremost fine press printer to have emerged from Aotearoa/New Zealand.  In Loney’s own words, he was ‘one of a group of writers in Dunedin, New Zealand, who were looking for ways, and finding them, of publishing their own work and the work of [...]