Brendan O’Brien of Fernbank Press in Wellington returns to Dunedin this July as University Library Printer in Residence.  This year’s project is a limited edition of 100 copies of 18 poems and epigrams translated from the fourth-century Greek Anthology by the current poet laureate, Vincent O’Sullivan with illustrations by Barry Cleavin, one of New Zealand’s best known artist-engravers.  Entitled Οκτωκαιδεκα, the collection includes a mixture of erotic, comic and lyric verses.

When not handprinting, Brendan is curatorial technician in the Conservation Department of the Alexander Turnbull Library.  He was last here as Printer in Residence in 2005, when he printed Ralph Hotere’s PINE and Joanna Paul’s access to lilac.

Any enquiries, please contact Donald Kerr, Special Collections Librarian, University of Otago:  Donald.kerr@otago.ac.nz