Features art by contemporary painters and printmakers, who are seasoned travellers across time and space.
Gregory O'Brien is a writer, teacher, painter and curator at Wellington's City Gallery. He has written many books of poetry, fiction, essays and commentary. His recent books include A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the School Journal; the book- length essay, News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore; and his introduction to art Welcome to the South Seas (AUP), a companion to Back and Beyond, which won the 2005 Non-Fiction Prize at the NZ Post Book Awards for Children and Young People and the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction.