Albatross and Moonbeams
Poetry edition by Art Johnstone,
The price reflects the cost of the book and postage within NZ. If you are able to pick the book up then I will remove the cost of postage (currently set at $6).
There are a couple of outlets where the book is available (on sale here for $29).
The Waikino Hall Book Shop.
The Refinery Cafe in Paeroa.
Originally from the United Kingdom, Art (Arthur) Johnstone lives with his wife, Rachel, in Waikino: ‘Hidden in the hills’. A wee village nestled in the beautiful Karangahake Gorge.
Art’s poems very much reflect a romantic connection with the countryside, with people he has known and places he has been. He uses poetry to express a sense of loss and melancholy. Not in a sad way, but rather, a reflective reminisce as time passes. The arrangement of poems gives insight into how nature, people and places, inform his world view.
Art has spent hours, dreaming, talking to himself, playing the role of advocate, then defendant. He believes the conversations we have with ourselves are compelling, but that we rarely communicate those thoughts to the people who need to hear them. The poems within these pages record some of this internal dialogue; social fairness and an appreciation for the fine-grain details of our daily lives reoccur throughout.
A keen photographer, Art also captured the majority of images accompanying his prose.
180pages, on FSC papers printed in New Zealand.
FSC® is a non-governmental organisation that promotes the responsible management of the world’s forests. FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council. It is a non-governmental organisation that promotes the responsible management of the world’s forests. It is a ‘Chain of Custody’ certification, which verifies that the production of this book is handled with the environment in mind – from forest to shelf.
Albatross and Moonbeams
Poetry edition by Art Johnstone,
The price reflects the cost of the book and postage within NZ. If you are able to pick the book up then I will remove the cost of postage (currently set at $6).
There are a couple of outlets where the book is available (on sale here for $29).
The Waikino Hall Book Shop.
The Refinery Cafe in Paeroa.
Originally from the United Kingdom, Art (Arthur) Johnstone lives with his wife, Rachel, in Waikino: ‘Hidden in the hills’. A wee village nestled in the beautiful Karangahake Gorge.
Art’s poems very much reflect a romantic connection with the countryside, with people he has known and places he has been. He uses poetry to express a sense of loss and melancholy. Not in a sad way, but rather, a reflective reminisce as time passes. The arrangement of poems gives insight into how nature, people and places, inform his world view.
Art has spent hours, dreaming, talking to himself, playing the role of advocate, then defendant. He believes the conversations we have with ourselves are compelling, but that we rarely communicate those thoughts to the people who need to hear them. The poems within these pages record some of this internal dialogue; social fairness and an appreciation for the fine-grain details of our daily lives reoccur throughout.
A keen photographer, Art also captured the majority of images accompanying his prose.
180pages, on FSC papers printed in New Zealand.
FSC® is a non-governmental organisation that promotes the responsible management of the world’s forests. FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council. It is a non-governmental organisation that promotes the responsible management of the world’s forests. It is a ‘Chain of Custody’ certification, which verifies that the production of this book is handled with the environment in mind – from forest to shelf.