Contents:

• Preface


• Manifestos & Reviews


• Breakdown by Author


• Breakdown by Issue:



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Editor: Olivia Macassey


• No 56, October 2018: 126 pp.


• No 55, January 2017: 143 pp.


• No 54 - Love, July 2016: 136 pp.



Editor: Alex Wild


• [with Brett Cross: Poetry Editor]:
  No 53, November 2015: 150 pp.


• No 52, January 2015: 119 pp.


• No 51 - The Outer Link, September 2014: [i] + 125 pp.



Editor: Jack Ross


• No 50, February 2014: 160 pp.



Editor: Brett Cross


• No 49, September 2013: 156 pp.


• No 48, June 2013: Bill Direen, The Ballad of Rue Belliard: 132 pp.



Editor: Alex Wild


• No 47 - The Mid City Arcade Project, April 2013: 138 pp.



Editor: Brownyn Lloyd


• No 46 - Survival, November 2012: 156 pp.



Editor: Scott Hamilton


• Nos 44-45 - Oceania, May 2012: 230 pp.



Editor: Hamish Dewe


• No 43, November 2011: 104 pp.



Editor: William (Bill) Direen


• No 42, May 2011: 111 pp.



Editor: Richard von Sturmer


• No 41, December 2010: 110 pp.



Editor: Ted Jenner


• No 40, July 2010: 134 pp.



Editor: Michael Arnold


• No 39, March 2010: 132 pp.



Editor: Jen Crawford


• No 38, August 2009: 104 pp.



Editor: Michael Arnold


• No 37 - the exotic, April 2009: 118 pp.



Editors: Brett Cross & Bill Direen


• No 36 - The NZ Music Issue, September 2008: 126 pp.



Editor: Brett Cross


• No 35 - a brief world order, September 2007: 132 pp.



Editor: Scott Hamilton


• No.34 - war, February 2007: 188 pp.


• No 33 - exile and home, March 2006: 150 pp.



Editor: Jack Ross


• No 32 - Joanna Margaret Paul, May 2005: 120 pp.


• No 31 - Kultur, October 2004: 120 pp.


• No 30 - Kunst, October 2004: 120 pp.


• No 29 - more fun than you've ever seen, March 2004: 102 pp.


• No 28 - Alan Brunton, October 2003: 126 pp.


• No 27 - season of the remakes, June 2003: 104 pp.


• No 26 - Smithymania, January 2003: 118 pp.


• No 25 - trains at a glance, October 2002: 111 pp.


• No 24 - less formal than bull, July 2002: 84 pp.



Editor: John Geraets


• No 23, March 2002: 100 pp.


• No 22, December 2001: 100 pp.


• No 21 - aesthetics, September 2001: 93 pp.


• No 20 - aesthetics, June 2001: 68 pp.


• No 19, March 2001: 80 pp.


• No 18, December 2000: 100 pp.



A Brief Description of the Whole World

Ab.ww / Loney


• No 17 - Loney, September 2000: 96 pp.

Ab.WW / AbdotWW


• No 16, June 2000: 85 pp.

ABDOTWW / description


• No 15, March 2000: 86 pp.

ABDOTWW


• No 14, December 1999: 110 pp.


• No 13, September 1999: 93 pp.


• No 12, June 1999: Leigh Davis, Willy’s Gazette (1983): vii + 111 pp.



Editor: Alan Loney


• Nos 10 & 11, October 1998: 47 pp.


• No 9, April 1998: 55 pp.


• No 8, December 1997: 76 pp.


• No 7, September 1997: 66 pp.


• No 6, July 1997: 56 pp.


• No 5, May 1997: 58 pp.


• No 4, November 1996: 82 pp.


• No 3, June 1996: 67 pp.


• No 2, March 1996: 52 pp.


• No 1, December 1995: 70 pp.

Books:

• K. M. Ross. Falling Through the Architect. ISBN 0-476-01578-2. Auckland: The Writers Group, September 2005.


• Kendrick Smithyman. Campana to Montale: Versions from Italian. Edited by Jack Ross. ISBN 0-476-00382-2. Auckland: The Writers Group, October 2004.


• Jack Ross. A brief index: A breakdown by issue & author of 7 years / 26 issues of brief, the magazine formerly known as: A Brief Description of the Whole World / ABDOTWW / description / ABdotWW / Ab.ww / brief. &c., December 1995 – January 2003. ISSN 1175-9313. Auckland: The Writers Group, February 2003.
  
  
  • --. Supplement 1. A breakdown by issue & author of 3 years / 7 issues of brief ... June 2003 – May 2005. Auckland: The Writers Group, 2005.


• Sugu Pillay. The Chandrasekhar Limit and Other Stories. Auckland: The Writers Group, December 2002.


• Alan Loney. Reading / Saying / Making: Selected Essays. Auckland: The Writers Group, 2001.