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This site exists in order to provide a conveniently accessible online index for the New Zealand literary journal brief, founded by Alan Loney in 1995, and carried on (under a succession of editors) until now.

No copyright works have been reproduced here, with the exception of covers and contents pages for the various publications produced by the Writers Group - brief's community of subscribers and contributors - over this period. Some of these works are available elsewhere on the internet, however, and hyperlinks to these locations have been provided wherever possible.

There are individual pages below for the contents of each issue, supplemented by an alphabetical index of the contributions of each author. A short history of brief has also been provided, with a selection of various of the statements and manifestos issued by its editors at different times, as well as a list of the books published to date by the magazine.

For up-to-date information on subscription rates, submission policies, and any other information relevant to the magazine, please consult the official Brief Website, or else write to the present managing editor, Michael Arnold, at the following address:

The Writers Group
PO Box 102
Waimauku 1250
Auckland
New Zealand

• Preface


• Manifestos


• Breakdown by Author


• Breakdown by Issue:



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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.

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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.

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