Japan: An Autobiography recently won the Upstart Press Award for Best Non-illustrated book as well as Te Papa Press Award for Best Typography at the 2025 PANZ Book Awards
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Japan:
An Autobiography
Peter Shaw
168pp soft cover
4 x covers
Peter Shaw first went almost unwillingly to Japan 25 years ago, staying in Tokyo for only two days. Surprised at how little he knew or understood he was however, smitten. In the following years he returned many times searching for answers about the country’s culture; its art, architecture, food, religion, history and people. Accompanied by many of his own photographs this book conveys a New Zealand writer’s feelings and thoughts about a unique culture.
John Reynolds
The Lost Hours
Laurence Simmons
312pp
Soft cover book
The book frames and documents a series of paintings and collected associated writings from John Reynolds’ Lost Hours project. This idiosyncratic investigation delves into the mysterious 28-hour disappearance of Colin McCahon, a renowned New Zealand artist, in autumn 1984. The event occurred on the eve of McCahon’s major retrospective launch at the Sydney Biennale.
The project not only pays homage to McCahon but also explores themes of time, memory, and the impact of dislocation on artistic consciousness.
PANZ Book Awards — Judges Comments
This book is a delicate and intricate immersive marvel – like a work of art in itself. With four different colour covers and an exposed binding that splits the volumes into day and night, it captures the disorienting yet captivating journey of Colin McCahon’s 28 lost hours.