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Denis Glover and John Drew at the Caxton Press

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Denis Glover and John Drew at the Caxton Press

In 1935 poet Denis Glover (left) and John Drew (right) established the Caxton Press in Christchurch to publish poetry, short stories and essays. Here they are at work on a second-hand Wharfedale cylinder press about 1936.

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Reference: Gordon Ogilvie, Denis Glover: his life. Auckland: Godwit, 1999.

by Rupert Glover

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Elizabeth Caffin, Publishing – New publishers, 1930s and 1940s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42257/denis-glover-and-john-drew-at-the-caxton-press (accessed 26 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Elizabeth Caffin, i tāngia i te 2 August 2013.