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In its understated way, this ‘tale’ of the lobster — or of where the quest for it might end up — is typical of Price’s engrossing and distinctive interweaving of anecdote, of histories both natural and cultural; and of a fabulous cast of characters gathered together around the edges or shorelines of Bruce Foster’s visual field, all under the lobster’s 180º field of x-ray scanner vision -- Ian Wedde The standard all university presses and publishers of literary works, artists’ monographs and photobooks should aspire to -- Michael Steven An intelligent and beautiful picture book. A philosophical underwater exploration under a guise of absurdity -- Angela Trolove It is a work of art. It is beautiful. The Lobster’s Tale is more than just a homage to one of gastronomy’s greatest accomplishments. It is a metonym for where we are right now as a people, and where we are going -- Chris Reed There’s an elegiac serenity to the images, which are not directly illustrative but lead a life of their own -- Paul Little

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Chris Price’s work often hovers around the intersections between literature and science. She is the author of three poetry collections, Husk (Best First Book of Poetry, Montana NZ Book Awards, 2002), The Blind Singer (2009) and Beside Herself (2016), as well as the hybrid ‘biographical dictionary’ Brief Lives (shortlisted, Montana NZ Book Awards’ biography category, 2007). Chris is a former editor of the literary journal Landfall. Since 2009 she has convened the MA workshop in poetry and creative non-fiction at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington. Bruce Foster’s current photographs consider the impacts on nature of political decisions and corporate actions. Recent touring exhibitions that include his work are: ‘Kermadec Project: Lines Across the Ocean’, an initiative articulating the issues facing one of the few pristine ocean sites left on the planet; ‘Wai, the Water Project’, an exploration of the cultural, conceptual and imaginative aspects of waterways and the existential threats they face; and ‘Toitu¯ Te Whenua — The Land Will Always Remain’. The photographs in this book were made between 1996 and 2020. For more information visit brucefoster.nz.

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