Michael O'Leary (publisher and writer)

Michael O'Leary (publisher and writer)

Michael O'Leary (born 1950) is a New Zealand publisher, poet, novelist, performer, artist and bookshop proprietor. He publishes under the imprint Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, which he founded in 1984. He now runs a bookshop, Kakariki Books, from the Paekakariki Railway Station. He also has an on-line book shop [1]

Born in Auckland, he was educated at the Universities of Auckland and Otago. He wrote an MA thesis on the history of small presses in New Zealand and is the author of Alternative Small Press Publishing in New Zealand (2007). He completed a PhD in Women's Studies at Victoria University of Wellington on the 'Social and Literary Constraints on Women Writers in New Zealand 1945 to 1970'. He graduated in May 2011.

His novels and poetry explore his Māori (Te Arawa)– Irish Catholic heritage. His latest novel is Magic Alex's Revenge (2009), the third in the 'The Dreamlander Express' trilogy comprising Unlevel Crossings (2002) and Straight (1985). His works include Surrogate Children (poems, 1981), Ten Sonnets (1985), Out of It (satirical novel, 1987), Before and After (1987), Livin’ ina Aucklan’ (1988) and The Irish Annals of New Zealand (1991).

Under the Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop imprint he has published work by a range of writers, both alternative and mainstream, including: Raewyn Alexander, Colin Lloyd Amery, Sandra Bell, John Pule, Greg O'Brien, David Eggleton, Pat Bellaney, Jeanne Bernhardt, Tony Beyer, Ken Bolton, Richard Burns, Karen Peterson Butterworth, Meg Campbell, Rosalie Carey, Frances Cherry, Jill Chan, John Daubé, Rosalind Derby, Robin Fry, Basim Furat, Brian C. Hare, Heather McPherson, Isa Moynihan, Peter Olds, Victor O'Leary, Glynn Parker, Alistair Paterson, Mark Pirie, Vivienne Plumb, Ralph Proops, Gemma Rowsell, Brian E. Turner, Nelson Wattie, Adam Wiedemann and others.

In 2009, a book of biography and criticism about Michael O'Leary and his publishing house, edited by Mark Pirie, was published, The Earl is in: 25 Years of the Earl of Seacliff: A to Z (2009). [2] - He also has a blog on which he publishes one of his poems daily, plus he intends to serialize his novels thus when the poems run out: [3] - O'Leary has recently returned to his first career, that of an artist. You can find examples on his Facebook page, accessible from his blogsite.

O'Leary is a trustee for the Poetry Archive of New Zealand Aotearoa, a charitable trust dedicated to archiving, collecting and promoting New Zealand poetry. [4]

He lives in Paekakariki, Wellington. His personal website is [5]

References

  • Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop [6]
  • NZ Book Council Writers: Michael O'Leary [7]
  • F.W. Nielsen Wright, A Comprehensive Bibliography of Michael (John) O’Leary, 1950- as Author, Editor and Publisher (2nd ed.), Cultural and Political Booklets, Wellington, 2000

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