Experiment Magazine now on the NZETC

Amongst the expanding collection of VUW student publications we have digitised, is a literary journal called Experiment. Published by the Victoria University College Literary Society, and running from 1956 to 1969, Experiment aimed to publish original poetry and prose contributed by Victoria's students and other local writers.

One regular contributor and editor was Renato Amato, who died suddenly in 1964. Experiment published a lot of Amato's work, including his short stories and extracts from his novels. His talent for story telling was recently acknowledged in The Listener.

Other contributors to Experiment have gone on to become established writers, including:

• Gordon Challis (Poet. See NZETC page, see Wikipedia page)

• Albert Wendt (Samoan-born novelist, poet, and academic. See NZETC page, see Book Council page)

• Norman Bilbrough (Poet, novelist, children's writer. See NZETC page, see Book Council page)

• Peter Bland (Poet and actor. See NZETC page, see Book Council page)

• Barry Mitcalfe (Writer and printer. See NZETC page, see Wikipedia Page)

Experiment will no doubt be of interest to readers and researchers of New Zealand Literature, and making it available in the NZETC allows researchers the opportunity to easily explore individual writers progress over time and across different publications.

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