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Correspondence to:
THE LUMIÈRE READER
PO Box 6553
Marion Square
Wellington, NZ
lumiere@lumiere.net.nzEditor
TIM WONG
editor@lumiere.net.nzEditors-at-Large
ALEXANDER BISLEY
alexander.bisley@gmail.com
BRANNAVAN GNANALINGAM
brannavan@gmail.comContributing Editors
ANDY PALMER
JACOB POWELL
RENEE LIANG
SAMUEL HOLLOWAY
STEVE GARDEN
THOMASIN SLEIGHCopyright in all material on this website belongs to The Lumière Reader and respective authors. Any submissions will be accepted by the editors as permission to publish the work unless otherwise specified in writing. All content is compiled from sources believed to be reliable, but is published without the responsibility for errors or omissions. The opinions expressed on this website do not necessarily reflect those of the editors and/or publishers.
The Lumière Reader gratefully acknowledges the past financial support of Massey University, the Asia New Zealand Foundation, The Church; founding members David Levinson, Jitsuko Ikutani, Josh Hans Olsen; and our advertisers, sponsors and friends who’ve thus far made Lumière in print and online possible.
Lumière, Issue 2.5, April 2004
The Lumière Reader, New Zealand’s only online journal dedicated to film criticism and the arts review, is now a Qantas Media Award-winning website! (Best Feature Website, 2009.) Based in Wellington, it produces intelligent, eloquent and brave arts features that are read globally.
Founded in August 2003 as a low-circulation zine, Lumière Magazine (ISSN 1176-4082) spanned seven print issues in its infancy before migrating permanently online in 2004. Renamed The Lumière Reader, the film-centric journal has since spread its wings to incorporate the country’s lively arts scene; books, music, theatre, and visual arts coverage now supplementing the site’s dedicated writing on film festivals, film societies, national cinema, and cinephilia.
Other past and continuing initiatives by The Lumière Reader include the promotion of illustration and photo essays; the hosting of an ongoing Campaign for Censorship Reform; and a Creative Writing series, which provides an exciting space for both new and established writers of poetry and short fiction to share their work.
The Lumière Reader’s design and development continues to be a work-in-progress, with the most recent changes implemented in February 2010—the WordPress-powered site currently in action. The Lumière Reader’s original website (lumiere.net.nz/reader), although no longer updated, remains in an archival capacity until its content can be fully migrated.
About Lumière Industries
Lumière Industries is a cottage industry specialising in print and web design, as well as the publication of Lumière Magazine (discontinued) and its online imprint, The Lumière Reader. Design and advertising enquires can be emailed to: lumiere@lumiere.net.nz.
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Back Issues
Lumière 1, Winter 2003
Sponsored by The Church
Lumière 1.5, Winter 2003
A commissioned film festival companion
Lumière 2, Summer 2004—Asian Cinema Special
Sponsored by the Asia New Zealand Foundation, The Aro St. Video Shop, Domination Chow Mein, The Church
Lumière 2.5, April 2004
Sponsored by Domination Chow Mein
Lumière 3, May 2004
Lumière 4, Winter 2004—The Film Festival Companion
Sponsored by Massey University, the Asia New Zealand Foundation
Lumière 4.5, May 2005
A commissioned film festival companion
Published with the assistance of Auckland City
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