Alister Taylor

Alister Taylor
Born
Rupert Alister Halls Taylor

(1943-09-21)21 September 1943
Died9 September 2019(2019-09-09) (aged 75)
NationalityNew Zealand
OccupationPublisher
PartnerDeborah Coddington (1978–2004)

Rupert Alister Halls Taylor (21 September 1943 – 9 September 2019) was an innovative and controversial New Zealand publisher.

He published The Little Red Schoolbook in the 1970s (widely criticised by morals campaigners for its subversive content),[1] Tim Shadbolt's autobiographical Bullshit and Jellybeans, and significant works on artists C. F. Goldie and Gustavus von Tempsky.

  1. ^ "Office of Film and Literature Classification". Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.