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Obituary — Christine Cole Catley
Christine Cole Catley 1922-2011 Dame Christine Cole Catley, who died in August aged 88, was indisputably one of New Zealand publishing’s most widely admired and loved personalities. She came to publishing via editing work with AH & AW Reed, setting…
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Christine Cole Catley, Issue 96, Roger Steele, Summer 2011
Posted in Literature, Obituaries
Posted in Literature, Obituaries
Obituaries – Hugh Price, Bub Bridger and Louise St John White
Hugh Price 1929–2009 Being born with club feet was good luck, Hugh Price said – during remedial massage his mother read to him, getting him hooked on books. He came to champion access to literature as a fundamental human right.…
Tagged with: Ann Mallinson, Bub Bridger, Gregory O’Brien, Hugh Price, Louise St John White, Louise White, Roger Steele
Posted in Obituaries
Posted in Obituaries
On the Main Trunk Line, Charlotte Yates
An Ordinary Joker: the life and songs of Peter Cape ed Roger Steele Steele Roberts, $59.95, ISBN 1877228125 For a singer, Peter Cape has always struck me as an anomaly, with his thin nasal tenor, tentative tuning, and strongly defective…
Tagged with: Charlotte Yates, Issue 55, Peter Cape, Roger Steele, Spring 2001, Steele Roberts
Posted in Biography, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Music, Non-fiction, Review