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Christchurch Writers' Trail

Christchurch Writers' Trail coverEdited by Gordon Ogilvie.

The Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors has laid 32 writer's plaques in various parts of Christchurch. This booklet features brief writers’ biographies and photographs, and includes a map to help you find the plaques commemorating each writer.

All of the writers featured have a close connection with Christchurch. The booklet and plaques honour the literary talent of our town and province.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Writers biographies
    • Lady Barker
    • Samuel Butler
    • William Pember Reeves
    • Edith Grossman
    • Jessie Mackay
    • Arnold Wall
    • Blanche Baughan
    • Johannes Andersen
    • Mary Ursula Bethell
    • Alan Mulgan
    • Esther Glen
    • Oliver Duff
    • Ngaio Marsh
    • D'Arcy Cresswell
    • Monte Holcroft
    • James Courage
    • Allen Curnow
    • Essie Summers
    • Denis Glover
    • Dorothy Eden
    • Elsie Locke
    • John Summers
    • Errol Braithwaite
    • Gordon Ogilvie
    • Mervyn Thompson
    • Margaret Mahy
    • A.K. Grant
    • Sue McCauley
    • Gavin Bishop
    • Keri Hulme
    • Fiona Farrell
    • Steven Eldred-Grigg
  • Other Christchurch-Canterbury writers
  • Christchurch map, location of writers' plaques

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