Howard Timmins and his protégés
Subtitle: Lawrence Green, TV Bulpin, AP Cartwright and other popular writers of South Africa non-fiction
By: David Hilton-Barber
Publisher: Footprint Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9780639932668
Subjects: Publishers and publishing; Biography; Authors and publishers; History
Description: Howard Timmins was a larger than life figure both in publishing and in Cape Town commercial life. He was one of the earliest publishers in South Africa using his own imprint and he soon established himself as a major force in the publishing of 'popular' as against academic and legal books. Many of his writers of popular histories were either professional journalists or had written numerous articles for magazines. This was certainly the case with Lawrence Green, Eric Rosenthal and Paddy Cartwright, all of whom knew or had worked with each other on newspapers, and was also the case with TV Bulpin and Jose Burman.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. The early days of publishing in South Africa; title: 2. The early publishing career of Howard Timmins; title: 3. Howard launches Howard Timmins & Company; title: 4. Lawrence 'Laurie' Green; title: 5. T.V. 'Tom' Bulpin; title: 6. A.P. 'Paddy' Cartwright; title: 7. Carel Birkby - Africa was his oyster; title: 8. Stuart Cloete; title: 9. Vladimir Tretchikof; title: 9. Other authors in the Timmins stable.