Historian, biographer, novelist, broadcaster, lecturer and international singer Edmund Bohan is the author of 18 books, including biographies, general histories and the O’Rorke series of historical novels. This light-hearted memoir, richly anecdotal and enlivened with pen-portraits of memorable personalities – musical, literary and academic – chronicles with wit and a sharply observant eye, a lifetime of achievement as singer and writer. Day: Thursday 19 July Time: 5.30pm – 7pm Venue: UBS University Bookshop, RSVP: 5pm, Thursday 5 July to events@canterbury.ac.nz Singing Historian will be on sale at the launch. |
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