However, the founder of the Otago News, Henry Graham, pioneered conventional bookselling as early as February 1849. John Logan arrived in Dunedin in 1854 and set up a bookselling business in a fern-tree cottage. The stories of retailers such as Whitcombe and Tombs, the University Book Shop and Bob Stables already fill many pages. The stories of dozens of others who are part of Dunedin’s book history make fascinating reading and should really be in a book. - Jim Sullivan is researching a history of bookselling in Dunedin and memories.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 20, 2017 18:00 UTC