Anniversary Book Available Throughout Canterbury
MEDIA RELEASE
Wednesday 6 March
2013
For immediate release
Anniversary
Book Available Throughout Canterbury
When Country Comes to
Town, a commemorative book charting the history of the
Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association and annual
Canterbury A&P Show, is now available to purchase at all
Whitcoulls stores in Canterbury.
“It is fitting that Whitcoulls, a New Zealand owned bookseller founded 130 years ago, is stocking a book celebrating 150 years of the country’s largest Agricultural and Pastoral Show, design and printed by Christchurch’s iconic Caxton Press who celebrated 75 years in 2010” added Canterbury A&P Association President Richard Lemon.
The 224-page When Country Comes to Town hard cover book looks at the evolution of the Canterbury A&P Association, the notable citizens and hardworking families who have sustained and nurtured it through the highs and lows of its history, and the changing nature of the annual Canterbury A&P Show, which is the showcase of the farming industry nationwide.
Title: When Country Comes to Town
Author: Rosa
Shiels
Publisher: Canterbury A&P Association
Design &
Printed: The Caxton Press
Format: Hardback
224-pages
Publication Date: 11/2012
ISBN:
978-0-473-21783-9
Cost: RRP$70 GST
Inclusive
Stockists: Whitcoulls (The Palms, Hornby Mall,
Westfield Riccarton, South City Mall, Northlands Mall,
Timaru, Ashburton), Ballantynes, Scorpio Books, Page &
Blackmore (Nelson), Piccadilly Bookshop, Canterbury A&P
Association.
Preface:
In 2012, the Canterbury A&P
Association celebrated its sesquicentenary. That is, 150
years of agricultural and pastoral endeavour; 150 years of
loyalty from its ever-changing roll-call of members and
exhibitors, each one dedicated to the pursuit of excellence
in farming practice in this region. The Canterbury A&P
Association was founded in 1863, but its roots reach right
back to the earliest, independent squatters on the Plains
and the Peninsula, and the Canterbury pilgrims, all of whom
saw the land, understood its promise and set about realising
its worth. This book looks at the evolution of the
Canterbury A&P Association, the notable citizens and
hardworking families who have sustained and nurtured it
through the highs and lows if its history, and the changing
nature of the annual Canterbury A&P Show, which is the
showcase of the farming industry nationwide.
ENDS